I was there at the weekend and it was busy, bustling and closer to what it once was in days gone by.

The new street furniture has had a fair bit of flak, but I think it looks good and gives the area a bit of colour.

Well done to those who did the work. Lochee High Street looks great. — Dundee Resident.

I decided to drive through the High Street and try to get parked close to the shops as my wife is quite ill at the moment, but this would depend on the layout of the new High Street.

On first impressions it looks very good and I can see it really making a difference to the whole tone of the area.

There is also potential for more shops opening up even in this economic climate.

However, on Saturday afternoon trying to park near the old taxi rank was impossible as every bay, including disabled and loading bays, was occupied by a taxi.

I didn’t see a single parking warden, but I’m sure I would have received a parking notice if I parked in the new taxi rank at the top of the High Street, which I could have done with ease as there were no taxis parked there. — Andrew Howie, Thornton, Fife.

I had my nine-month-old grandson with me who needed a nappy change.

Unfortunately, there are no facilities to do so, so I won’t be back. I will go into town in future.

No wonder it sometimes looks like a ghost town. — Angry Granny, Dundee.

If people think the service is bad right now, wait until September, when another new way of working comes in.

Instead of a single postman doing his own round, we will be paired up, working longer deliveries, from a van.

We are led to believe it’s called progress, and this progress will see us starting around 7am, going out on our new, much larger round at around 10am and finishing at around 3pm.

It is an amazing change to the way we deliver mail.

I can remember only a few years ago, we used to be out delivering mail at 7am, finishing the first round by 9.30, back for a break, then out on the second round, and home by 1pm at the latest.

Come September, I will be delivering mail until 3pm on a weekday.

Fancy computer programmes now tell us how fast we can walk and how many houses we can deliver to and how quickly we can deliver them.

It’s amazing just how difficult a once simple job has become, where the mail came in, got sorted, you delivered it and went home.

The customer was happy, the postie was happy, the boss was happy, and the public got the service it required. — Weary Postie.

The authority is going to knock down the Old St Pius school building in Ballantrae Road where we play bingo every Monday night. The local bowlers also play in this building.

We are all pensioners who have a nice place to go and meet friends.

Why are they knocking it down? I don’t understand this decision. — Mrs Rita Wood.

I, too, live in Main Street and although buses are not the only vehicles speeding, some buses do appear to be going too fast. I have entered the village at 30mph with a bus pulling away ahead of me.

The letter writer points out bus drivers have a difficult job. This may be true, We all know there are rowdy passengers and, of course, a bus is a large vehicle to control, but that’s all the more reason for keeping to the speed limit. — Shaky House Dweller.