A huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who came to the Committee Meeting on the 20th January – great that so many people are interested in being involved in resisting the proposals of Network Rail to ‘improve’ the line along Moray Place! It was good to have so much input and ideas for how to move forward with this. There will be an update meeting on Tues 3rd February 2015 7.30 – 8.30pm at McMillan’s – corner of Pollokshaws Rd/Titwood Rd. Come along and take part in the campaign. What Network Rail is doing affects us all! If you can’t make the meeting, but want to be added to the e-mail list, please contact:chair@strathbungo.com
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Many of you will already know that Network Rail (NR) have postponed the planned works along Moray Place in the wake of individual and Society objections and also from the intervention of our Councillors, MP and MSP on our behalf.
NR have noted to our political representatives and also to the Society that the postponement is to enable them to: “review our procedures whilst working in and around a conservation area as well as looking at various title deeds. The work will be re-scheduled and we will be in contact with all interested parties once the review is complete.”
From discussion I have had with Community Relations at NR, this will not be before the Autumn and they anticipate contacting the interested parties in the summer.
As a result they felt that there was no point in attending the meeting scheduled to take place on the 16th January with Nicola Sturgeon. Very disappointing! However, we are very grateful for the time and effort given to setting this up by Ms Sturgeon and her team.
For the same reason, NR have declined our invitation to our Committee meeting on Tuesday 20th January. However, a full discussion and planned response to NR’s proposals is now essential! Please come along on Tuesday and give your views and any support that you can offer.
There is a real possibility that NR may remove every piece of vegetation along the whole of Moray Place and put up completely inappropriate fencing. That will definitely not be a pretty sight, nor enhance this area! One thing is for sure, the issue is not going to go away and we need to do something about it!
We have been assured of the full support of our political representatives and I want to thank Anas Sarwar and David Meikle as well as Nicola Sturgeon for writing to NR on behalf of all the residents of Strathbungo.
If you can’t make it on Tuesday, but have a comment, question or want to offer support, please contact: chair@strathbungo.com
Look forward to seeing you at Queen’s Park Baptist Church Hall (large lounge), 20 Balvicar Street – the lane at the back of the Church.
Teresa
Chair, The Strathbungo Society
This is a typical weldmesh fence
If you live along Moray Place, or at the top of any of the streets off it, along its length, you will have received a neighbour notification on the 8th January telling you that Network Rail intends to install a 1.8m high weldmesh fence. They give notice that the work will begin on the 23rd Feb. As part of the work they state that vegetation will be cleared as well. However, no details regarding the exact nature or scope of the work are given.
There has been no consultation with the community and interested parties, which is very disappointing, given the assurances that Network Rail gave way back in 2005 that they would do so, after protests from Strathbungo residents stopped them removing all vegetation from Moray Place to Crossmyloof. Many of you will have been involved in this and remember it.
The Strathbungo Society lodged formal objection to these works on the 9th January and wrote to Network Rail requesting a meeting, making a number of comments, and posing questions. See below for these.
In addition to our formal objections, we have also met with Nicola Sturgeon on the matter and she has brokered a meeting with Network Rail, which will take place tomorrow (16th Jan ) and which representatives of the Society will attend. All of our Councillors and MP have also been written to on the issue. Also, I know that many of you have lodged individual objections to the proposed works by Network Rail.
Network Rail has been invited to attend our Committee meeting on Tuesday 20th January, though they have still to confirm their attendance. Please come along to take part in the discussion on this issue and pose questions that you want answered. Here’s the agenda in pdf format and here are the minutes from the last Society meeting, also in pdf format.
If you cannot attend, but have any comments/questions, please contact: chair@strathbungo.com
Many thanks – and a happy new year to you all!
Teresa
Chair, The Strathbungo Society
(click to view the Comments/Questions posed to Network Rail in a letter from the Strathbungo Society dated 10th January 2015)
In case anyone hasn’t noticed this, there are a few people who regularly come and go through the bins in the back lanes – a man and a young lad and a woman who is mostly on her own. I’m not sure what (if anything) can be done about this – any ideas? – but thought I should flag this up and two related points – confidentiality and mess.
All my rubbish is genuine rubbish, and I shred anything with confidential or personal information, however would urge everyone to please be extra-vigilant in making sure that no personal details make it into your bin.
In relation to mess, apart from any big items my rubbish is bagged before being binned however when the “pickers” come and sift through the bin contents they of course open the bags which creates a really unpleasant mess. I try to tidy up a bit around my bin when I see the mess, but it does feel like a losing battle …
Welcome in the dawning of 2015 at the Strathbungo Society’s annual Hogmanay shindig, Bungo At The Bells.
The celebrations will begin with a parade from the junction of Titwood Road and Thorncliffe Avenue at 23.30. Please bring along Pots, pans, drums etc to make as much of a Hogmanay noise as possible!
People will then gather outside 53 Queens Square (corner of Queens Square and Moray Place) to welcome in the bells with music, mince pies, shortbread and mulled wine.
To help congestion, it would be really helpful if people could avoid parking at the end of Queen Square between 23.15 and 00.30.
See you there!
The Strathbungo Society Christmas Celebration
Tuesday 16th December 2014, 7.30pm
McMillan’s Steak House and Bar
(junction of Pollokshaws Road and Titwood Road)
Come along and enjoy an informal celebration of the festive season – mince pies and mulled wine on offer beside a real open fire in McMillan’s Lounge area. Festive jumpers, headgear etc, most welcome! See you there – start the season off with good will and good wishes!
You can read the annual Trustees Report and accounts here.
What a great night of tartan and twirls! It was wonderful to see children of all ages and their parents enjoying the delights of traditional Scottish music – with some not so traditional thrown in – and dancing, at Queen’s Park Bowling Club last night. Lovely food too!
A huge ‘thank you’ to Allison Hussain, Paola Rezzilli and Alison Hunter for organising it all and keeping everything running smoothly.
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