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Letters - 16 April 2007
Lone men loitering in woods
I read with interest the complaints about prostitutes using Broughty Ferry Road, Dundee to ply their trade.

I hope when this issue has been addressed, the powers that be will see fit to do something about the seedier side of Templeton Woods.

As a female dog walker, I no longer feel safe there due to the increasing numbers of lone men who loiter near the main entrance.

Work was carried out there last year to widen paths and make them less secluded, but this seems to have had little effect. — Concerned Dog Walker.

Best wishes
I THANK Road Hog Hater of Blairgowrie for his kind words and congratulate him on having an outstanding driving record of which he should rightly be proud. How many people can boast of 60 years of trouble-free driving? I hope he and his wife have many more happy years of motoring. — Not Over Hill.

Keep noses clean
Dundee BAND The View will feel the loss of not touring America.

Let’s hope both the band and their management keep their noses clean and that no skeletons come out to further hinder future entry to the US.

As promoter Alec Downie points out it would be a great loss, not just commercially, but also in terms of their musical ability being lost to this market. — Posh Boy, West End, Dundee.

Dundee needs another bypass
IT IS now clear Dundee’s Kingsway cannot cope with the increasing levels of traffic.

The answer is an outer bypass re-routing traffic away from built-up residential areas.

Inconvenience to the few rural dwellers would be mitigated by the removal of the pollution facing the thousands of urban dwellers.

Residents and schoolchildren at Craigiebank have long suffered from poor access to shops.

Less congestion at the eastern end of the Kingsway would not only lead to an improvement in air quality but also an excellent opportunity to finally engage traffic calming measures aimed at providing safe access to local services. — Radicalist.

Selfish parker told me to “go to Hell”
I vent my sheer frustration at Dundee drivers who continue to abuse and selfishly park in mother and baby (and incidentally disabled) spaces in car parks.

One particular lady I approached promptly told me to “go to Hell” in Tesco Extra, Kingsway on April 9.

Mother and child spaces are for parents with a child/children under five. Parents with child/children over five should be parking in a normal space.

I am sick of being verbally attacked.

Many times I have seen a space being taken by people who clearly don’t have children with them, or any booster/car seats.

I’ve had to park in a tight space and struggle to get my baby son out.

I would support a scheme where a permit badge (much like the disabled badges) would be issued to all parents with children under five.

I work in a place where we get dozens of complaints a day that these spaces are being abused and no-one has taken the initiative to do anything about it. — Disgruntled Mother.

Carrying the blame
I too am sick of the petty vindictiveness against 4x4 vehicles.

Sticking another £200 on my road tax will not make Chancellor Brown’s planet any greener.

My two-litre diesel is a fine size for me and for once I have found a really good general-purpose car.

The world pollution problem began long before our time and many people got rich as the British Empire grew. Small people suffered.

The small people are still suffering, but someone has to carry the blame. — Little Man.

On the mend
I WRITE to let the young girl know the puppy involved in an accident on April 1 in Balunie Avenue, Dundee, is on the mend. Although she was very upset at the time, it was not her fault. Harry ran out of nowhere. — Harry’s Owner.

Thanks a bunch
The DRIVER of a black BMW X5 hit my car door at Asda, Kirkton, Dundee at about 3.30 pm on Saturday, April 7.

I’d just had the car back from a garage having spent hundreds having dents removed and the door resprayed. — Angry.

Surrendered too easily
What HAS happened to our once- decent country?

Our young servicemen and women are dying in foreign fields. They ask for nothing.

Now we have 15 service personnel, who surrendered without a whimper.

They are being handsomely rewarded by sections of the media for stories of their alleged ill-treatment from their captors.

Pass me the sick bag. — Fair’s Fair.

Level of co-operation
Some ADMIT to being surprised at the level of co-operation given by our sailors and marines held hostage in Iran.

It is obvious they co-operated to play up the fact they were being forced to comply.

Leading Seaman Turney chose not to correct grammatical mistakes in letters that had clearly been placed before her. — Politico.

Are they related?
A relative says the actor Chris Gascoyne who plays Peter Barlow in Coronation Street is the son of actress Jill. I disagree. Can the Tele please help? — Reader, Dundee.

[You were right to disagree. they are not related. In fact, their surnames are even spelt differently, with Jill’s being Gascoine, and Chris’s Gascoyne.]

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