Possilpark
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Possilpark is a district in Possil in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. Saracen Street is the main shopping area. This area of Glasgow is one of the poorest in the United Kingdom and because of this has an above average crime rate[citation needed].
However, for many years the Possilpark area was a hub of industry boasting the famous Saracen foundry [1] [2], as well as many major engineering and railway works. If Glasgow was the second city of the Empire, then Possilpark was the beating heart at the centre. The decline of Britain as an industrial power led to the destruction of Possil as a strong working class community. Within fifteen years of the closing of the Saracen foundry, Possil would become the hub of one of Britain's only expanding industries in the 1980s, the heroin trade. The area had always had a tough image but the ravages of heroin destroyed the fabric of the area. Large portions of the scheme have been destroyed, many of the old tenements being flattened with the residents being scattered far and wide.
The area has been undergoing mass redevelopment over the past seven years which have seen many new houses being built. Although still ravaged by the strong drug trade, more and more small local businesses are appearing in Saracen Street as well as a sports centre (Millennium Centre) being constructed to highlight the rebirth of Possil.
The area although with a bad reputation, is improving with better standards in the community and a police crackdown on the overflowing drug wars and usage.
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