tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post5209334070984827976..comments2024-03-28T10:44:50.179-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: HRH AT THE GALLEON - 1966RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-47142259202673710722022-09-10T14:07:15.623-07:002022-09-10T14:07:15.623-07:00I was there as a child too. went to Douglas primar...I was there as a child too. went to Douglas primary, we waited ages I was so annoyed I refused to wave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-8134083982430762672011-07-23T15:45:34.387-07:002011-07-23T15:45:34.387-07:00Just for the record re royal visits, on 13 May 197...Just for the record re royal visits, on 13 May 1976 we were ordered to line Gardyne Road, all in our red Craigiebarns blazers, when the Queen Mother swept into town to open the new College of Education. As the limousine flashed past, all we could see through the tinted glass window was a seemingly disembodied set of gnashers and waving gloved hand.Neale Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-48416839882266862572011-07-23T14:15:02.916-07:002011-07-23T14:15:02.916-07:00All I can tell you about that day was when my Kirk...All I can tell you about that day was when my Kirkton High reg teacher told us we could go away early to see the Queen the chance of going out to play in the sun was a bigger appeal than going to stand on the Kingsway to watch a car going past. I do remember having to lie to the teacher the next day about being there but then again I think he was hoping that most of his class would stay away and not cause a rumpusPhat Boabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-82476146811923499482011-07-22T01:00:26.875-07:002011-07-22T01:00:26.875-07:00Cheers Neale, a couple of recommends for you for t...Cheers Neale, a couple of recommends for you for that helpful material! That's the visit I remember - standing on the Douglas Road, just beside the path that led thru from Kemnay Gardens.saxe coburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-39687222101607824502011-07-21T13:58:28.118-07:002011-07-21T13:58:28.118-07:00Dundee Directory to the rescue!
'The first vi...Dundee Directory to the rescue!<br /><br />'The first visit to Dundee by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth for fourteen years gave the city its most memorable day of 1969. On Thursday, May 29, an estimated 50,000 citizens lined a 13-mile route in brilliant sunshine to give what Lord Provost Alex. Mackenzie described as "a tremendous welcome, greatly beyond my expectations". Her Majesty, who arrived by train, spent five hours in the city during which she toured the Gourdie factory of the National Cash Register Co. (Manufacturing) Ltd., the Douglasfield Mill of Jute Industries Ltd., and spent ten minutes in the three-apartment multi-storey home of Mr and Mrs Charles Robbie, 8f Dudhope Court, St Mary Place. At City Chambers she was the guest of the Corporation at a civic lunch.'Neale Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-59336825417016788822011-07-21T11:11:33.835-07:002011-07-21T11:11:33.835-07:00I remember the Queen driving up Douglas Road somet...I remember the Queen driving up Douglas Road sometime in the 60's. Our class was standing opposite Timex. That might have been the same day as the one you were at, Saxe.<br />No idea what the exact date was or the event.<br />She didn't open that Douglasfield Works place, did she?RETRO DUNDEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-12077323222579686562011-07-21T09:34:04.488-07:002011-07-21T09:34:04.488-07:00I can tell you exactly where I was on that day. As...I can tell you exactly where I was on that day. As a 15 year old Kirkton High Pupil I was standing on the Kingsway with the rest of my class forming a guard of honour type thing with pupils from all the other schools. Stood there for an hour, she drove past, we went back to school. At least it didn't rain.Gordon C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-34734433752801983082011-07-21T08:50:09.723-07:002011-07-21T08:50:09.723-07:00do you have dates for other royal visits, Retro? I...do you have dates for other royal visits, Retro? I remember my class in Balerno traipsing along to see Liz and Phil drive past in their big car. Must have been the late sixties. And someone wee'd their shorts in excitement...saxe coburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-60780708082497760502011-07-21T08:03:10.493-07:002011-07-21T08:03:10.493-07:00I'm sure it was the Galleon that used to have ...I'm sure it was the Galleon that used to have a lounge called - The Fo'c'sle.<br />I remember seeing the word (this being back in the 70's) and for ages didn't have a clue what the word meant, or even how to pronounce it!<br />It wasn't until later in the 70's when my mate, who was a naval architect, explained what it was.RETRO DUNDEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-79300722307441838432011-07-21T05:38:10.169-07:002011-07-21T05:38:10.169-07:00Looks to me to be on the car - one of the royal st...Looks to me to be on the car - one of the royal standards I suppose, whichever they use in Scotland. I think I can see two lions rampant on it.Gordon C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-11934967162277261892011-07-21T05:30:05.749-07:002011-07-21T05:30:05.749-07:00Is that an Irish flag at the doorway ?Is that an Irish flag at the doorway ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com