tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post5446496565729420121..comments2024-03-28T10:44:50.179-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: PRINCES STREET - 1984RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-40502042939031634932024-03-10T04:55:16.317-07:002024-03-10T04:55:16.317-07:00What was the name of The Diving Bell previously?What was the name of The Diving Bell previously?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-19704244013769791362022-10-08T00:12:55.571-07:002022-10-08T00:12:55.571-07:00No, they were rival companies. Menzies was owned b...No, they were rival companies. Menzies was owned by William Menzies, and John his son was the boss in their Wellgate shop.Albannachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616982314244101459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-84324350300619634032022-10-08T00:09:42.010-07:002022-10-08T00:09:42.010-07:00A tenter wasn't a gaffer. He was the one who l...A tenter wasn't a gaffer. He was the one who looked after the looms, setting up the beams of jute for the weavers. In 1953 before going to the army I was working as a trainee tenter in Cox's of Lochee for £5-12 and 7 pence a week.Albannachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616982314244101459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-72055454918238583512022-10-08T00:00:22.573-07:002022-10-08T00:00:22.573-07:00Yes, it was indeed Menzies. I left school at Easte...Yes, it was indeed Menzies. I left school at Easter 1952 and started work there in the gents outfitters department the following week for the princely wage of £2, 5 shillings. a week. Menzies owned three shops in Dundee, Princes Street was the HQ, then there were premises in the Wellgate and in Overgate. Also they had a shop in Perth, and one in FifeAlbannachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616982314244101459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-34225231492545794262021-02-21T16:56:35.160-08:002021-02-21T16:56:35.160-08:00Yes remember this fag coupons etc he took in this ...Yes remember this fag coupons etc he took in this shop Menzies hada big Elephant on dispay down stairs, and it made a noise. This was mid 60sAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369216632507176932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-51831751795900447432020-06-19T08:34:43.699-07:002020-06-19T08:34:43.699-07:00I use to play in the garage when I was young I'...I use to play in the garage when I was young I'm 43 now I'd say it's been shut 50 odd years now Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596336129719941433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-52386792861784500012020-06-19T08:25:47.244-07:002020-06-19T08:25:47.244-07:00Great memories seeing this photo I use to live net...Great memories seeing this photo I use to live net door to the camping shop ,then moved across the road when crescent lane got built .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596336129719941433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-16243612371951141702019-12-30T03:14:00.695-08:002019-12-30T03:14:00.695-08:00 Did menzies store in princes street ever belong t... Did menzies store in princes street ever belong to mcgills?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-59956964628331753262018-01-14T05:35:47.271-08:002018-01-14T05:35:47.271-08:00want to know when garage on princess street closed...want to know when garage on princess street closed, please, thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-82627020092310456442015-08-11T08:43:50.778-07:002015-08-11T08:43:50.778-07:00The 2 joiners on the roof were Gus Todd and appren...The 2 joiners on the roof were Gus Todd and apprentice joiner Stewart Halliday and the contractor was Taycon Construction.<br />Almost all the roofs are connected together and we had no cranes so had to handball all trusses and materials into place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-53560092582364434682011-11-23T13:36:26.896-08:002011-11-23T13:36:26.896-08:00I had my 21st birthday in the Snooker Hall in Prin...I had my 21st birthday in the Snooker Hall in Princes Street, bit further down the road near the steps down to the Marquee. Good venue, another city centre snooker centre, like Masters (later became Hustlers) which has disappeared.Mountain Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187747329586090378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-10934314081994174772011-03-30T04:40:28.451-07:002011-03-30T04:40:28.451-07:00the top hat was actually a pub, and was further do...the top hat was actually a pub, and was further down from queenies roll shop, sold every kinda rill imagineable, from roll and jam to cold meat burgers etc..4 women started at 5am every morning through the back spreading hundreds of rolls for the factory workers going to work,,before the big shop on the left was blacks camping store, it was a dept store cant remember name of it !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-71436308813838823672010-11-05T19:02:46.177-07:002010-11-05T19:02:46.177-07:00I remember Princes Street in the 60's. My mum ...I remember Princes Street in the 60's. My mum was German and every Sat she'd go to the dellicatesen, which she called the Continental shop and bought various meat and sausage that was either Polish or German. Also my sister started work in Baxters Jute Mill as a weaver where she met her husband who was a tenter (think that means gaffer) and he used to go for a pint to the Diving Bell. I got engaged in 1972 and remember buying a bath towel from Menzies for my bottom drawer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-39344037413337726092010-11-01T13:18:38.338-07:002010-11-01T13:18:38.338-07:00The blue building next to Blacks was a photographi...The blue building next to Blacks was a photographic studio. Rock of Ages was up the road a bit. There was another second hand record shop on the other side of the road, called Shadowfax.<br /><br />PinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-30321028053769947112010-05-05T11:11:36.722-07:002010-05-05T11:11:36.722-07:00Top Hat Club? Where was that Lesley?Top Hat Club? Where was that Lesley?Shiltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-28066814991466588682010-05-04T15:53:12.402-07:002010-05-04T15:53:12.402-07:00the 1b used to go doon too and i remember getting ...the 1b used to go doon too and i remember getting off there with my mum, as she had to get wool from the honeycomb, was a draper/wool shop. and i was always mesmerised by the black and white tiles o the Top Hat club. <br />lesley g.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-68082232415569093312010-05-04T07:35:08.337-07:002010-05-04T07:35:08.337-07:00raymonde fae sweenies has a nice perm, he gave me ...raymonde fae sweenies has a nice perm, he gave me a bowie cut in 1973, which i sprayed auburn, like a right tube. fantsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-37991811601923472092010-05-01T16:51:35.053-07:002010-05-01T16:51:35.053-07:00The record shop was "Rock of Ages record exch...The record shop was "Rock of Ages record exchange" and on the other side was "Queenies" yip, best home made soup in Dundee , and a wee bit further up on the same side was "Sweeny Todds" , got my first Bowie cut there , he then moved up to Stoabie about the time superglue was invented , anyone trying to prise a "ten bob but" off the pavie outside his shop will confirm this :-)Mulletnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-90589463833465340882010-05-01T08:00:34.856-07:002010-05-01T08:00:34.856-07:00the bakers was martin simpsons, i used to live abo...the bakers was martin simpsons, i used to live above it (the street going down the steps was Wallace st). Shame whenall that was taken down.hermanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06240316684808944053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-9324979310962405592010-04-30T14:48:24.355-07:002010-04-30T14:48:24.355-07:00that blue/gray shop on the left did that not sell ...that blue/gray shop on the left did that not sell records fanzines I'm thinking rockpile was there before hawkhill if not something just as quirky. <br />Up a bit on the left there used to be a bakery next to steps that lead down towards wallace street (maybe there's a clue there) it closed i the 70s I thinkthebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888375511712457356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-77181738270312824512010-04-29T16:06:41.314-07:002010-04-29T16:06:41.314-07:00remembering walking home up that way to douglas to...remembering walking home up that way to douglas too. did the hot dog not sell hot pies too? - much better than a kebab! would walk along arbroath road and steal a sunday paper from the newsagents and rolls and milk from behind the chipper!! those were the days. loltraceynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-10300606758390119132010-04-29T11:55:34.330-07:002010-04-29T11:55:34.330-07:00I was walking down that way in the mid 70s on wind...I was walking down that way in the mid 70s on windy day when a TV arial fell off the roof and landed a few feet behind me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-80258883852303707402010-04-29T09:29:58.417-07:002010-04-29T09:29:58.417-07:00I think there might have been a taxidermists shop ...I think there might have been a taxidermists shop across the road from the camping shop. I was just a nipper at the time but my dad took great delight in telling me what a Taxidermist did.Bridienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-47331802042923220872010-04-29T09:21:28.276-07:002010-04-29T09:21:28.276-07:00I had completely forgotten about that building but...I had completely forgotten about that building but the moment I saw it it was like...yes, I remember that place.Bridienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-58433334736646854902010-04-29T08:58:20.530-07:002010-04-29T08:58:20.530-07:00I got my first rucksack from Blacks a berghaus cyc...I got my first rucksack from Blacks a berghaus cyclops roc £32 in 1978, and still have it. Across the road there was a sasparila shop very narrow and high counter and up the road a bit was a polish womans grocery store/off licence that sold polish rectified spirit in half pint bottles 140proof bloody dangerous stuff!!!<br />happy birthday anon' they should have named you :)thebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888375511712457356noreply@blogger.com