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Letters - 05 October 2006
Nobody seems to care
I HAVE been reading with interest your reports regarding people being allowed bail, particularly after serious charges have been alleged.

My son died in an incident in Dundee last year.

A man was charged, initially detained in custody, but was given bail two weeks later. He is still awaiting trial.

My family has had to live with the fact that this man stays just a few streets away.

While my family is trying hard to come to terms with my son’s death, they are finding it even harder to understand why the law can allow this to happen.

Nobody seems to care or give a thought to the families who are left behind waiting for answers and being told nothing. — Troubled Mother.

Shops give service to community
I LIVE in Fintry, Dundee, and use the local shops.

I disagree with J. M. as I understand the concerns being raised about Morrison’s opening a nearby supermarket.

Supermarkets get the better prices from the manufacturers and deal direct, whereas small retailers have to go through a middle man, like the cash-and- carry warehouse.

Local shops provide a great service to the community. — A. H., Fintry, Dundee.

Proud of march
IT MADE me proud to see all those who lined the Edinburgh streets for the Independence 1st March on September 30.

I hope this means at last people are now thinking about this issue and will come on board.

We should be given the chance to decide on our country’s future in a referendum on independence.

I remind everyone about the unjust merger forced on us in 1707.

Westminster control will have lasted for 300 years during next year’s elections to our Scottish Parliament.

My advice is to vote for pro-independence parties, otherwise nothing will really change. — R. G., Kirriemuir.

Wilde sculpture
COULD THE Tele please solve a mystery? My friend says there is a coffin sculpture with the head of Oscar Wilde on it in Dundee.

I have never seen it or heard of it. — Mrs H Ward, Balunie Avenue, Dundee.

[The only similar structure we can find is in Adelaide Street, near London’s Trafalgar Square. This permanent tribute to Oscar Wilde was unveiled on November 30, 1998.

Called A Conversation With Oscar Wilde, it depicts the head and shoulders of the playwright carved in bronze, rising out of what looks like a granite coffin.]

Lochee ghost town
WHEN IS something going to be done about removing the gangs that hang about at Tesco in Lochee near the cashline?

Some look as young as 10, with older members drinking openly from bottles of cider and alcopops.

I reported this matter in June but nothing has changed.

Lochee is a “ghost” town and people are scared to go out at night for fear of being attacked and mugged. — Local Resident.

Tesco profits
TESCO HAS seen its half-year profits rise 10.3% to £1.09billion, while the workers in Dundee warehouse fight for a decent pay-off or decent terms and conditions at the new depot in Livingston.

All we will get is a free £1 voucher for the staff canteen.

Little wonder Tesco drivers are thinking about strike action. — Stresco Worker.

Sad loss
THE CITY Centre and Harbour Community Council was deeply saddened at the loss of our founding chairperson Liz Ross earlier in the year.

Liz was a popular colleague during her time with Dundee City Council, and a highly respected member of the Children’s Panel.

As a tribute to Liz, and with the blessing of her family, we collected messages of remembrance from friends and colleagues which are available on our website.

Liz, you are sorely missed. — Scott Milne, Chair of City Centre and Harbour Community Council.

Proof of age
MY 14-year-old son boarded a Travel Dundee bus to go to the City Centre. He asked the driver how much a child Day Saver cost. The driver’s reply was, “£1.60, but you have to get an adult Day Saver costing £2.50.”

My son told the driver he was only 14, but he was insistent my son pay the adult fare.

To avoid further humiliation, embarrassment and arguing, he paid the adult fare.

I find it disturbing that my son now has to carry identification to prove he is under 18. — Teresa Smith, Scotscraig Road, Dundee.

Thank you for the music . . .
Thank YOU, Abba Magic, for an amazing night’s entertainment at the Whitehall Theatre on Saturday.

The aisles were shaking with excited Abba look-alikes egged along by the beautiful singers.

The place was alive with a choir of swaying, clapping, happy people who, I’m sure, like me and my family, had a thoroughly wonderful night.

Thank you for the music. — Wendy Smith, Forest Park Road, Dundee.

. . . or not
Stand-In groups die at the Whitehall Theatre, Dundee.

We were so disappointed with Abba Magic that we left halfway through the show.

Lacklustre and tacky, they were an insult to the real Abba. The outfits were awful, too. And where did those wigs and false moustaches come from?

Some appeared to be enjoying themselves, but the main body of the audience was unimpressed, judging by the lack of energetic applause. — Jan and Sandy Bowie.

Shop AGM
LOOKIN’ GOOD, the community shop in Dundee’s Kikton housing estate, is holding its AGM on October 24 at noon in St Columba’s Church Hall. All members are welcome. — Mrs Wilson, Treasurer.

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