tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post4699627308744196129..comments2024-03-27T15:27:52.731-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: VICTORIA ROAD BACKIES - 1970RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-19147909592728370632020-07-10T07:31:41.304-07:002020-07-10T07:31:41.304-07:00
The little building was indeed a little sunday sc...<br />The little building was indeed a little sunday school. I grew up in charles st and me and my sisters used to sit on the wooden steps of this hall playing. We lived at 8 charles st until 1968/69 then we moved to Douglas. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810746669319366173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-29543332509622604492018-12-17T03:42:14.973-08:002018-12-17T03:42:14.973-08:00It was definitely Coal merchantsmerchants, Iwa tol...It was definitely Coal merchantsmerchants, Iwa told to collect any bits of coal that fell off the lorries, also a cart horse 🐎.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389877478071957864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-88185114519326717522015-03-14T15:21:29.759-07:002015-03-14T15:21:29.759-07:00The single storey building is the Little Mission. ...The single storey building is the Little Mission. It was run by two ladies who had a stall in the City Arcade which sold baby goods - mainly hand-knitted by them. They held a Sunday School for the local kids and one of them played a harmonium which was inside. I think their names were Miss Clark and Miss Geddes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-82207968164787294602011-11-20T05:03:21.330-08:002011-11-20T05:03:21.330-08:00The only other possible place listed in Charles St...The only other possible place listed in Charles Street (from 1956 to 1971) is an 'Apostolic Church'.<br /><br />What I do know is that the tall tenements on the right of the upper view were called the 'Arcade Buildings'. When built it was proposed for them to be connected to a massive indoor market hall complex running all the way down to King Street.Neale Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-74614423077223117802011-11-20T02:18:43.159-08:002011-11-20T02:18:43.159-08:00There isn't a lodge at this location listed in...There isn't a lodge at this location listed in the 1970 Dundee Directory, but if anyone out there has the 1969 or 1971 books, it may have the answer.<br />Neale?RETRO DUNDEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-76095796752744791502011-11-19T22:41:17.223-08:002011-11-19T22:41:17.223-08:00i think you are correct Bear , i'm sure thats ...i think you are correct Bear , i'm sure thats a wooden sign outside that had the usual Lodge emblems /info on it in gold letteringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-83479778006025283782011-11-19T05:31:43.112-08:002011-11-19T05:31:43.112-08:00I can see three people on the lower photo, one on ...I can see three people on the lower photo, one on the top left plettie and two underneath her (woman and child) in the shadows? I can make out one in the top photo in a plum coloured jacket heading towards the Vicky. the low building wasnt a temp' masons lodge was it I remember one around here when I was a youngster.thebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888375511712457356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-25656764806505021112011-11-19T04:28:57.977-08:002011-11-19T04:28:57.977-08:00Not a satellite dish in sight.Not a satellite dish in sight.Markyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105683122067952816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-75918337645807860312011-11-19T04:14:22.333-08:002011-11-19T04:14:22.333-08:00Yeah that's right - he would have just swivell...Yeah that's right - he would have just swivelled to the left after the Idvies St snap (or vice versa).<br />I tried to join the 2 photos up but there is a small section missing otherwise I could have had a grand panorama!RETRO DUNDEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-17197215317297088182011-11-19T03:43:18.622-08:002011-11-19T03:43:18.622-08:00Retro -
I think the same low building is in both s...Retro -<br />I think the same low building is in both shots. I reckon my uncle didn't move viewpoints, just turned a bit on the spot.Gordon C.noreply@blogger.com