| Letters - 27 April 2005 |
| Stolen parking place |
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| I RESPOND to the harsh criticism directed at disabled drivers and their parking facilities. I was in the Gellatly Street Car Park in Dundee and all the disabled bays were full. |
| I confirmed at the office there that it was all right to use a mother and child bay.
My wife and I were met by the shaking fists of an able-bodied mother.
She had parked directly behind my car to wait for us to come out of our vehicle.
What crime had I committed? It appeared I had “stolen” their parking space (no sense of priority here).
Letter writer Annoyed stated, “Supermarkets can only request who parks in certain bays.” This is not so. The 1996 Disability Discrimination Act requires adequate parking provision “exclusively” for disabled drivers.
No such legal requirement exists for an able-bodied mother and child. — S. T.
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| History of Maryfield Hospital |
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Dundee’s Maryfield Hospital pictured in 1960.
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| CAN YOU give me any information on the history of, or publish a photo of, Dundee’s Maryfield Hospital?
My husband was born there in the 60s and we do not know where it was. I believe it was demolished. — Mrs Dot Brand, North Burnside Street, Carnoustie.
[Maryfield Hospital and its associated Rowans old folks’ home was on the west side of Mains Loan, between Eliza Street and Clepington Road, much of which is now the Dundee International Sports Complex. It’s main entrance was opposite Janefield Place.
The foundation stone was laid in 1891. There was a “great procession” led by a military band from Riverside.
It cost £23,000 to build and the first patients arrived in 1902 to be looked after by eight nurses and four probationers.
Over the years the hospital expanded until it was replaced by Ninewells Hospital. General patients were the first to go to be cared for at the new facility.
The last baby in the Maryfield maternity unit was delivered in 1974. The last elderly patients left for Victoria Hospital in 1976.
The buildings were demolished in 1979-80]
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| Cherish Scottish culture |
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| WHY DO the people of Dundee in Scotland copy so much from America? Reading the Tele on the Internet from the USA I note you now have trick-or-treat and cheerleaders.
What was wrong with “guising”? And who needs girls jumping around at sports events? It’s pointless and typical American.
Scotland should cherish its own forms of culture and its own ways of having fun even though the UK is bombarded by all things American in the movies and on TV.
Don’t let corporations mould the minds of children. Teach them to think and create for themselves. — Spartacus In America.
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| Palmed off by council |
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| LAST YEAR the fan in my kitchen was replaced by Dundee City Council.
When I try to switch it off, it just keeps going.
The heating allowance we pensioners receive is, in my case, now wasted on cold air.
I was told this fan was no longer in production and the electrician who put it in said he would try to get another.
However, nothing has happened.
In my opinion Dundee City Council does not bother about OAPs and is palming them off with unsuitable equipment. — Unhappy.
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| Asset to the city |
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| SOME MONTHS ago I highlighted the eyesore of a building at the Camperdown Leisure Park at Kingsway, Dundee.
Mr Frank Jordan made an excellent suggestion in a letter of turning it into a sporting museum. To date I don’t believe anything has been heard from Dundee City Council.
At the recent Spring Flower Show, held in the Ice Arena, hundreds of people attended.
What must out-of-town visitors have thought of the filthy, unkempt building at the entrance to the show.
The council should apply to the National Lottery for a grant as the suggestion by Mr Jordan would be an asset to the city. — Curious.
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| Charity disco date |
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| THERE IS to be a 60s disco on May 21 in Menzieshill Community Centre, Dundee. Tickets are £6 and will be available at the door.
Proceeds are going to muscular dystrophy and TICR (heart).
Please phone Jen (01382 610207) or Jaci (01382 660118). — Mrs Jaci Maylor, Tullideph Road, Dundee.
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