Comments

Sunday, 04-10-09 05:12

Just returned from holiday and took 2 of the grandchildren to the play area.Not much there.Are new additions being installed or is it being run down?

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I asked for a statement from my contact in Land Services about this comment and the reply was
''that due to budget restrictions we do not have any plans to replace the equipment''.
However plans are being drawn up as part of the Heritage lottery bid for a new play area but this will not be for another 18 to 24 months

Sunday, 20-09-09 07:10

I am bitterly disappointed with the condition of the childrens play area. It is becoming more hazardous to take a child down there daily. Whilst I understand there has been various acts of vandalism, there is absolutley no excuse for the graffiti which has been there for a number of months and the general lack of maintenance of the spring, summer and last winter. My young son loves that play area and I am now finding it increasingly dangerous to allow my son to play unsupervised. I have E-Mailed land services, so I will await their reply with interest.

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I agree that the play area is in need of repair, however consultants have been in the park to look at this as it is one of the areas to be upgraded as part of the Heritage Lottery bid. if you look at the minuutes of the meeting for 4th August under the news item Heritage Lottery Fund you will see that this has started,

Tuesday, 15-09-09 14:22

I wonder if someone from your organisation could help me.

My great-great grandfather was James Hastie, who opened the bakery. He lived at "Glengonnar" villa which on some documents is listed as being in Hamilton Dr. whilst on others it is listed as being on Greenlees Rd./East Cotes.

Would anyone know exactly which house was "Glengonnar".

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Hi Terri hope someone can give you an answer - I will pass it around my contacts and see if anyone can help

Tuesday, 08-09-09 10:41

Great to see families enjoying the park at the fun day, especially the band stand. Usually when I walk past it has the usual collection of young drinkers, good to actually get into it. I would like to see more made of the band stand, the battle of the bands idea sounds good, another good way to bring families into what should be a great family area. Well done in the day

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Thanks for the comments considering the weather we have been having it turned out good for the fun day - our plans for the future would be to make more use of the bandstand area as well as the rest of the park

Monday, 31-08-09 08:27

Congratulations on the success of the Fun Day on Saturday 29th August. My family had a great time there and it is certainly something that can be built on in the coming years. It was good to see so many people attending. A couple of pointers for consideration - more stalls (eg. tombolla, raffles, charity ) to create more revenue, consider a "battle of the bands" in the amphi-theatre to showcase local talent and get more young folk into the park, kids farm (whether any local farmers could arrange free), small roundabouts etc. Possible book/art stall selling old prints etc of cambuslang. Well done again and we look forward to next year.

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Glad to hear you and your family enjoyed the Fun Day it's good to get feedback from those attending. We attempt every year to add new events and will certainly take your suggestions on board. We do however try to make as many things as possible free of charge. if you are free on 9th Sept come along to our meeting in the Cambuslang Institute 7pm