The Story of Martini Maccomo: A Black Lion Tamer in Sunderland
Possibly the first Black lion tamer in England, Maccomo was tamer to Sunderland’s famous taxidermy lion Wallace.
Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT
REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 10 OCTOBER 2022
Miller’s Wynd – closed until 26 December 2022 at its junction with Hawkhill for major construction works.
City Road (Tullideph Place to Logie Street) – closed for up to 2 weeks for Scottish Water emergency works.
Hillside Road (junction with Hillside Place) – closed for up to one week for carriageway resurfacing works.
Lower Pleasance – road closure from Friday 14 October for 5 days for CityFibre work.
Forthcoming Roadworks
Lochee Road (at Polepark Road) – temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 18 October to Friday 21 October for CityFibre work.
Blackness Road (at junction with Balgay Road) – closed from Wednesday 19 October for 3 days to facilitate carriageway resurfacing works.
Guthrie Street (Brown Street to West Marketgait) – closed from Monday 31 October for 3 weeks for Scottish and Southern Energy Network work.
Dunmore Gardens and Dunmore Drive – full closure of both roads for carriageway resurfacing from 9 November for 5 days.
Milnbank Road – closed westbound from junction of Bankmill Road for 4 days from 15 November for ground investigation works.
Festival of the Future 2022
Festival of the Future is the University of Dundee’s flagship festival programme that celebrates and enhances collaboration between science, arts, and culture.
The festival this year is all about sharing experiences, connecting with nature, health, and wellbeing, and celebrating and protecting our spaces and places.
During the festival, you will be able to experience the sensations of forest bathing, design and build your own mini garden, top up your happiness supplies and explore the tranquil and natural spaces that we have right here on our very own doorstep.
There’s lots of great events next week and more details are available at www.dundee.ac.uk/festival-future/events
Woven Together – Dundee’s Slavery Connections
Woven Together Dundee is a community-based research project exploring Black and ethnic minority history in Dundee.
For this special live event as part of Black History Month, some of the project volunteers will discuss the stories they have uncovered about the city’s links to slavery.
Run in association with the Abertay Historical Society, the event will be held in Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee on Wednesday 12th October at 6.30pm.
The event is free to attend and full details including booking are available at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/woven-together-dundees-slavery-connections-tickets-403567339777
Hargey joins with Scottish and Welsh Ministers in call for urgent ‘cost-of-living’ actions
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has joined the Scottish and Welsh social security ministers in urging immediate action on the cost of living crisis from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Chloe Smith.