April 2009 Meeting
The April 2009 meeting will be on Monday the 20th of April, 7:30pm at Grianach Café at 38 Nithsdale Road.
Concerned
is it just me calling the police when i see bin rakers, drug deals and acts of vandalism on the streets/back lanes of strathbungo?
it certainly seems so. sorry to sound harsh but i was so proud to say i lived in Strathbungo a few years ago and its certainly not the case now.
in the space of half an hour today i saw 2 sets of bin rakers and 4 asian teenagers very obviously dealing drugs. i stay in moray place and overlook the back lanes and the mess from fly-tipping, irresponsible dog walkers and bin rakers is just appaling. not so long ago, we reported a man with a knife ripping open dumped binliners in the lane - he was obviously drunk or on drugs - what would have happened if someone had innocently startled him?
what i find bizarre is that i have heard of loads of break ins yet lots of people have overgrown hedges and trees and haphazard fences that don’t protect their property, just shield the burglars, we have bungo at the bells/back lanes that is supposed to encourage community spirit yet i see dog mess on the streets of strathbungo each day and barely anyone looks you in the eye if you pass them on the streets. we all appear to have windows that look onto the back lanes/streets but strangely no-one sees these bin rakers or dodgy folk , we are all paying mortgages/rent and yet it seems we let the council away with potholes, flytipping, broken street lights- what a funny wee world strathbungo is.
i find it very hard to believe that no-one else sees what i see or feels the same way so if you do please respond. the police have told me that they are happy for us to call them. the number is 0141 423 1113. i am making the decision to call them whenever i see anything dodgy and i don’t care if that makes me seem like a nosey busybody!
Master Composter Volunteer Training Session
The Master Composters will be holding a training session for volunteers at The Hidden Gardens on Wed 15th April between 3 - 6pm. If anyone would like to come along to learn more about the programme, about composting or about volunteering to help us spread the word on home composting, I would love to hear from you.
The session will cover how to compost successfully, the benefits of composting to the environment and to local communities and how to deal with issues about your compost from ‘concerned’ neighbours.
If you would like to come along then please get in touch with me on mastercomposter@thewisegroup.co.uk or 0141 314 1450 and I will book you a place.
Thanks
Brian