Dundee City Council should be making an effort to reduce wasted costs wherever possible and not look towards Glasgow to set levels just below their rate.

How would Dundee have reacted if Glasgow raised rates by say 6%?

My feeling is an SNP administration would put Dundee far lower in the cost league tables. — Paying Too Much.

What exactly are their duties?

I watched from my bedroom window as the usual bunch of youths gathered at the park behind our street. They were drinking, yelling and being a general nuisance.

Along came two community wardens. They shook the youths’ hands and carried on their way.

As for the security guard at the shopping centre, I was in the post office and my five-year-old was outside on his bike.

I came out and my son was nowhere in sight. The guard had put him out because he shouldn’t have been riding his bike.

Fair enough, but my son was very upset.

Then a couple of days ago I went to the post office and some teenagers were hanging about, one riding a bike.

I asked the guard if he was going to tell him to get out, but he didn’t.

Are we to be ruled by these yobs? I work hard all week, pay my taxes and try to be a good neighbour. The least I can expect is to live in peace and without fear. — Also Annoyed.

They play football on the roads, play chicken with traffic, destroy property, trees, etc.

While this is all happening you see community wardens doing nothing.

What is their purpose? They are the biggest ever waste of money.

I would much rather see the streets being patrolled by police. — Beat Man.

What has happened?

Older buses have been introduced and there are unreliable services with some that don’t turn up.

The girls who used to politely answer inquiries is no longer available and you are merely advised of another number.

If you go in person there are no longer any inspector/supervisory staff to assist.

Stagecoach has made me invest in a bike and take up walking.

I feel better and have again a reliable means of transport. — Gerry From The Ferry.

One regular visitor was the (then unknown) Robin Williams before he found fame in the US sitcom Mork and Mindy. He was in digs in the Stannergate.

No one realised at the time how famous he would become. He was particularly fond of lorne sausage and tattie scones.

Another famous (to be) customer was Dundee actor Brian Cox. He too was a fan of lorne sausage.

Hungry Mary’s catered for all types — lorry drivers, sailors, policemen and an army of Caledon workers.

It was local comedian Bobby Barty who invited the young unknown Williams to the Windmill Bar in the Hilltown when he was performing. — Phylis Dench, Perth Road, Dundee.

I would be grateful if any readers could confirm there was another church directly across the road on the corner of the High Street, where the Post Office used to be sited.

Some of my friends, who were born and bred in Lochee, don’t seem to remember this. I was a Ferry lad, by the way. - John T. Jones, Laxton Drive, Lenzie.

It did have two or three steps up to the entrance. I believe this is still a chemist shop trading as Alliance Pharmacy.

Robertson’s traded from the early 40s. — Andy Hughes.

We were there due to a birthday request from my nine-year-old son.

I am sorry that my partner left and wants no contact with his children.

I can’t leave my son with his grandmother since she was ill in hospital at the time. I wouldn’t have taken my baby if I had another choice.

Instead of complaining about babies, why not complain about Cineworld’s lack of a crèche? — Angry Single Parent.

The club caters for all age groups from four upwards and also all ability levels. They even have an adult class.

No experience of cheerleading, dancing of gymnastics is necessary.

The club also has daytime activities, which include line dancing, keep-fit, tea dances and afternoon bingo.

If you are interested please contact me on 01382 524586/803356. — Morag Brannan, Scottish Bluebells Coach and Manager.

Most are switching off lights when we leave a room, etc.

However, while we are doing our bit, it seems Dundee City Council feels it is exempt.

A month after Christmas and the festive lights are still hanging in Broughty Ferry and are switched on nightly. What an utter waste. — Strachan.

In St Andrews the Christmas lights are still blazing.

In this context I was also bemused to read the Tele news feature about reducing carbon emissions.

You quoted Fife Council as saying that, “It treats the issue extremely seriously.” Council leader Anne McGovern said that they will “play our part in reducing harmful emissions no matter how large or small that action may be”. — Lichts Aff.

There were other children whose dads were playing there too.

They were told it was a closed game and put out of the arena.

My son and another boy were refused entry back into the arena to tell their parents where they were. I spent a whole morning trying to get in touch with the Ice Arena.

I would like an explanation why parents were not told their kids were outside in the rain and the dark. — Frozen Out.

[We approached Dundee Ice Arena but had received no response at the time of going to press.]

It’s about time environmental health looked into this situation. — Concerned Gran.