Bonhill

The town rapidly expanded in the 1960s and 1970s when many residents of Glasgow were moved there when the old slums and tenements were demolished. This process was known as the “Glasgow overspill”. The new council run housing schemes were characterised by a high incidence of poverty and unemployment, but the town has changed somewhat with the addition of private housing schemes (such as the Strathleven Park estate) from the late 1970s onwards.