This afternoon, I had the pleasure of attending the AGM of the Sinderins and Pennycook Courts tenants' association. This took place in Pennycook Court (see right) and was very well attended by residents.
Guest speaker was Iain Flett, Dundee City Archivist, who gave a really entertaining and informative talk on the West End of old - looking at a map of the West End from just after the Great War, and also taking residents on a walk up the Hawkhill of 1950, using the Dundee Directory of 1950-51.
Later this afternoon, I attended a meeting at the Vine on Magdalen Yard Road, where West End Community Council now has a community base. We discussed ways of encouraging even more community groups in the West End to make use of the facility for meetings and social events. This is a great resource for the area and I am very keen to see the community making use of it.
This evening, I attended the latest meeting of Harris Academy Parent Council, at which the Head of Secondary Education spoke about the City Campus proposal, the school rebuilding project and decant arrangements.
There were also updates from the Head Teacher and the School Captains in what was an interesting and well-attended meeting.