Replacement of Meadowbank

by **Poppy** » 31 Jan 2007, 19:48

This is a bit scary - they've put "Potential Future Redevelopment" over our office!!

by **wangi** » 31 Jan 2007, 21:44

by **Bob Jefferson** » 31 Jan 2007, 21:54

by **Poppy** » 31 Jan 2007, 22:03

by **Bob Jefferson** » 27 Feb 2007, 18:40

by **seanie** » 13 Mar 2007, 20:29

by **Bob Jefferson** » 13 Mar 2007, 21:34

by **Dadaist** » 14 Mar 2007, 09:37

by **Maria** » 16 Mar 2007, 17:41

by **Epykat** » 16 Mar 2007, 17:45

by **Maria** » 16 Mar 2007, 17:49

by **Bob Jefferson** » 16 Mar 2007, 19:33

by **Bob Jefferson** » 16 Mar 2007, 19:41

by **Bob Jefferson** » 16 Mar 2007, 20:09

And here is the leaflet in question:

by **seanie** » 16 Mar 2007, 21:56

by **Bob Jefferson** » 16 Mar 2007, 22:11

by **wangi** » 16 Mar 2007, 22:43

by **Bob Jefferson** » 17 Mar 2007, 09:40

by **Bob Jefferson** » 17 Mar 2007, 10:22

by **Bob Jefferson** » 17 Mar 2007, 12:13

This letter from Keith Jackson, Chief Executive of Edinburgh Leisure, appeared in yesterday's EN:

by **Dadaist** » 17 Mar 2007, 13:45

by **Bob Jefferson** » 17 Mar 2007, 21:59

by **bellybabe** » 20 Mar 2007, 14:38

The thing is, the part of the brief dealing with the replacement facilities only talks of an "indicative list of potential facilities". So we can all say yes, then , ok, demolish our facility to build a nice new one at Sighthill, nice and convenient for all those commuters who don't pay council tax to Edinburgh, and then find that the "potential" facilties remain nothing more than that.

And I don't think it's true that Sighthill is no harder to reach for us than Meadowbank is for people on the other side of the city. Meadowbank is within walking distance of the city centre. Sighthill isn't. Of course, if fitness is only for people who can drive to facilities, then yes, it's the same; but a lot of us don't.

Here we are again with another polarised argument, where we're all either goodies or baddies. I don't think I'm either; I'm just concerned at the running down of fitness facilties for the people of the east of Edinburgh to finance facilities for people lucky enough to live in the west.

by **Porty** » 20 Mar 2007, 14:48

At last nights PHS Board meeting one of the parents representatives, whom I believe lives in Northfield, told us that she had a leaflet posted through her letterbox at the weekend, it was authored by COEC. The leaflet sought to assuage peoples concerns about the loss of some facilities at Meadowbank and one of the ameliorations was the relocation of PHS onto the park. The inference being that new sports facilities will be provided on this site. Which would be a fantastic boost for the people of East Edinburgh and beyond.

Unfortunatey the lady did not keep the leaflet, she recycled it. Has anyone else see this? It would be good to see a copy posted here on TP. :wink:

(the wink is for the abbreviation TP not the leaflet)

by **Bob Jefferson** » 21 Mar 2007, 15:29

From today's EN:

by **Porty** » 21 Mar 2007, 19:11

by **Bob Jefferson** » 21 Mar 2007, 21:01

The replacement of Meadowbank has to be seen in a wider context:

by **Bob Jefferson** » 27 Mar 2007, 18:24

by **Maria** » 27 Mar 2007, 19:29

by **Bob Jefferson** » 27 Mar 2007, 20:09

Thanks, here's an article from the EN Opinion section of the same day, which pretty much sums up how I feel:

by **Bob Jefferson** » 09 Apr 2007, 12:19

From today's EN:

by **Maria** » 23 Apr 2007, 11:59

by **Poppy** » 23 Apr 2007, 17:34

Replacement of Meadowbank

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