| Letters - 04 October 2005 |
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| I RANG the Royal Mail’s sorting office to ask why I had not received correspondence. |
| I am told I am not getting mail as I do not have my name on my door.
Did I miss the regulation telling us to put our names on our doors? — David Fletcher, Douglas, Dundee.
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| Councils must play their part |
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| LOOKING AT the number of cars clogging up Dundee’s city centre, I wonder how many drivers waiting for access to the Tay Road Bridge have made a serious attempt to use public transport to get to work.
Buses into Dundee from Fife are described as being inadequate or unreliable.
But like everything, it all comes down to supply and demand. Millions of pounds, after all, have been spent upgrading Dundee’s buses, and most surveys show the majority of car journeys could easily be made by bus.
Perth has invested in a park-and-ride scheme that has helped the town’s residents avoid some of the dangerous emissions caused by large volume of cars coming into the city from surrounding areas
Councils bordering Dundee should play their part towards ensuring the city’s residents can get a similar quality of life, by encouraging public transport into the city.— Pitalpin Reader.
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| We can shop elsewhere |
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| I READ the letters about Ninewells Hospital parking, but don’t agree with Grateful Grandad’s point.
We don’t complain about the queue at the Overgate because we choose to go shopping. We don’t have a choice about going to hospital.
If the Overgate (or any other shopping centre) makes us wait too long, or pay too much, we could go elsewhere. — Chris Maher.
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| THE PE Department at Lawside Academy, Dundee, is gathering Tesco Sport vouchers to provide an orphanage in Romania with an inflatable play area. We need 7250 vouchers.
Readers can become involved by sending vouchers to Brother Douglas, Lawside Academy, West School Road, DD3 8RT, or drop them in at the school office. — Brother Douglas, Dundee.
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| Scottish cricket |
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| IT is disappointing to see SNP MSP Christine Grahame waste valuable parliamentary time bemoaning the level of publicity given to England’s Ashes victory.
She is mistaken in her assertion cricket in Scotland has “minority interest”. Around 12,000 regularly play the game. — Scottish Cricket Enthusiast, Dundee.
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| I WAS interested to read the letters from Curious about the proposed Cultural Centre in Blackness Road. I don’t think there has been enough information given to the public about this.
Have local people been asked if they want “a towering minaret”, or the loudspeaker calling people to prayer?
I hope the council will be open and informative about this. — More Curious.
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| Orange march |
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| WHY HAS an afternoon Orange March through Dundee been allowed for Sunday, November 6? It’s beyond me. — G. D. D. |
| Family Centre |
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| I AM very upset at the loss of the Linlathen Family Centre and was shocked that a Dundee City Council committee unanimously agreed the closure despite the protest of Pitkerro Councillor Christina Roberts. It’s shameful. — Local Resident.
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| Problem closer to home |
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| INTERESTING TO read the article in Wednesday’s Tele about “Dundee fly tipping in the spotlight”. Although not on the same scale as fly tipping, I think Mr Jim Nicholson, the cleansing services officer with the city council, should also address a problem nearer home.
Some of his re-cycling staff (brown bin and bottle collection squads) while having a morning break thought nothing of dumping their polystyrene cartons and papers in the street, which I lifted and disposed of.
A few days later other re-cycling staff left discarded food on the road, which would encourage rats.
No wonder the kids think nothing of littering when this is how cleansing department staff behave. — Dee Bee.
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| Desolate sites |
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| I POINT out to Unselfish Dundonian, who wrote about the need for proposed flats at Riverside, Dundee, there are already empty properties and desolate sites from Lochee to the city centre that could easily be developed, converted and built on to produce usable housing.
The issue at Riverside is sensitivity to the location.
Also, I can’t see the price, fixed or not, for a flash Docklands-style apartment is going to be attractive to first-time buyers. —Realist.
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| I REFER to the report about the poor exam results of Dundee schools and say, no wonder.
My grand-daughter and many of her classmates worked hard in Primary 7, as did staff, to get ahead in maths and English in preparation for their secondary education.
Those children, now at secondary, are being told they can only do revision as they have to wait for the other children to catch up.
They are bored and disillusioned, after looking forward to the challenge. No wonder the kids lose heart. — Worried Gran.
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