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UNBELIEVABLE: Kerry mackintosh | History Defined

Watch as West Lothian 'ghost town' finally bites the dust

The demolition of houses at the Deans South estate began after 18 years of wrangling

Daily Record · Nov 4, 2022

Watch as West Lothian ghost estate demolished - 18 years after homes condemned

After and 18 year campaign for a new house Kerry Mackintosh watched her Deans South home torn down as Springfield properties mark the new phase of their redevelopment of the area

Edinburgh Live · Nov 3, 2022

Work stopped on demolishing West Lothian 'ghost town' as deadly substance found

Deans South resident Kerry Mackintosh had built herself up to see her shell of a home finally pulled down

Daily Record · Nov 1, 2022

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Demolition of notorious West Lothian ghost estate halted after concerning find

Kerry Mackintosh had waited 18 years to see the demolition of her old home but, on Halloween, the work stopped as soon as it had started for fears of asbestos being uncovered

Edinburgh Live · Oct 31, 2022

West Lothian ghost estate families burn fence at homes they fought to leave for 18 years

After an 18 year battle neighbours on Livingston's Deans South estate gathered to say farewell, after moving out . As the security grills went up on their old homes they remembered the battle for a new home and looked forward to moving back

Edinburgh Live · Sep 26, 2022

End of an era as last residents of condemned Deans South estate move out after 18 years of fighting

The 'ghost town' residents are looking forward to a new chapter in their lives in new homes

Daily Record · Jul 18, 2022

West Lothian ghost estate's last residents ready to say goodbye after 18 years

Homeowners in Livingston have fought for new home after the estate was condemned in 2004 . Soon they'll say goodbye to condemned houses and look forward to returning to new build

Edinburgh Live · Jul 15, 2022

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Inside the bleak ghost town that lies abandoned 25 years after opening

The estate looks like TV images from the worst of public housing areas, with battered refuge-like homes occupying a stripped and scarred urban landscape, that only hints of the community it used to be

Daily Mirror · Jun 4, 2022

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