Editing Hesters Way (section)

==India and Pakistan House==
India and Pakistan House were built February 1959: Two eight-storey blocks of flats approved for Hester's Way providing 78 homes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arle & Hesters Way Estate, Scheme 26 |url=https://www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/development/arle-hesters-way-estate-scheme-26 |publisher=University of Edinburgh |access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref> They were heralded as monuments to modern architecture.

1960: The first residents move in.

July 1984: Cheltenham Borough Council carries out £100,000 of repairs to the outer cladding.

November 1989: India House residents complain lifts have been out of action for two weeks.

January 1993: More than 100 residents are evacuated after fire breaks out in Pakistan House.

December 1993: Tenants say the reputation of the flats has been tarred by vandalism, muggings and fears of fire.

July 2004: Council leaders vote to demolish India and Pakistan House.

November 2004: Fire breaks out in India House. The council unveils plans to turn the flats into bed and breakfast accommodation.

September 2005: The flats feature in two episodes of BBC1 drama Casualty .<ref>{{cite web |title=Geographical History of Hesters Way |url=http://www.historyofhestersway.co.uk/geographical_history.pdf |publisher=History of Hesters Way |access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref>

January 2006: The flats are earmarked for demolition

Overall the blocks of flats were demolished due to the high crime and low maintenance of the blocks.
The demolition of several blocks of council flats (most recently ''Pakistan House'' and ''India House'') which were derelict and deemed an eyesore. They are systematically being replaced by a mix of private and [[housing association]] houses and flats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dilapidated flats to be bulldozed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/4645298.stm |publisher=BBC |access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref>