| Letters - 03 June 2005 |
| Keep multis for over 60s |
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| I VISIT high-rise flats in Port Glasgow about four times every year. |
| I find the lifts clean with no graffiti or obnoxious smells. The tenants keep the place clean and they don’t have any trouble.
The reason is that you have to be over 60 to live in the flats.
Dundee City Council should do the same rather than knocking down multis. — R. M., Dundee.
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| Home owners deserved cash |
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| I READ the letter from David Wilson, chairman of the Dundee Association of Council House Owners.
Mr Wilson stated that a credit note has been issued by the city council to home owners in Menzieshill who, I assume, have paid bills for repairs carried out by the council and its contractors.
It would appear home owners have been overcharged.
And, if so, why was a credit note issued and not a cash refund?
As things stand, home owners have no redress over charges.
Estimates and invoices are issued with insufficient details.
Owners of former council properties should be entitled to know exactly for what they are paying but are denied this. — David Smith, Chairman, Pentland Homeowners Association.
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| Wrong way around shelter? |
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The new bus shelter in Fintry.
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| REGARDING INQUIRIES about the new bus stop at Fintry shops in Dundee I, and lots of other people, think it is facing the wrong way. — Bewildered Pensioner.
IN Happyhillock Road, Dundee, one of the new bus shelters has been put in the wrong way round. Also as there is no glass on one side we get wet. — DIY. |
| Fond memories of street games |
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| I HAVE fond memories of playing in the streets of Dundee, things like hide and seek, reelefoe, cops and robbers, etc.
If nobody was about you marched along the street shouting “who wants a game” and you soon had loads of kids.
Back then (60s and 70s) there was a lot less traffic so we could play on the street.
I also remember going berry picking. We did not go for the money, we went for the fun. It is a shame that it has also passed and farmers grow berries designed to be picked by machines.
We did get up to mischief, but if we got caught we got a clip around the lug and, if we told mum or dad, we got another one.
Another highlight was going to the Odeon or ABC Saturday morning pictures. They both had cartoons, a weekly serial and a main feature film.
From the ages 14 to 16 I worked as one of the junior ushers at the ABC.
I have two kids and wish they could have the joys and innocence that I had. What has happened? — Jim Bryce, Charleston, Dundee. |
| Helpful steward at final |
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| WHEN I took my disabled mother to the OVD Junior Cup final at Tannadice, I was impressed by the first steward we met. Unfortunately, I didn’t get his name.
He began by pushing my mother’s wheelchair across the rather uneven Gussie car park, then took us to the ground.
We found we had to get to the far end and up a slope, but he insisted on helping us there.
I only wish the stewards we met inside had been as positive. I found their attitude less helpful. — Number One Fan.
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| Filled with excitement |
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| I AM quite disappointed by the letter from Responsible Dog Owner and Mother.
How can she complain about other people’s children when I am sure she knows how difficult it is to control some youngsters?
She should remember how exciting life is to a youngster.
Not every child has a dog or a cat around the house to pet, so when they see an animal on the street it can fill that child with excitement. — Disappointed.
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| Real credit to shop |
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| WHILE BUYING my fish in McLeish in Castle Street, Dundee, I was reminded why I always get my bit haddock there.
The staff are always cheery, polite and clean, a real credit to the shop.
If every shop looked after their customers and made them as welcome what a plaice Dundee would be. — The Bonnet.
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| Paying too much |
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| I HAD to check the date on my Tele as I thought it must be April 1.
It is obvious Perth & Kinross Council has more money than sense to create a £120,000 visitor centre at Perth’s dump at Friarton.
It shows we are paying too much Council Tax. — Isabella Ward, Perth.
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| Did teachers proud |
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| RECENTLY I had the pleasure of watching a group of children from the LJ Dance Factory performing at Dundee’s Bonar Hall. What a night.
The dancers, aged from three to 14, seemed to have a ball.
The routines and costumes were great and the children did their teachers proud. — Wendy Heenan.
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| Get priorities right |
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| I THINK it is a scandal that a war veterans’ home has to close through lack of funds.
There is money to hand out to all corners of the world.
It’s about time we got our priorities right. These men fought for this country. — B. Patterson, Fintry, Dundee.
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| Workers missing bus |
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| SINCE TRAVEL Dundee changed the times of the 9X and 10X to Barnhill, people at the Technology Park miss their bus as the departure time is now just before the hour.
Also why does the service not run on Sundays? A one-hour service should be tried. — R. B. Morrison, Broughty Ferry, Dundee.
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| Check hedges for nests |
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| BEFORE TRIMMING hedges, conifers or bushes, I ask your readers to look through them for nests. Many chicks are lost at this time of year. — Careful.
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