The clearance of stone built terraces was short sighted.   Today they would be refurbished and become desirable....much better than the concrete tower blocks that were built during 60's and 70's.

Took me back still live in Oakfield Road...was a toddler back in the 60's but remember all the demolitions and rebuilding.

This was a shock, I grew up in Addie St and remember the old cottages that the Garion was built on. It’s amazing just how black the Mill Rd looked. 😍😷The tenements around Calder street were really grim. There was a small community of blind people in there.When they demolished the Royalty they also knocked down my favourite sweetie shop Blair’s ( with the billiard hall upstairs). I’ve never got over it 😤.On the car park site in park st was a wonderful Polish bakery That opened  at 8 in the evening ( as lots of bakers in Motherwell did to sell rolls to the night shift workers) The bakers would always give you an iced cookie straight off the board 😍. They also destroyed the “Times Office “ Toy shop at the cross. My granny worked in the cinema on Watson St that was raised to the ground 😱 Airbles St , Destroyed ( with another sweetie shop demolished 😱. Mills the record shop where you bought your Beatles and Stones record, Destroyed 😱  The Royal Hotel on Brandon St , ditto.  The Council really gave the place a hammering.  The Luftwaffe couldn’t have done a better job.

I remember going down the new shopping centre when I was off school one day....I was dodging school.  What a transformation.  Its so easy to forget despite all  these years of seeing the changes.  Motherwell was in real need of transformation.

Some excellent footage. Watched Glencairn Tower being demolished & my father was born on Roman Road. Fair to say the town planners from 60`s & 70`s completely ruined the town.

The music is great

My mum lived on coursington road then moved to rannoch drive in wishaw...

Here from a max fosh video, didn’t expect this

Wonderful nostalgia and memories, seeing the first "house" I lived in (167 West Hamilton Street) and at 5:24 what surely must be big David Martin (109WHSt--bizarrely, up the same outside stair as the Martins the neighbour was one of the Martis brothers, father of Well and Scotland centre half John; the other brother, Herman, had a wee shop in Watson St), wee Ian Gold and myself on our way home from Glencairn Primary.

My Granny stayed in 61 North Lodge Avenue

What a sad film. Thanks for sharing this

I don't know Motherwell but the red sandstone tenements remind me of Glasgow. it's fascinating to see towns as they used to be and people going about their daily lives. Far less traffic even in 1979 than today, and then most vehicles were built by British manufacturers. Thanks for this, and the electric organ adds period atmosphere!

Royalty Bar was first pub I went into with my first date with Joe takes me back love this

We've lived on merry street. For over 15 years near the town centre and to see this video has really made my day oh the town was so so better before

Brilliant video , a real blast from the past , thankyou to who it was who took the time to do it a real gem :)

thanks for posting this

Superb stuff.

Its soo old

I was born after most of the "reconstruction" had occurred so i've never seen Motherwell look any different. It's such a shame that they were so short-sighted to demolish those lovely old buildings.

The blitz would have done less damage than the council, who also wrecked a village just up the road from here - New Stevenston, where I was brought up among gardens, paths and parks that would still be winning awards had they not been concreted over for the advancement of capitalism.