Last we reported how 40 people queued overnight for a chance at new homes in Clydebank.

The housing development at the former Braidfield High site saw would-by buyers pitch up from 3.30am on a Saturday to reserve their dream home at 10.30am.

But why the attraction of the 88 three and four-bedroom properties?

We asked Bankies what keeps residents in the town and what would attract others.

Fiona Simpson, 50, said: "There are people who have been born and bred up here and have ties to the town.

"Where else would you go? There's also an extreme shortage of housing as well.

"The site is close to the motorway and Clydebank is near the city but you don't have to go far to the hills."

Her husband Ian, 52, agreed there was good access to Glasgow and added: "This place is booming with the new development at Queen's Quay. It's an up-and-coming town with revitalisation."

Fiona's mum May, 78, said family ties and access to key services and shops made it a good area.

"If you're a Bankie, you're always a Bankie," she added.

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Craig Edward, 29, said there was a lack of three and four-bed properties in the town and the private development was more attractive to some.

He said: "We have great access to a local shopping centre and we're close to parks and public amenities like the former St Eunan's site and Drumchapel Woods and Loch Lomond.

"It's a good starting place to get to Clydebank Leisure Centre and Queen's Quay."

Readers online last week treated the story of the queue of buyers with typical Bankie humour - something Barclay Bannister, 64, said is a positive for the area.

He joked: "I was told you need two full sets of grandparents in the cemetery before you would be considered a Bankie.

"People probably come for the Bankies - if you speak to the right ones.

"There's an almost in-built good heartedness to help people here."