tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post450080346929489218..comments2024-03-28T17:10:16.059-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: LOCHEE BATHS - ST. MARYS LANERETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-3000013633502519622018-12-26T07:49:48.611-08:002018-12-26T07:49:48.611-08:00Spent great times in the Lochee Baths. All the boy...Spent great times in the Lochee Baths. All the boys from Clement Park would go on a Saturday Morning and not leave until the afternoon like shrivelled up prunes. Norrie Tennant would dangle our clothes over the water in an attempt to get us to come out and George Aird would twist our arms up our backs and frog march us out! Great days, great memories.Jimmynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-28414299448513144882018-06-19T19:54:26.062-07:002018-06-19T19:54:26.062-07:00Henry hall football player Henry hall football player Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-45553688972160609102016-06-04T02:31:12.340-07:002016-06-04T02:31:12.340-07:00Used to swim there all the time, someone pushed me...Used to swim there all the time, someone pushed me off the diving board and I fell on the concrete and hurt my foot, years later in Canada had surgery to repair, ah Lochee....Valerienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-67954975505782205962012-03-26T04:56:26.554-07:002012-03-26T04:56:26.554-07:00I learned to swim there in the 60s, swam there wit...I learned to swim there in the 60s, swam there with the Logie school swim team, the 37th Boys Brigade great memories, remember diving off the balcony, getting my watch stolen in the "Dungeon" and freezing my b@@ls off.Great days.Ramsaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-81946105384525238572009-06-15T06:38:58.024-07:002009-06-15T06:38:58.024-07:00Similar memories to your own, GG -- epic return jo...Similar memories to your own, GG -- epic return journey on the bus from Powrie, freezing cold 'dungeon' changing, "shivery bites"??... and I also have vague memories of a swimming teacher there who was a big-name footballer of the time and a bit on the stern side if you played up to the fact. Anyone remember who he was?Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-636878845119628662009-03-01T04:28:00.000-08:002009-03-01T04:28:00.000-08:00Lochee baths rooled!The communal changing area was...Lochee baths rooled!<BR/><BR/>The communal changing area was named 'The Dungeon'. Woe betide you if you had anything of value in your pockets as people used to get stuff stolen regularly. One chap once got his trousers nicked! <BR/>The squat little broken-nosed chap who ran the baths was named Norrie Tennant....from famous boxing stock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-11305488477512559292009-01-31T17:38:00.000-08:002009-01-31T17:38:00.000-08:00I did my Scottish Swimmers badge here.Shivvver.I did my Scottish Swimmers badge here.<BR/>Shivvver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com