BBC Radio Scotland profiles the Trust and its efforts to open the pool, BBC Radio 18th April, 7-30am.

The new and highly successful new southside community newspaper G41 and popular profiles the plans for the pool in latest edition and conducts a poll on its website asking for people to register support for the pool. So far it is running at 90% in favour. (follows in next UPDATE) 5. COMMUNITY MEETING ON APRIL 18th AT DAISY STREET

To a packed standing room only Daisy Street Neighbourhood Centre hall on Tuesday this week Alan Pert of Nord Architects outlined the developments so far, Fatima Uygun outlined the recent history of the baths complex including the work of the Trust. Davie Eyre the Editor of G41 chaired the meeting. Board members responded to key questions from the floor including some from a number of children present.

The response from the gathered community was emphatic, enthusiastic and totally supportive – this scheme warranted the full support of the community and the city council and the Trust deserved the opportunity to realise its aspirations and ambitions!

All parts of the community were present and there was a lively discussion and question time where the main issue was whether the scheme could and would go ahead. The answer to this was that it depended on the feasibility study and options we were submitting to the council at the end of May. Tellingly the one politician present, Cllr Malcolm Cumming (Strathbungo Ward) was able to confirm that he believed the council had no great enthusiasm for simply building flats on the site and would be seriously considering the feasibility study as an option.

We received apologies and messages of support from Cllr Anne Marie Miller who wished the project “every success” and Keith Baldassara, MSP’s Gordon Jackson, Frank McAveety, Robert Brown, Tommy Sheridan, Nicola Sturgeon and local MP Mohammad Sarwar (who indicated his intention to be present on Saturday for the “clinic” at Annette Street Primary School).

Candy Munro of the Initiative could not be there but said;

I would like to congratulate you and the Trust on the ambitious plans that you are in the process of developing. We are of course fully supportive, and when the time comes we would be keen to work with you to ensure that local people benefit from any jobs that are created, both through the redevelopment phase and indeed the end use.


A full report will appear in the next UPDATE.


IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SEE ALL THE PLANS AND MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN BY ATTENDING THE “CLINIC” ON SATURDAY 22nd APRIL FROM 11am UNTIL 3pm AT ANNETTE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL. REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED – RELAX AND DISCUSS THE IDEAS SO FAR WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THE GBCT BOARD MEMBERS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.