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Bungo in the Back Lanes

Bungo in the Back Lanes is back for 2026!

While it looks pretty wet out there just now, the forecast looks great for Saturday, so get ready. The event runs from 1 to 5pm (approx) in the lanes from Nithsdale Road to Vennard Gardens.

There’s full details on the Back Lanes pages on the blog:

Overview of the event: For those who don’t know
FAQ: All you need to know about setting up a stall
Map, Children’s Garden and Live Music line-ups
Volunteering: It’s not too late; set up starts at 9.30am in the Marywood/Queen Square Lane, and we start taking down after 5pm – come and give us a hand. Or say hello at The Strathbungo Society stall.

Here’s the newsletter, just in time for BitBL

The latest newsletter is doing the rounds. If you haven’t got one, you can

Read it now!

There’s details of Bungo in the Back Lanes, keeping the lanes clean, glass bins, local businesses and local news in brief.

If you want to write something for the newsletter, or even better if you fancy helping edit it or laying it out, please get in touch.

You can also find the newsletter, and old ones back to the 1990s, at the BygoneBungo Newsletter Archive.

Brighter Bungo

Saturday 28th February 11am – 1pm

Less glamorous than Window Wanderland, but another event that depends on community participation for its success. We’ll be delighted to see anyone who can spare a half hour between 11 and 1.

Here’s hoping for decent weather, but come rain or shine we will be outside Bossa on Nithsdale Road handing out litter pickers, gloves, black bags and optional hi-viz vests (children’s sizes now available).

Somehow an unglamorous activity on a cold damp morning feels like a nice family event all thanks to the enthusiasm of the volunteers. Children and dogs welcome.

What is a Home Zone? And why do we need one?

Like many, I have significant concerns over the council’s proposals for Strathbungo. But rather than rant, I would like to present a radical alternative approach that could be better for both pedestrians and motorists. Let me explain.

Firstly, note this is a personal opinion, not an official policy of The Strathbungo Society. Secondly, I am making a few basic assumptions:

  • I am not discussing the bin hub issue here
  • The residents’ parking permit scheme is probably inevitable, though it might need tweaks
  • The pavement parking ban is inevitable, because it is the law

If you have gone through the council consultation’s questionnaire already, you will have seen questions about a “Home Zone”. This is at our instigation, so I had better explain what a Home Zone is, and why I think it is a better option.

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Strathbungo Parking Consultation

The council have now published their parking (and bins) consultation, with a detailed map of bin and parking locations, and details of the parking controls and permits.

Parking spaces reduced by 50% in most streets.

No pavement improvements other than ban on pavement parking.

Residents’ parking permits.

£5 for visitors to park, up to 10pm.

On-street bins in Regent Park Square and Queen Square.

You can read it here.

The council’s pdf plan is near impossible to interrogate, as it loads so poorly. So we are really grateful to Paul Hart who has converted it to something more manageable. You can access his version here – it is a vast improvement and zooms instantly.

Brighter Bungo

Saturday 1st November 11am – 1pm

Could you spare an hour or so to help clear up our back lanes on Saturday 1st November between 11 and 1? We will be outside Bossa on Nithsdale Road for the duration, ready to hand out litter pickers, gloves and black bags, (Glasgow City Council will collect them on Monday).

Somehow an unglamorous activity on a cold damp morning feels like a nice family event all thanks to the enthusiasm of the volunteers. Children and dogs welcome.

Please join us; a little help makes a big difference. Imelda might even tell you her secret plans for brightening up Strathbungo even further if you ask nicely.

The future of Crossmyloof Resource Centre

***UPDATE***
The second consultation on 5th February has been postponed to allow Westpoint to develop their plans further with the council, taking on board feedback received. A new date will be announced in the future.
***UPDATE***

Councillor Molyneux has tipped us off about some upcoming pre-planning public consultation by the developer Westpoint Homes. So if you want to see what Westpoint are planning, and wish to comment, get yourself along to one of the events.

In line with The Town and Country Planning (Pre-Application Consultation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021, two statutory consultations will take place in relation to this project, both at Thornwood Hall, in The Point, the Queens Park Baptist Church community centre at 180 Queens Drive.

  • Wednesday 4th December, 2-7pm
  • Wednesday 5th February, 2-7pm

Feedback forms will be available at the first in-person event which can be completed and submitted to the project team until 25th December 2024.

The above consultation events will be advertised in the Glasgow Times a minimum of 7 days prior to each event taking place. Notified parties will receive correspondence confirming these details in advance.

Further information on the proposals is available from Iceni Projects via the below:

0141 473 7338
201 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LW
titwoodroad@iceniprojects.com

Update

The display boards from the first consultation are available to download (pdf).

Following feedback the plans will be developed further prior to the next meeting in February.

Strathbungo Society AGM 2024

The AGM of the Strathbungo Society will be on Tuesday 12th November. The event is again in Queens Park Church of Scotland over on Queens Drive, and will begin at 7.30pm. Doors will be open from 7.15pm, with tea and coffee available beforehand and wine afterwards.  Do come and meet fellow residents of the area.

The principal business of the evening will be the Society’s report and accounts for the year. We will also welcome speakers from the Queen’s Park Neighbourhood Plan.

As noted in our last newsletter, this is a collaborative initiative by the neighbouring Community Councils for Shawlands & Strathbungo and Langside, Camphill & Battlefield that kicked off its work in May 2024, and you can hear of public consultation and survey results and progress to date..

Society Documents here:

We are always looking for new blood on the committee. Every community organisation needs to reflect the diversity of the people living in the area, and always needs a variety of different talents to make the machine work. We meet 10 times a year, in the den of The Bungo Bar on Nithsdale Road, and you can contribute as much or as little as you like, according to your interests and skills. Beyond committee work, we also need volunteers to take part in Bungo Cleanups, to help organise local events like Bungo in the Back Lanes, or even introduce new ideas for other events. Have you any time that you can give to your local community? Have you new ideas, but need some help to get them going?

The Society is only as strong as those who contribute, so it needs your support.

Please contact us for further information, before, during or after the event.

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