tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post4621912734609854047..comments2024-03-28T17:10:16.059-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: 70'S AIR SHOT - SEAGATE / DOCK STREETRETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-35959080070764832122014-05-02T06:42:02.298-07:002014-05-02T06:42:02.298-07:00our family name is WILSON, 4 ALLAN STREET, i left ...our family name is WILSON, 4 ALLAN STREET, i left in 1952, but my relatives still stayed there till the 60,s, GRANNY WILSON, AUNTIE BETTY WILSON, and cousin, MARGARET WILSON, still stayed there. so strange that we have the same name ? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966784060756372197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-5040966945368500602014-03-21T16:50:48.779-07:002014-03-21T16:50:48.779-07:00My Dad grew up in 4 Allan Street from 1956 till ab...My Dad grew up in 4 Allan Street from 1956 till about 1965 and my Grandad worked in the Allan Arms (Quarter Gill).MD Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-80011183187361082652013-08-28T06:51:59.659-07:002013-08-28T06:51:59.659-07:00Hi from a fellow Dundonian new to the web. I'v...Hi from a fellow Dundonian new to the web. I've been looking through old images from the area I grew up in. We used to live in Allan Street, number 4 in the 40's and 50's.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966784060756372197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-72935936347247357302010-03-23T16:00:08.679-07:002010-03-23T16:00:08.679-07:00I think the ship on the west side of Victoria Dock...I think the ship on the west side of Victoria Dock was a Royal Navy minesweeper used for fisheries protection, and an occasional visitor to Dundee - it may have been HMS 'Wilton'. (I used to have all the Airfix kits!)<br /><br />Strange the memories this picture awakens...Princes Street and the Ferry Road were canyons of derelict tenements. Coming home from the town, the bus used to stop at the foot of Lilybank Road, beside a boarded-up shop called 'Blackadder', which was such an unusual name it stuck in my memory - long before Rowan Atkinson came along!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-49440252980816939082010-03-19T04:43:14.796-07:002010-03-19T04:43:14.796-07:00The "big circular thing", I think is a t...The "big circular thing", I think is a tank belonging to the Refuse Disposal Plant in Foundry Lane.RETRO DUNDEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-83240887981402317002010-03-18T17:02:08.086-07:002010-03-18T17:02:08.086-07:00i'm struggling here. what is the big circular ...i'm struggling here. what is the big circular thing in the middle- am i just too drunk to think!! i just cant figure out any of it. lol xtraceynoreply@blogger.com