Posted by: allabouteve on: June 22, 2007
Attended my first ever RSNO Board meeting today, and was fascinated to learn that orchestras are having to prepare for new health and safety rules on control of noise at work. It really does come into the category of you couldn’t make it up – whilst not denying that damage to hearing through exposure to [...]
Posted by: allabouteve on: June 17, 2007
Just filled in a Cosla survey for councillors elected and re-elected in 2007, and we were asked to estimate how many hours a week we worked , and without being macho about this, I really think it must clock in at around 50 a week. Sometimes I think I need a good steward to represent [...]
Posted by: allabouteve on: June 12, 2007
Dropped in on the Active Seniors Event in Victoria Park today – one of my favourite parks, even before it became part of my new ward – and was mildly surprised how many people I knew were taking part in the various stalls and activities. Thanks to Sandy who introduced me to Johnnie Beattie (fan [...]
Posted by: allabouteve on: June 12, 2007
West End Festival Parade last Sunday – the weather was kind, the crowds were massive, and to think it very nearly didnt happen – every year I seem to go through a special pleading exercise to explain this isn’t just a local gala day but a city-wide event that attracts people from all over and [...]
Posted by: allabouteve on: June 3, 2007
Am intrigued by the fact that anti-Tesco campaigners in Partick have set up a website called All Tomorrow’s Particks http://www.alltomorrowsparticks.org/, as the Velvet Underground track that must’ve been in the minds of those who chose that name is one of my ipod favourites. When I say I was a teenage punk, I must’ve been an [...]
