Getting things done – Annfield Street

Residents have expressed concern to me that the temporary barriers round Scottish Water’s contractor’s works in Annfield Street have fallen over, partially blocking the road – see below :
I have drawn this to the attention of Scottish Water and requested these be reinstated and properly secured as soon as possible.


Getting things done – Guthrie Street

I have received residents’ complaints about the dumped mess in Guthrie Street opposite the junction with Session Street – see photo below.

I have asked the City Council’s Neighbourhood Services if this can be cleaned up :



City Road Allotments – fencing improvement

I recently welcomed the council’s commitment to a proposed improvement to the security fencing at the City Road allotments.

I am pleased to note that the work to upgrade the security fencing is now well-underway – see below :



Food recycling – Perth Road Lanes – further update

I recently updated residents about the impending food recycling extension to cover the Perth Road lanes and surrounding area.

There was a drop-in session yesterday for residents that I previously advertised and I thought it would now be useful to give a list of the streets wholly or partly included in the new food recycling extension :

     AIRLIE PLACE
     BALTIC GARDENS
     BELLEFIELD AVENUE
     FORDS LANE
     GREENFIELD PLACE
     HIGH MILL COURT
     MAGDALEN MEWS
     MAGDALEN PLACE
     MAGDALEN YARD ROAD
     MCGONAGALL SQUARE
     MCVICARS LANE
     MID WYND
     MILLERS WYND
     OSBORNE PLACE
     PATONS LANE
     PATRICK PLACE
     PENNYCOOK LANE
     PERTH ROAD
     RITCHIES LANE
     ROSEANGLE
     RYEHILL LANE
     SEABRAES COURT
     SEABRAES LANE
     SEAFIELD CLOSE
     SEAFIELD LANE
     SEAFIELD ROAD
     SHEPHERDS LOAN
     SPINNERS WYND
     SPRINGFIELD
     ST PETER STREET
     STEP ROW
     STRAWBERRYBANK
     TAYFIELD PLACE
     TAYLORS LANE
     THOMSON STREET
     UNION PLACE
     WESTFIELD AVENUE
     WESTFIELD LANE
     WESTFIELD PLACE
     WINDSOR PLACE

I have details of the locations of communal on-street recycling units in the area so do please contact me if you wish further information on this (recycling@frasermacpherson.org.uk).

Last week, I attended a briefing for councillors about the proposed final extensions of all other household recycling across the city (paper, cardboard, metals, plastics, etc) and this will take place in two phases – commencing April and June.    The above area is the only part of the West End left to have this extension (the rest of the West End being covered from 2015) and I will update with further details on this soon.


Friends of Wighton Lunchtime Recital

From Sheena Wellington :

Wednesday 1st February, 1.15pm (admission free) – Lunchtime Recital at the Wighton Heritage Centre.    

For their first Lunchtime Recital of 2017 Friends of Wighton are delighted to welcome Just3Folk!

Just 3Folk (J3F) got together when they helped to start up a folk club called Sunday Sessions in Monifieth.  The group:  Liz Crawford, Maggie Douglas and Anne Hamilton share a common love of folk music and have been on an exciting musical journey over the past two years.

The group has taken part in many Folk sessions in Tayside, Angus, and Fife, and are regular performers at Sunday Sessions in Monifieth.   They are bowled over by the friendliness of all the singers and musicians they have met in the different venues and love learning new songs and music from these talented performers.

The highlight of 2016 was when they went on tour in Donegal, enjoying 5 gigs in 5 nights.   On one memorable occasion J3F found themselves performing to a bus load of American and Swedish tourists in Leo’s Tavern, the home of Enya and Clannad .  

J3F have developed a varied repertoire of traditional and contemporary folk music, arranging the songs in three part harmony, and performing them accompanied by guitar, banjo and occasionally ukulele. 

Liz, Maggie and Anne have been incredibly busy in musical pursuits since retiring from full time employment.   Anne, as well as teaching classical guitar in Broughty Ferry, runs a very popular folk singing group and co-runs a unique string group for Dundee U3A.   Liz leads the very successful Dee Ukes, a Ukulele band who play in many different locations throughout Dundee and further afield.   And Maggie is busy developing her ukulele and guitar skills. 

J3F are keen to perform wherever and whenever possible and thoroughly enjoy every minute of their musical experience. They plan to do another tour this summer on the West Coast of Scotland.   They are delighted to be playing at the Wighton Centre lunchtime concert.