Linwood, Renfrewshire
Linwood is a small town in Renfrewshire in Scotland. Located 23 km south-west of Glasgow.
Because of its proximity to Glasgow Airport and the M8 motorway to Glasgow and Edinburgh Linwood able to expand its settlement area as a bedroom community. There are daily frequent buses to Paisley, Johnstone and Glasgow.
Shopping and entertainment venues are in the '' Phoenix Retail Park '' and the easily accessible neighboring towns of Paisley and Glasgow.
- 2.1 to 1981
- 2.2 from 1981
Traffic
Road links
Linwood is connected to Glasgow via the A737 that links Linwood with Ayrshire over the Garnock Valley.
Bus lines
For a small town of Linwood has many bus services that connect their neighborhoods with Paisley and Glasgow.
Economy
To 1981
As the city grew, she hung economically the work of the automobile manufacturer Rootes Group, which was later acquired by Chrysler United Kingdom / Chrysler Europe and eventually sold to Peugeot / Talbot, and at the Pressed Steel Company. Both companies presented their 1981 production, and so bestowed Linwood high unemployment. 13,000 workers are directly or indirectly lost in the wake of two plant closures their jobs.
The automobile factory was established in 1962 to manufacture the Hillman Imp, a revolutionary small car, which went into production the following spring and was produced until 1976, built. The factory had the advantage of a direct rail connection, which allowed the delivery of the cars on the rail to all parts of the United Kingdom. Later there was the successor of the Hillman Imp, the Chrysler Sunbeam, built. Was set as the model 1981, this marked the end of the automobile factory in less than 20 years. Most of the factory was demolished soon after, but a part remained standing until 1996 - 15 years after the last car left the production lines.
From 1981
From 1980 to 1995 Linwood had one of the highest unemployment rates in Scotland. A new shopping and entertainment center next to the M8 motorway opened its doors in 1996. Over the years, Linwood was almost a ghost town and many homes fell into disrepair. At present, new, small houses are built on the site of the old, large apartment blocks.
Train
In Linwood, there are three primary schools, two of them non-denominational - the Woodlands Primary School and East Fulton Primary School - and a Roman Catholic - Our Lady of Peace. Nearby are two secondary schools, the Roman Catholic St. Benedict's RC High School and the non-denominational Linwood High School, which was rebuilt only in place of the old building.
Notable people
Various football players come from Linwood:
- Paul Lambert, former midfielder for the Scottish national team, Celtic, Borussia Dortmund and St. Mirren and manager at FC Livingston. In the Scottish national team and at Celtic he was also captain. Even with the Wycombe Wanderers he was until recently manager; now has taken the same job at Norwich City.
- Billy Thomson, former goalkeeper for the Scottish national team, Glasgow Rangers, Dundee United and St Mirren. Currently, goalkeeping coach at Rangers.
- Ian Matthews, a former player at Celtic Glasgow. Won on 17 March 2009 at the lottery and has retired into private life ever since.
- Darryl Duffy currently plays for Swansea City and in the Scottish U-21 team. After an unsuccessful " apprenticeship " he left the Rangers and went to Falkirk. He was then sold for a transfer fee of more than £ 0.5 million to Hull City and Swansea City
- John Hillcoat is currently goalkeeping coach at Alloa Athletic and was formerly Keeper at Dunfermline Athletic, Hamilton Academical, Partick Thistle, Clydebank, Greenock Morton, Queen of the South, St. Mirren, Dumbarton, Stranraer, Ayr United Brechin City and St. Johnstone. He also writes a column for the Scottish ' Sunday Mail ''.
- David Lowing, former defender at St. Mirren and Forfar Athletic, currently playing for Ayr United.
Trivia
Linwood was immortalized in the song " Letter from America" by The Proclaimers, in which the words " linwood no more" appear, indicating the broken down car factory and the economic decline of many Scottish industrial towns.