tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post5695927321893353517..comments2024-03-28T17:10:16.059-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: THE 70'S LEMON TREE PRANKRETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-41955354867447922792014-02-25T10:57:21.997-08:002014-02-25T10:57:21.997-08:001977 i was 17yrs old and remember seeing the lemon...1977 i was 17yrs old and remember seeing the lemons on the tree.A mr connelly who worked in the booths is rumered to have started the craze along with fellow workers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-61372239199123021252013-08-17T05:37:04.098-07:002013-08-17T05:37:04.098-07:00Yes finally someone else remembers the lemon tree ...Yes finally someone else remembers the lemon tree apart from my family haha. That was the highlight of coming off the bridge into Dundee. :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-82564670711668018802011-06-12T12:47:05.128-07:002011-06-12T12:47:05.128-07:00I remember those lemons really well and have been ...I remember those lemons really well and have been telling people about them for years!<br /><br />I was told that they were put on the trees by the men who worked in the toll booths on the road bridge. That seemed to be common knowledg during my student days so I think it's probably true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-60394657403312902672011-04-05T13:20:19.631-07:002011-04-05T13:20:19.631-07:00God my dad used to go about this. Honest my dad co...God my dad used to go about this. Honest my dad could have written this blog! Love reading it, minds me of all the stories he used to tell me and my sister haha.<br /><br />Great blog!JivesJoolshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847143328340661191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-4768456842912846012011-04-02T20:25:07.617-07:002011-04-02T20:25:07.617-07:00Why is it when you opened a new plastic jiff lemon...Why is it when you opened a new plastic jiff lemon, you had to have a wee squeeze and taste , knowing fine well it was gonna be just as soor as the last time you did it ???? ;)~Ploomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-65935401745633354922011-04-02T02:49:40.328-07:002011-04-02T02:49:40.328-07:00They were made to take them down, then gave them t...They were made to take them down, then gave them to the "Formica Cafe" in the Arcade @ Shore Tce, spent their last days swirlin' about in the orange crush machine :)Bobbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-82335206313157896012011-04-01T07:42:17.448-07:002011-04-01T07:42:17.448-07:00There just isn't enough quirky nonsense like t...There just isn't enough quirky nonsense like this going on anymore...nowadays the lemons would be taken away on health and safety grounds or because the bridge staff were being lemonist!Bridienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-65279152220701497542011-04-01T07:03:25.101-07:002011-04-01T07:03:25.101-07:00You saw them better coming off the bridge back int...You saw them better coming off the bridge back into Dundee, they were just to your left. They were there for a good few years. I know folk who worked on the bridge yet there's not a definite story regarding them. (unless someone knows better) :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-76135609567874197352011-04-01T06:42:46.718-07:002011-04-01T06:42:46.718-07:00Stupid boy !
They were hanging on the branches of...Stupid boy !<br /><br />They were hanging on the branches of the tree next to the toll booths. So only folk travelling across the bridge would've seen them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-20503545433197128552011-04-01T04:11:44.504-07:002011-04-01T04:11:44.504-07:00Ah, so you only saw them on payment of the toll?Ah, so you only saw them on payment of the toll?Mr Logicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-21725448436171561122011-04-01T04:01:10.707-07:002011-04-01T04:01:10.707-07:00You used to be able to see them on the tree when y...You used to be able to see them on the tree when you paid your toll (twelve and a half pence) on the bridge coming over to Dundee before the booths were demolished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-60028206428085266072011-04-01T03:39:32.613-07:002011-04-01T03:39:32.613-07:00Well I never! Used to see that tree from my bus on...Well I never! Used to see that tree from my bus on the way to the centre everyday (except Sundays) and always thought they were real lemons...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com