Heywood

The best years of my life were living on Darnhill when these High Rises were up, and the worst day ever was watching them be demolished.
The flats themselves were spacious and comfortable and the views depending on which floor you lived on were fantastic, you could see for miles and many an evening I would stand on my balcony watching the world go by.
Everyone seemed to get along with everyone, neighbours were friendly and were always there to help if you needed it, and there was never any trouble or complaints, we just all lived as a one happy community.
I lived in Armadale and Dunvegan Court, I have some happy memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life and looking at these pictures brought back all the good times spent living in the high rises and the people I once knew who will always be remembered.
I think it was a bad decision on behalf of the council to demolish buildings which could occupy such a lot of tenants, they had so much potential and developers could have made the most of opportunities available for them and spent money internally improving them rather than taking the drastic decision to demolish them.
The idea really would have been to make sure the properties were occupied by decent people and therefore the reputation of these flats would have remained as it used to be many many years ago.
Some may agree with me, some may not and some thought of the high rises as eyesores which got them the name Concrete Jungle, but for others including me, the actual flats were our homes and on the inside was what mattered more than the outside.
Nobody can blame the buildings for the actions of some of the tenants who were allowed to occupy them in later years, the reputation of the high rises took a beating because of this which was such a shame, but its all too late now, they're gone but our memories aren't.
Thank you for bringing back those memories of how Darnhill used to be and how it will always be remembered.