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Magdalen Green is a beautiful and much loved park in the city of Dundee. It is Dundee's oldest city park, and has been a site for recreation, meetings and social gatherings for centuries.
The Green is home to a magnificent Victorian bandstand that has become an icon for the west end of Dundee. It was first opened in 1890 and extensively renovated in 1990. It is in need of further repairs now to ensure its survival for the next century.
Friends of Magdalen Green is a community group that exists to protect and enhance the Green for the benefit of present and future generations.
Our 2012 AGM was held on the 15th May at Dundee West Church, about 35 people attended. The minutes of last year's AGM were approved, as was the treasurer's report, the committee is unchanged and our pleas for people to join the committee did not bring forth any volunteers. However our speaker, Matthew Jarron (Curator of Museum Services at the University of Dundee) gave a very entertaining talk about Petrick Geddes, one of the pioneering professors of the University College Dundee. It appears that over 100 years ago Professor Geddes had plans to redesign Magdalen Green!
Our next event is Big Sunday, on the first day of WESTFEST 2012. We will have a stall with WESHA on Magdalen Green.
Big Sunday is from 1-7pm 10th June see dundeewestfest.com for more details.
Read our latest newsletter here.
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