Please support Bonnie Dundee!

As many of you will know, ‘Bonnie Dundee’ is a group of volunteers that has been running for over 10 years and the clue is in the name – to keep Dundee bonnie!

The team plant and maintain 68 planters, two garden areas and one large wildflower meadow in and around Dundee City Centre and the West End. 

Please support the great team of volunteers at Bonnie Dundee in their bid to the Aviva Community Fund.       Full details of the funding bid and how to vote for the team can be accessed here.    

You only have until 20th November, so please vote for Bonnie Dundee today!


Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR WEST END WARD – SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER 2018

West Port roundabout – lane closures on roundabout and approaches on Sunday 28 October for CCTV apparatus maintenance.

REPORT FOR WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 29 OCTOBER 2018

Old Hawkhill – temporary traffic lights for one week for water main connection.

Nethergate (at Park Place) – temporary traffic lights on Sunday 4 November for Scottish Water mains repair.


Police Community Surgeries in the West End #dundeewestend

The next West End Police Surgeries take place on Monday – details below – all welcome!



From Cox to Coccyx – 130 Years of Anatomy in Dundee

Tower Foyer Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee
Now on until 14th December 
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 7pm and Saturday 1pm to 5pm


This fascinating new exhibition explores the history of Anatomy in the city. The Chair of Anatomy in Dundee was endowed by Thomas Hunter Cox of the jute family who owned Camperdown Works, and the first Anatomy teaching began here in 1888. This was a key milestone for the new University as it marked the first official step towards the creation of a Medical School in the city, which would eventually be realised in 1897.

The fortunes of the Anatomy department have fluctuated since then, and on at least two occasions it was threatened with closure, but today the Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification (CAHID) is internationally recognised for its work in anatomical and forensic science.

This exhibition looks at the history of Anatomy at the University, with a particular focus on the eight men and women who have held the Cox Chair over the past 130 years. Included in the exhibition are models, charts and other materials used in teaching students about the human body. It also explores the long connections between anatomy and art – from the Artistic Anatomy classes taught by the first Professor of Anatomy, Andrew Melville Paterson, up to the unique Medical and Forensic Art masters courses that the University offers today.


Stories of Hope and Forgiveness from the Burma Railway

The Steeple, Nethergate
Saturday 27th October 2018 – 7.30pm to 10pm 


Eric Lomax’s book, ‘The Railway Man’, records his terrible experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war.    The book inspired the film of the same name starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jeremy Irvine.    

Charmaine McMeekin is Eric’s daughter and she will speak movingly about living with the painful legacy of her father’s experiences and her own journey to find peace and reconciliation with him. 

Charmaine was a nurse and midwife, she is now a counsellor and psychotherapist in Edinburgh.

Captain Clarkson Blackater was also captured by the Japanese in 1942 and sent to work on the notorious Burma -Thai Railway. 

The secret diary he kept during his ordeal became the basis of his book ‘Gods Without Reason’. 

His daughter, Phyllida, and grandson, Piers Bowser, will use extracts from his book, along with private letters and poems to reveal how his faith and his love for his family sustained him through his dark days in captivity.

Proceeds from this event will go to Erskine Care for ex-servicemen.  Tickets, priced at £5, are available here or at the door on the evening.