RESIDENTS in Oatlands are angry a historic church in the area could be demolished.
The hope was to turn it into a community centre to serve the 700 new homes developed in the area, but funding never materialised and the church remained on the Buildings At Risk Register.
“It’s a real shame the church can’t be turned into a community centre,” said Annette, whose parents were married there in 1952. “If they did that, they’d have to turn people away, it would be so busy.Annette, who has a son, Michael, and daughter Kirsty, who are both backing their mum in her fight, was “born and bred” in Oatlands.
“But it’s a nice community, still, and everyone is friendly. My brothers and sisters all stay here too, we’re inches away from each other.” “We’ve got a local stonemason who has said he is happy to help,” she says. “The memorial remembers men who died in the First World War, who lived in the red sandstone tenements of Oatlands. I know some people will say, och, it’s just a memorial, what does it matter? But“I will fight tooth and nail to make sure it is not lost.”
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