Just days after the Baxter Park staff hosted the judges for the Green Flag award scheme, which rewards parks that are kept tidy, the Dundee location has been simply abandoned again.
Bags of rubbish continue to be collected in the early morning, then left out for most of the day in the sun, next to the park bins.
These bags are then ripped open by loose dogs and seagulls creating a real health and safety problem.
Who wants to walk into a park and step through multiple bags of dog mess scattered around its entrance? It’s not exactly an inviting option.
We should all work towards keeping the park clean and tidy all year round, and not just before the judges get there. — Cory Campbell, Baxter Park.
Need answers on elderly care
When shall we hear from NHS Tayside management regarding the reasons for closing Ward 6 at Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee?
There has been a wall of silence from our politicians and hopefully now that the election is past, we can start to get some answers.
We need to know how elderly services in the city will be affected.
What is the future of elderly care in Dundee?
Perhaps they can inform the public if Ward 6 is considered a front line service.
The NHS is a devolved matter, rendering any meaningful debate about the closure of the ward pointless during the election campaign.
That is now out of the way, so come on, let’s have some answers. This ward has helped many people over the years and we are entitled to know the full reasons as to why it is being withdrawn.
The public need to put pressure on our elected officials to find out what is going on. — Reader.
Impressive market
I write to congratulate the organisers of the international market recently held in Dundee.
We spent Saturday and Sunday soaking up the culture. Not only was it fantastic to try so many different foods, it was also very educational for people, including children, who would never otherwise have the opportunity to taste so many different flavours. The children counted and they ate food from nine different countries. Very impressive.
Speaking to people at the market on both days I discovered many came from other towns and cities to visit. And Dundonians spoke of how impressed they were and claimed it was just like being on holiday. It was such a lovely atmosphere.
Well done organisers, for making full use of the City Square. I can’t wait for the next one. — Anon.
No Clegg effect?
I was interested to read Jim Barrie, SNP candidate for Dundee West in last week’s general election, partly blame his defeat on Alex Salmond’s non-participation in the televised leaders’ debates.
However, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg only did well in the debates because he was seen as an outsider and a fresh face, was telegenic and not well known to the general public.
Of course, Clegg was also an unknown quantity and when push came to shove the electorate clearly opted mainly for what they knew.
Indeed, in Scotland the parties of the best performers at the TV debates, the Lib Dems and David Cameron’s Conservatives, went backwards. — Stuart Winton, Dundee.
Do what’s best for country
In May 1940, Winston Churchill was elected Prime Minister and formed a Cabinet of National Unity.
That is what’s required now.
It’s time to do what is best for the nation as a whole.
Legislation should be passed for the common good, not according to political dogma and MPs have a free vote. — Eradicus.
Cones cause concern
At St Andrews School, Dundee, cones have been put out on St Leonard Road to stop cars from parking there.
There are no double yellow lines, so surely it isn’t against the law to park there.
As somebody who regularly drives on this road, I’d much prefer cars to park there than have cones sitting on the road.
The cones sitting on the road at both sides is making the road really narrow but cars will still keep coming when you’re driving down this road and I have had a lot of near misses.
Surely the school doesn’t have the right to stick cones on the road to stop cars parking? — Accident Waiting To Happen.
Unusual drink
I say that in the 70s in the pubs and hotels of Dundee, Perth and Greenock, you could order up a Smirnoff Bull Shot and it was served hot.
It was served in a mug with steaming hot beef gravy, a quarter gill of vodka, and then cooled with lemon juice.
Young friends of mine in the betting shops and pubs in Lochee and the Hilltown are thinking that I have lost the plot.
Can anyone prove I am sane? — C. A. Walker, Lochee, Dundee.
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