Editing Airdrie, North Lanarkshire (section)

===1920 onwards===
[[File:Airdrie War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 222475.jpg|thumb|right|Airdrie War Memorial]]
At the end of the [[World War I|First World War]], Airdrie was hard hit with many casualties from the war. Unemployment reached 30% in the local area.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GGhvmMCbQLUC|page=66|title=A History of Scotland in Modern Times|first=Alastair|last=Gray|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-19-917063-0 }}</ref> After years of moving from one site to another, the first purpose built library in Airdrie was opened in Anderson Street in 1895. However, this only lasted 30 years until the current Airdrie Library building was erected in 1925.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/call-retain-airdrie-arts-centre-2827198|title=Call to retain Airdrie Arts Centre for community use|date=18 January 2012|work=Daily Record|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>
[[File:ASTRA - Airdrie Library Building Anderson Street.JPG|thumb| The first Airdrie Public Library building, a [[Carnegie library]] opened 1894.]]

Conditions in the town did not really improve until well after the [[World War II|Second World War]] but in 1949 the [[Boots Group|Boots]] [[Pharmaceutical industry|pharmaceutical company]] and Banner Textiles Ltd were attracted to the town (between them employing 1200). With this impetus, new companies began to consider Airdrie as a viable option for business and in 1958 [[Pye Ltd.|Pye]] opened employing over 1000 people. The emergence of industrial estates was also prevalent around this time (Newhouse, Chapelhall, and Brownsburn). The Airdrie Arts Centre opened in 1967 in the former Airdrie Library building, and was a popular venue for concerts and plays, but was closed in 2012 by North Lanarkshire Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://database.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/2795-airdrie-arts-centre|title=Airdrie Arts Centre &#124; Theatres Trust|website=Database.theatrestrust.org.uk|access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref>

Between 1964 and 1991, the town was the location of a [[Royal Observer Corps]] monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. No trace remains today.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Airdrie ROC Post – Subterranea Britannica |url=https://www.subbrit.org.uk/sites/airdrie-roc-post/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=subbrit.org.uk}}</ref>

[[File:The Holehills Flats - geograph.org.uk - 1742668.jpg|thumb|right|The Holehills Flats (now demolished)]]
The 1970s saw the opening of [[Monklands Hospital]], which replaced an older hospital on the Airdrie House estate.<ref>{{cite web| title=HoC 11th Dec 1970| url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1970/nov/11/airdrie-general-hospital| work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]| date=11 November 1970| access-date=2009-08-29}}</ref> Airdrie hosted the [[Royal National Mòd|National Mòd]] in 1993.<ref name=SMO>[http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/mod/ List of Mod's places] for each year on [[Sabhal Mòr Ostaig]] website</ref>

In the 21st century, the town has continued to grow as a residential settlement, with development and conversion of some town centre buildings, such as the Historic Orrs Department Store into new homes.<ref name="Housing1">{{cite web | title=Transformation of Airdrie department store nears completion | website=Scottish Housing News | date=2024-05-15 | url=https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/transformation-of-airdrie-department-store-nears-completion | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref> In 2024, permission was given for a significant expansion of the town, with the creation of up to 3,000 new homes in East Airdrie on former mining land.<ref name="Housing2">{{cite web | title=Expansion of East Airdrie to provide 3,000 new homes | website=Scottish Housing News | date=2024-07-16 | url=https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/expansion-of-east-airdrie-to-provide-3000-new-green-grid-homes | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref>