Eric from GOW

[The Egg Man]

Ten years ago, the back court behind Eric Kay’s West End home was a dingy, rubbish-filled mess.

Paths were covered in litter, and dumped furniture was piled high against the tenement walls. Overgrown plants and trees blocked out the light and binmen had to pick their way through mountains of trash even to get close to the bins.

“It was awful – a real jungle, with stuff lying everywhere,” recalls Eric. “So, the people who live here decided to do something about it.”

It is hard to imagine that this triangular courtyard, surrounded by the tenements of Gibson Street, Otago Street and Westbank Quadrant, was anything other than the beautiful, organised space it is now.


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Well done!