| Letters - 12 April 2005 |
| Child too old for parking |
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| I HAVE been watching with interest the various letters about disabled and/or parent and child parking spaces. |
| Recently in Dundee’s City Centre I was late for an appointment and was struggling to find a parking space, with only disabled bays available.
Eventually I had to park in a disabled space. Immediately behind me, in a standard parking space, was a car displaying a disabled badge.
There are always disabled spaces available, so why do disabled drivers park in standard spaces? Some people want it all ways.
A while back, I went to a supermarket in Dundee with my son.
I parked in a parent and child space. On my return a member of staff told me I had no right to park there as my son was too old. He was eight.
Am I expected to know a store has an unpublicised age restriction?
Disabled people please stop complaining. Dundee City Centre is relatively small and you are never far from where you want to go.
And I ask supermarkets to either publicise age restrictions on spaces or accept that any parent and child will use them, even if the parent is 80 and the child 60. — Confused.
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| Train crowding worry |
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| A FEW weeks ago, I had the mis-fortune to travel on the ScotRail 5.32pm service from Dundee to Edinburgh.
The number of passengers who were forced to stand far outnumbered those fortunate enough to have a seat.
The train was so overcrowded that when it arrived at a station, the passengers standing nearest the doors had to leave the carriage to make room for those who wished to disembark.
If a disaster had struck that evening I can’t begin to imagine the carnage which would have resulted.
Something must be done urgently to stop overcrowding on our trains.
I sincerely hope this problem is addressed before any lives are lost. — Worried Passengers.
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| They sang with Andy’s band |
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Palais favourite Andy Lothian in 1955.
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| I REFER to the poem about the Palais, the “Monkey Walk” and the music of Andy Lothian.
I also recall the local singers who would go up to perform with Andy’s band.
The names of some were Jim McGlone, Ali Alcorn, Freddie Saunders and Jimmy Borland.
It was top-class entertainment for just one shilling (5p).
When it was finished we would walk up the Overgate and along the Murraygate.
It was fun. It also gave you a chance to meet all your old friends.
It was a time that will stay with me a long time! — Alan Scott, Dundee.
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| Johnny’s return visit |
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| I REFER to the query about The Johnny Hudson Hi Four. It was a very popular group in the 60s and consisted of Johnny, Dougie Martin, Chic Taylor and John Casey.
I saw them last year in Dundee’s Chambers Bar when Johnny visited from Toronto.
Does the Tele have any photos of the group? — Sixties Music Fans.
[Unfortunately, we have no pictures in our archives. Perhaps a Tele reader has one.]
THE JOHNNY Hudson Hi-Four became The Poor Souls in the 60s. The group comprised Johnny, Dougie Martin, Chic Taylor and John Casey. Dougie still plays his music.
Johnny Hudson came home from Toronto last year for a great reunion. Thanks for the memories. They were great musicians. — Two Poor Souls Fans.
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| SNP offer to Labour |
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| LETTER WRITER Literate states the SNP should go to the bottom of the political class in Dundee.
It is, in fact, Literate who should be made to go and stand in the corner.
Far from turning its back on Labour after the last local government elections, the SNP offered it a coalition on Dundee City Council.
The principle was quite straightforward. The SNP and Labour had between them polled the vast majority of votes. In doing this, the SNP was breaking new ground in Scottish politics.
Labour turned its back on the SNP preferring to use the smaller parties.
Literate also complains the SNP refused point blank to work with the Conservatives.
The full name of that party is the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, an organisation which is diametrically opposed to everything for which the SNP stands. — Kenneth Guild.
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| If you are evil . . . |
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| TO WHOEVER stole the charity bottle belonging to the Parkinson’s Disease Society from the newsagent’s in the Seagate Bus Station, Dundee, you must either be sick, desperate or just plain evil.
If you are sick or desperate then there is help out there for you (mostly run by charities).
But if you are just evil, then enjoy spending what little amount that was in the bottle as it had just recently replaced a full bottle. — Staff .
P. S. Can Doris Taylor from the Parkinson’s Disease Society please call?
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