Restoring Glenbuck Village: A Project To Rebuild Liverpool Legend Bill Shankly's Childhood Community

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Dan Clubb (2:26)

Hello everybody, welcome to The Redmen TV. My name is Dan Club. I'm absolutely delighted to be joined by Karen Gill and Doc Hetherington for a chat. First and foremost, thanks for joining me. How are we? Both good? All good. Thank you for inviting us on. A second time in Redmen TV for both of you, but slightly further distances apart, I believe, Karen. 15 years since the last one?

Karen Gill (2:46)

Yeah, I think it was 15 years. I think when the Supporters Committee and then my book came out around the same time. So I think it was back then in Dovedale Towers.

Dan Clubb (2:54)

And I said to you a minute ago, it's only been going 16 years. So you've also been one of the first.

Karen Gill (2:57)

It was the first year.

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Back by popular demand, as they say.

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It was very good. I remember back even back then.

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Yeah, good. And Doc, it's been about six months.

Doc Hetherington (3:05)

Six months or so now when we first launched the book.

Dan Clubb (3:07)

Wonderful. Right. Anyway, more to come on that front, Doc, at some point in the future, hopefully. But you're here for a different reason, both of you. The plans to restore Glenbuck Village, the project behind it.

Yeah, I want to do a bit of a deep dive and have a proper conversation as to what it entails, why, what it's going to look like hopefully and all that stuff. But I think the place to start, Karen, is tell us about Glenbuck Village really, because I was doing a little bit of research, obviously, I've always known about Glenbuck. But even this morning, I found the YouTube video and you might know it, you might not. And it is basically, it says, walking through history, Glenbuck, the village that no longer exists. And then it says, Bill Shankly's birthplace. I should mention, you're the granddaughter of the great Bill Shankly, people should know that for definite, that's why you're here. But yeah, tell us what happened to the village and why is it now at a point where it needs restoration?