tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post9173605111275958367..comments2024-03-28T17:10:16.059-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: WINDMILL BAR - HILLTOWN 1975-85RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-28529025377905279542023-07-23T07:24:48.028-07:002023-07-23T07:24:48.028-07:00Great Band Great Band Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-42288216802577896062022-11-20T11:25:10.866-08:002022-11-20T11:25:10.866-08:00Yeh!!!, I remember.Yeh!!!, I remember.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-7438714994152306962021-08-05T02:12:08.373-07:002021-08-05T02:12:08.373-07:00Vera and Lew were also my mother’s aunt and uncleVera and Lew were also my mother’s aunt and uncleCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11476885126796848781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-28161852113673655572021-04-29T16:29:02.611-07:002021-04-29T16:29:02.611-07:00My pal's father owned this.dorothy worked ther...My pal's father owned this.dorothy worked there.. about fifty years ago.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01461346639231392646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-52076023595931363382018-02-20T16:52:10.861-08:002018-02-20T16:52:10.861-08:00Yes....I was. What is your name?Yes....I was. What is your name?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-5775267550375047582018-01-03T07:20:55.356-08:002018-01-03T07:20:55.356-08:00Hi, Vera & Lew Mckenzie were my aunt and &...Hi, Vera & Lew Mckenzie were my aunt and & uncle, Heather my cousin, spent many times in there when visiting, loved visiting them & staying at Broughty Ferry. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822845415854075971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-85538469440899753342017-01-31T02:28:24.897-08:002017-01-31T02:28:24.897-08:00HI Bruce - I'm Mic's nephew. E-mail me and...HI Bruce - I'm Mic's nephew. E-mail me and I can give you an update<br /><br />ferrymckenzie87@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-29063854181229848902016-04-14T15:58:07.986-07:002016-04-14T15:58:07.986-07:00Loving the Hilltoon Huns graffiti on the blackboar...Loving the Hilltoon Huns graffiti on the blackboard outside the pub. I remember them when I was at school at Rosebank in the early 80s. All my schoolmates wanted to be or claimed to be in the Hilltown Huns. I don't think any of them were though. I couldn't be, because I lived along Constitution Street, which was considered far too posh to be involved in Dundee gangs! Having said that, our next door neighbour was stabbed by his own son the day before we moved out in 1991. It wasn't all posh along the Conshie end!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-87185172193891715022014-08-12T12:00:40.484-07:002014-08-12T12:00:40.484-07:00Interesting to find out a young Robin Williams pla...Interesting to find out a young Robin Williams played here. Who'd a thunk it? R.I.P Robin, you will be sadly missed.<br /><br />http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/dundee/robin-williams-was-a-dundee-cafe-regular-1.518873Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-61747846105202406542014-02-28T01:35:37.598-08:002014-02-28T01:35:37.598-08:00jist classjist classAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-3620753762187288502013-12-20T07:56:48.888-08:002013-12-20T07:56:48.888-08:00Did prince Charles visit the pub in the 70sDid prince Charles visit the pub in the 70sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-76380981812894451262013-12-17T10:10:47.178-08:002013-12-17T10:10:47.178-08:00Hi maggy de do you know what happened to mick and ...Hi maggy de do you know what happened to mick and heather.i was micks business partner in m.i.c joinery i moved to England in the late eighties <br />and have tried to contact mick<br />without success.if anyone has any info.can you let me know.<br />thankyou. Bruce Ogilvie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-66136727866222219962013-08-26T13:30:19.527-07:002013-08-26T13:30:19.527-07:00remember a great night in mid 80s, the best Dunde...remember a great night in mid 80s, the best Dundee blues band with stevie doghouse playing.great beer and peopleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-50477789906411109152013-06-23T15:55:05.639-07:002013-06-23T15:55:05.639-07:00Maggy were you the receptionist in the office of G...Maggy were you the receptionist in the office of Gemini Entertainments in the early seventies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-87314424345283584282013-01-20T11:27:25.450-08:002013-01-20T11:27:25.450-08:00Mick Rafferty was married to Heather McKenzie, dau...Mick Rafferty was married to Heather McKenzie, daughter of Vera who ran the Windmill.MaggyDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09137614276724997506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-33470606265661862472013-01-20T11:23:59.951-08:002013-01-20T11:23:59.951-08:00Regarding the mention of Thynglechime. I remember...Regarding the mention of Thynglechime. I remember them well. I worked for Gemini Entertainments when they were put through to appear on Opportunity Knocks. They won it for about 5/6 weeks and wore pink suits. My fingers were sore with the amount of postcard votes I sent in !!<br /><br />If I remember correctly, the line up was Alan McGaughey, lead singer (not sure of spelling) / Brian Reid guitar / Kenny Gibson? base guitar / Mick Rafferty drums / Alan McKay keyboards. MaggyDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09137614276724997506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-63658846525117723222011-12-04T14:09:51.086-08:002011-12-04T14:09:51.086-08:00I remember seeing St Andrew and The Woolen Mill Ba...I remember seeing St Andrew and The Woolen Mill Band there it was a Great Night xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-11605799195962611032011-02-18T21:53:41.910-08:002011-02-18T21:53:41.910-08:00i was a barman there in around 1965 vera mckenzie ...i was a barman there in around 1965 vera mckenzie and husbsband ran it i was just learning barrells downstairs once brick through window ,i think many years before it was origonally a piggeryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-55611095551182541512010-09-02T07:34:26.980-07:002010-09-02T07:34:26.980-07:00I remember being in this pub in the very late 70&#...I remember being in this pub in the very late 70's/early 80's. Now I like a working man's pub, but what I remember most is buckets on the bar to catch rain water coming in, and a piano. There was a fruit and veg shop next door in Ann Street where I used to get my grannie's tatties. They were kept in a bunker type thing with an opening on the floor and the shop-keeper used a shover to scoop them up and put them in my bag.Rob Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-13664508434083101132010-07-31T06:18:49.303-07:002010-07-31T06:18:49.303-07:00i was Barman there in 1977,Vera and her Daughter H...i was Barman there in 1977,Vera and her Daughter Heather were my bosses. ;-) good old memories.Left just before Nationwide turned up with their camera team after receiving a letter from Buckingham Palace.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-73833452437036528972010-05-17T06:32:53.273-07:002010-05-17T06:32:53.273-07:00Hope you dont mind, I borrowed your photograph so ...Hope you dont mind, I borrowed your photograph so people who escaped Dundee (myself included) can see what it is like now<br /><br />http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/4612551389_97e10a72df_o.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-61111316238168491852010-04-29T08:45:51.423-07:002010-04-29T08:45:51.423-07:00Had many a pished night in there, never found it t...Had many a pished night in there, never found it that rough either, or maybe I wiz to pished tae notice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-62114118587806103192010-04-27T14:25:23.263-07:002010-04-27T14:25:23.263-07:00I once made a small cine film inside this pub, bac...I once made a small cine film inside this pub, back in the 60's with my brother in law. My mother in laws shop was next door, Clark's the Draper.David Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882240889730789837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-81720673423648135942010-04-26T01:53:06.598-07:002010-04-26T01:53:06.598-07:00We used to go there a lot in 81/82 very small insi...We used to go there a lot in 81/82 very small inside, but great music and cheap booze, it was worth the walk up the Hilltoon just for the bands they had on. Never found it that rough when we were in, maybe we were just lucky. Oh and the free stovies when the band were on a break were brilliantSteve Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-758328833489554872010-04-24T19:01:42.034-07:002010-04-24T19:01:42.034-07:00i think so, was that not where the celtic clubbie ...i think so, was that not where the celtic clubbie ended up ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com