‘Unfair’ ballot

I AM writing with exasperation at the inequity of Christmas Light Switch On ticket distribution by the council.

I have applied for the last 5 years to take my two children to no avail. Yet people from outside Glasgow get tickets.

And what of our councillors? My local councillor went with his family I understand.

A ballot winner? Methinks

Gordon MacKay, Drumchapel

Price too high

I AM writing in relation to the Christmas lights switch on I attended with my family.

This event was spectacular, however, I feel as a registered nurse who works with underprivileged families and especially children, that the event had no consideration for the same.

The balloons and light up sticks and visits to Santa (At the Forge) were very highly priced.

I found myself watching children crying to their parents for such items their parents simply couldn’t afford. Some of the parents in question have several children and the cost of these items are out of reach, therefore the children were having to be denied such simple items as a balloon.

Please consider my observations for similar upcoming events in future and take onboard my interpretations and concern for poverty stricken children in the east end of Glasgow.

Sharon Marshall, by email

Clean up city

I GREW up in Partick and as a teenager in the 1950s I remember Glasgow as a much cleaner place than it is now.

The tenement buildings were black with smog and soot but the streets and back courts were kept clean by workmen in pairs with big brushes.

The street drains were cleaned out twice a year by big suction vehicles. Now all over Glasgow the drains are choked and the gutters are filled with mud and rubbish.

In my young days at this time of year the fallen leaves were swept up as they were a hazard to pedestrians slipping and possibly breaking a limb.

The leaves were then used to make compost which was then used in the park flower beds in the spring.

All over Glasgow at present the lamp posts and other street sign posts are covered with rust. Some rusted so badly a hard push could knock them over.

The City Fathers who have been running Glasgow for the last 30 to 40 years have badly let down the “Dear Green Place”.

I hope the party which is elected to take over the running of the city next May open their eyes to this blatant neglect and stop the rot.

Colin Mackellar, Abbey Drive