tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post1421185427962518339..comments2024-03-28T10:44:50.179-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: GRAMPIAN TV IN DUNDEERETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-88786984623595002652010-03-16T15:36:43.520-07:002010-03-16T15:36:43.520-07:00My Mum and Dad live just behind the old Grampian s...My Mum and Dad live just behind the old Grampian studios in Broughty Ferry. I think Jimmy Marr bought the property and used to have unpleasantly loud parties quite regularly.<br /><br />Love the site by the way!Philip Lowdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-86335699482033347542010-03-10T14:19:24.294-08:002010-03-10T14:19:24.294-08:00Kennedy Thomson was link man for Grampian for ions...Kennedy Thomson was link man for Grampian for ionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-62371051248889698672010-03-09T14:48:03.382-08:002010-03-09T14:48:03.382-08:00.....nevermind about the dudes, what about the del........nevermind about the dudes, what about the delightful Selina Scott?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-10441022509723300022010-03-09T03:54:19.042-08:002010-03-09T03:54:19.042-08:00A typical advert you'd see on Grampian back in...A typical advert you'd see on Grampian back in the black & white 60's, was for McKellar Watts, a Scottish meat company who made sausages, pies etc.<br />I can remember their tv ad jingle which was sung in a very broad Scottish accent and it went - "MCKELLAR WAAAAAAAAAATTS, FOR MEATINESS"RETRO DUNDEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-14858920422881112092010-03-09T03:06:44.419-08:002010-03-09T03:06:44.419-08:00Jimmy Spankie gave a talk to my class at college -...Jimmy Spankie gave a talk to my class at college - brilliant guy. We learnt more from him in an hour than we did in a week with the lecturersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-73435006783489077022010-03-09T00:21:34.374-08:002010-03-09T00:21:34.374-08:00My sister once wrote and asked STV’s Steve Hamilto...My sister once wrote and asked STV’s Steve Hamilton out on a date…. He politely refused…. If he ever came around Craigie we would have kicked his silky-toned arse for that!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-86384775530115073012010-03-08T15:29:33.679-08:002010-03-08T15:29:33.679-08:00As a kid, my brother was extremely disappointed wh...As a kid, my brother was extremely disappointed when Frank Gilfeather visited his primary school, because he didn't have a big head......he was actually expecting Frank Sidebottom!!Eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-7923125785333749672010-03-08T09:25:27.586-08:002010-03-08T09:25:27.586-08:00and the legend that was/is Frank Gilfeather!and the legend that was/is Frank Gilfeather!Bridiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598011334068019011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-87608554178494390692010-03-08T06:08:07.821-08:002010-03-08T06:08:07.821-08:00Remember Jimmy Spankie!Remember Jimmy Spankie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-62520625195547232752010-03-08T03:29:08.380-08:002010-03-08T03:29:08.380-08:00Ron Thomson was a good pal of my dad's. A real...Ron Thomson was a good pal of my dad's. A really nice man but he sadly died a few years ago.<br />Henry McCubbin, I believe, left Grampian TV to become either an MP or an MEP.<br /><br />Can anyone remember the name of the guy who did the sign-off at night (in the days when the telly went off at midnight). He always wore a velvet jacket, a frilly shirt and a fruitbat-style bow tie. He always ended by saying "have a ginger-peachy evening". He might have had a bit of a lisp.Bridiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598011334068019011noreply@blogger.com