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My wee offbeat look back at what life was like for my generation growing up in Dundee during the 1960's - 1970's - 1980's has now reached journeys end and so I'm away to put the time-machine back in the garage and chuck the cover back on.</div>
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For those of you who find Retro Dundee for the first time after this date, here is a quick overview.</div>
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It started up back in summer 2008 and all the items I have posted (over 1300) are still available to view in the Blog Archive running down the left side of the main layout. You can click on the dates to open up the content and you can scroll through the material month by month or by their title. There is also a Search Box top left if you are looking for something specific where you can scroll through the posts it finds.</div>
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You'll find a mixture of photographs, adverts, audios, film footage, publications & ephemera on all sorts of subjects relating to Dundee's retro decades - school, fashion, bands, events, pubs, art, sport, restaurants, gigs, shops and on and on. So if you were kicking around town during this period, there's a good chance you'll spot a few things here you'll enjoy seeing again.</div>
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You won't find much in the way of official academic historical accounts as this is more of a retrospective trip off the beaten track than an everyday visit to the museum and library.</div>
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The majority of stuff has come from my own personal collection but quite a few others have contributed too.</div>
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As for the "Followers" who have been keeping their eyes on Retro Dundee for a while, well there will be no more new posts, so I suppose nothing else for you to follow here anymore.</div>
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Thanks for visiting it regularly, and also for those who supplied genuine comments, much appreciate the added extra info.</div>
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I will, of course, keep Retro Dundee up & running for as long as I'm around, or as long as time will allow, so unless Google's Blogger shuts down or something, Retro Dundee will remain on the Internet to bamboozle researchers & historians and it will still be kept active for you to drop in, send stuff or leave comments.</div>
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I'll also keep my Retro email open should anyone want to get in touch - and stating the rather obvious, you'll find the address top left of the layout where it says "Contact".<br />
Remember, it is just the regular daily posts I've stopped, not the site, I will still be continuing to add fresh content to Retro, <b>so</b> <b>keep sending material in - </b>there's lots of gaps to fill..!!</div>
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Anyway, can't stay here yacking all day, I've got a ton of other things lined up ready to be cracking on with, so it's time for me to set off for cyber-pastures new and move on to my next bundle of Internet activities.</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">P.S. - Check out my other Retro Dundee related sites...</span></div><div abp="6461"><span style="color: yellow;">Dundee Band Index - Dundee Gig Time Machine - Tayside Bar - Bruce's - The Bowlin' Alley.</span></div><div abp="6461"><span style="color: yellow;">Lots more Retro Dundee music goodies to dip into!</span></div><div abp="6461"><span style="color: yellow;">Links to all at top of page.</span></div>
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RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-28235115883380942452011-12-05T00:33:00.008-08:002022-11-23T23:48:12.459-08:00AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO...<div abp="5217" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was originally planning on doing Retro Dundee for around 2 years, that being how long I thought I would be able to post items regularly based on the amount of material I had in my collection, however, because of all the items I had sent to me, I managed to keep going for another year and a half!</div>
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So to all the people who chipped in with their stuff - a big THANKS - great to know that lots of you kept all those old rarities tucked away after all that time.</div>
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Here is a list of those who helped contribute to Retro Dundee...and in no particular order...</div>
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RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-54286055287057796342011-12-04T00:45:00.001-08:002011-12-04T02:47:03.365-08:00VIEWS FROM THE ATTIC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many of you will have had a Viewmaster as a kid, the plastic toy binoculars you put card discs into to view 3D images.<br />
Probably not so many of you had one of these gizmo's above - a slide viewer.<br />
This was more of a photographers specialist gadget than a toy, allowing you to view photographic slides through a magnified lens. You'd pop the slide into a slot in the top, it would light up inside and you were able to see the slides like ordinary photographs, something you couldn't do with the titchy slides on their own.<br />
This is our family one dating from around the late 60's/early 70's - a Halina Paramount Viewer to give it its full name.<br />
This, along with a big bundle of original slides were found in our attic just a few years ago, after having been hiding there for over 3 decades. I actually thought the slides had been thrown out many years ago because I hadn't seen them since the 70's, so it was a great surprise when they resurfaced after all that time.<br />
It was this recent find that after viewing the content, I thought would be worthwhile sharing on the Internet, because these were the original slides that contained those 70's aerial shots around Dundee, the David Bowie concert, Victoria Road demolition an so on.<br />
So here - many still in their original Agfacolor box - are some of the slides that kick-started me into doing Retro Dundee in the first place.<br />RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-49159612387104921182011-12-04T00:43:00.001-08:002015-11-02T10:25:53.476-08:00ARNCHORY IN THE UK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple of publications I'd have been lost without during the course of doing Retro, were the old Dundee Directories and old street maps.<br />
The directories have been particularly useful because they list all the shops, pubs, schools, businesses and so on - a very handy aid for fuzzy memories!<br />
I have 3 in my collection, 1966, 1970 and the 1974 one in the photo above, which was the final year of their print run.<br />
Having said that, despite the fact that many of us depend on such official publications for research and fact finding, I've discovered you can't always totally rely 100% on what they print.<br />
Take for example, the street map in the photo dating back to the beginning of the 60's. When I was having a wee look around my old stomping ground - Craigie - I couldn't help notice what appears to be a spelling mistake. The road connecting Aboyne Avenue to Balerno Street, I've always known as BANCHORY Road - but they have it down as ARNCHORY Road, as you can see by my red arrow. They also have it listed in the map index as Arnchory as well.<br />
Forward wind 2 decades to their 1983 map and by heck they still haven't sorted it out properly - now they've printed it out as BARNCHORY Road..!!<br />
Looks like the Geographia Cartography office would have benefited by employing a Dundee taxi driver to help them out!<br />
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Since writing the above caption, the entire map has been scanned in and pieced back together again.<br />
So if you want to download the 1960 map for your own research, here is the link... <a href="http://sdrv.ms/HtUNvx">1960 Dundee Map</a><br />
It weighs in at 20MB and is good enough quality to zoom in and view all the detail up close.RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-69232393532899477902011-12-03T00:34:00.001-08:002015-11-02T10:24:15.701-08:00RETRO ADVERT ARCHIVES<div abp="4989" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've put dozens & dozens of local ads up on Retro over the years which have been really useful when referring to a place I don't have any photos of.</div>
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There are quite a lot of old publications you can find ads from the past in, obvious ones like a Courier, Tele, football programme, What's On mag, theatre programme, school mag and so on, but the 2 sources I have probably raided the most are Gladmags and Official Dundee Guides.</div>
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Above are a sample of some of the 60's to 80's ones I've been dipping into.</div>
RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-53805348097185831492011-12-02T00:31:00.001-08:002015-11-02T10:22:31.742-08:00HUNTLY SQUARE SHOPS - 1963<div abp="298" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It doesn't look particularly wintery, but these photos were taken on 19th December 1963.</div>
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The square is located between Aboyne Avenue running along the top, and Huntly Road at the bottom.</div>
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We just called this place Craigie Shops rather than Huntly Square, this being my neck of the woods back then, and when schoolboy age went there almost every day as they were also on our school route.</div>
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Amongst the shops were - Jack Chalmers, butcher - Moore, grocer - Primo, chip shop - Black, baker - Steele, household goods - Stan Gordon, newsagent - Wallace's, baker - Gowans, draper, some of which show up on the pictures above. Needless to say, during the course of time, some shops disappeared and new ones opened, so later there was a Tudor Crisps warehouse - V.G. Store - Farmfoods shop - Dempsey's, hairdresser - a Police Station - Nan's, chip shop - Church of Nazarene, and no doubt a few others that have slipped past my memory.</div>
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It wasn't just a place we shopped, we also <i abp="326">hung out</i> there and turned it into a play area - football, hide & seek, pitchie, the usual kind of stuff. We also indulged in a game called "Follow The Leader" which was almost like a pre-cursor to present day Parkour. A snake of us would line up and we'd all have to copy the exact movements of the leader in front. Wherever the leader went or whatever they did, everyone else behind had to do the same, so there was a lot of running around, jumping over objects, balancing on structure, that kind of stuff - a bit daring at times, well for primary age kids!</div>
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Oh yeah, and it was also a great place to go stot your Superball..!!</div>
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Photos by DC Thomson.</div>
RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-75057850162566653072011-12-01T00:43:00.001-08:002015-11-02T10:19:12.767-08:00DUNDEE'S 70'S BRAINIACS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1978 saw Dundee University win TV's "University Challenge".<br />
The winning team above for the 77/78 series were - Tom McGhee - Isabel Morgan - Alistair Thomson - Enid Anderson.<br />
I'm fairly sure this was the Dundee team who had a captain (so it would be Alistair) that answered every single music question that cropped up. What was amusing about it was he always supplied much more information in the answer than Bamber had written on his card, so generating a more enthusiastic applause from the audience each time!<br />
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The other quartet underneath is the Craigie High School "Top Of The Form" team of 1974.<br />
This, however, was not the TV version or the radio version of the show, but a general knowledge contest between local secondary schools organised by the Dundee police.<br />
In the photo, L to R - John Muir - Rab Gordon - Richie Robertson - Craig Methven.<br />
CHS got through to the final but were beaten by those pesky swots at Morgan!<br />
The Morgan winning team were - Kenneth Millar - Alex McMichael - Gwendoline Bowden - John Todd.<br />
Thanks to Craig for the CHS snap.RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-51594019067827680702011-12-01T00:36:00.001-08:002015-11-02T10:16:56.291-08:00CRAIGIE HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE - 1981<div abp="5187" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now some pages from a 1981 Craigie High School magazine.</div>
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This issue covers the period from the end of 1980 to the beginning of 1981, and because 1980 was the 10th anniversary of the school, the first couple of pages take a look back over the decade. It refers to things like the first 300 pupils to attend CHS back in '70 (my mob) and also has a reminder of the 4 Houses that were set up in the early 70's. However, for some reason, CHS didn't retain the House system for very long.</div>
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Also news about new teacher arrivals and a couple of retirements, including Mr Higgins, the art teacher who designed the school badge.</div>
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The next couple of pages are an interview with Radio Tay DJ, Graham Stuart, the chit chat conducted by Mandy McQuire & Karen Conway.</div>
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Lastly, it's party time at CHS - 3 different parties in fact - first being a Fancy Dress Disco for Hallowe'en, followed by their Christmas Masquerade Ball, complete with visit from Santa, and finally another good night was had at the St Valentines Day Disco.</div>
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A few photos of the pupils in costume too - just click onto the pages to view the larger size.</div>
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I can tell the DJ played The Gap Band's "Oops Upside Your Head" anyway!!</div>
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Thanks to Neale Elder.</div>
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A few more pages to read from the 1989 Linlathen's High Times mag.</div>
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Some of the contents include a visit to Gordonstoun, word about art classes, a new photo club, charity walks, a Shakespeare class, a Christmas Fayre, tree week, and many other bits & pieces.</div>
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Also a few adverts such as for - Clep-pers, Lilibets, Hotpot, Parky's, and plenty more - including a den that sold Opium!</div>
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Many thanks to Dave.</div>
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A little glimpse into what was going on at Linlathen High School in November 1988 with a dip into a few pages of their school publication, High Times.<br />
Front page headline tells of a major flood in school caused by a fire hose that "mysteriously burst"!<br />
Other contents include school prizewinners, a teacher retirement, an interview with a band called Love Cats, notice of a visit to France, and a basketball match between pupils and the teachies.<br />
The bottom image is a poster for a charity Christmas Fayre that took place at LHS in December 1988 - with guest, DJ Graeme Adamson from Radio Tay.<br />
Click onto the pages to read the enlarged version.<br />
Big thanks to Dave.RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-26278210680661609602011-11-29T01:46:00.001-08:002015-11-02T08:41:49.322-08:00THE SNOWY SEVENTIES<div abp="3027" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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3 shots here that'll make you want to snuggle up in front of a coal fire - all from the 70's, and maybe even the same winter.</div>
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Not sure if the guy in the top image is someone in particular, like a well known skier, but I have a feeling that he was an ordinary member of the public who came up with the idea of skiing to work. Which ever it is, he was stopped in his tracks by a photographer up beside the Morgan.</div>
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And the view at Samuel's corner shows that it might have been a better idea to have had a cosy day in that day!</div>
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Photos by DC Thomson.</div>
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Continuing with the fuel theme (minus coal) here's a few bits & pieces from the past you may remember.</div>
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First up is a 1968 photo of the Shell & BP Scotland depot down at the Stannergate. This was a modern installation at the time and had a total storage capacity of 9,000 tons. 8 delivery tankers could be filled simultaneously. Not a place to visit if you smoked!</div>
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"High Speed Gas" was a slogan used by the Scottish Gas Board, with the ad above dating from 1968, and a reminder that the Dundee showroom could be found in the Overgate.</div>
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You didn't need to have coal to have a fireplace of course, and by the mid 80's, imitating real coal fires was a popular alternative. The next 2 ads competing with each other selling these effect fires are both dated 1986 - Dundee's Fireplace Boutique in North Street and the Fire Surround Centres in Arbroath Road & Broughty Ferry.</div>
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Finally, yet another alternative fuel was paraffin, and this badge of mine goes way back to the 60's. No idea if the wee earless elephant creature had a name, but the freak didn't seem to put people off buying the pink stuff!</div>
RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-27945615015437308652011-11-27T01:40:00.001-08:002015-11-02T08:46:22.913-08:00IT'S ONLY DROSS 'N' COAL BUT I LIGHT IT<div abp="2885" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So the coal lorry on yesterdays photo got me raking around for a few related items, because many of us who were brought up in the 60's/70's had coal fires or relatives who did.</div>
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Oor hoose in Craigie did, complete with coal bunker for our weekly delivery, and the wee indoor accessories like scuttle, poker, brush and fire-guard.</div>
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Above are a few reminders from those days.</div>
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Smith Hood & Co, the coal merchant, was on the corner of Union St & Whitehall Cres, with the photo of their premises taken in 1960.</div>
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James Hood was also in Union St, a few doors up at #28. He dealt with solid fuel, oil based fuel and chuckies! Their ad is from 1968.</div>
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The T.Muir, Son & Patton ad is also from 1968 and are highlighting the fact that they have moved away from the old horse & cart days onto a new modern lorry fleet. The photo of them in action in the ad was taken across from the Queens Hotel.</div>
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Ingram's place was in Kings Road on the corner of Whitton Street. They came up with a puntastic slogan - "The GRATE Corner". They weren't a coal dealer but they made your fireplace surrounds, installed your boiler and so on. 1966 is the date of the ad.</div>
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One of the aspects of having a coal fire was that it meant you had to have your chimney swept regularly, and chimney sweeps were quite common in the 60's. They would cover the fireplace with a big black cloth, stick their bristly brush through the cover and would add extension poles to it until it eventually poked out the top of the chimney pot. Because of all the soot involved, most of the guys looked like they were in the Black & White Minstrels!</div>
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However, I managed to find a wee ad in a 1972 Tele that would seem to do away with chimney sweeps - a product called "Imp Soot Destroyer". It says you just drop a packet onto a burning fire. No idea what happened after that!</div>
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Probably the majority of Dundonians had changed over to alternative heating systems by the 80's, so not much call for coal from then on.</div>
RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-43015814684488836322011-11-26T00:36:00.001-08:002011-11-26T02:14:51.530-08:00FACES LAND - 1986<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a nice gritty urban scene looking along North Ellen Street towards a rather intimidating Jamaica Tower.<br />
This place, as most of you will know, is called "Faces Land", with the housing on the left having gargoyle-like structures of human heads protruding from the window frames.<br />
I also spotted a "Pola Cola" advert on the empty shop above a tag by Kinzie of the Hulltoon Huns.<br />
Then there are the 2 black cars in the foreground - a cool Capri on the left and a lame Lada on the right.<br />
Not forgetting the coal lorry making a delivery.<br />
All this screams "1970's" to me, but in actual fact the photo was taken on 15th April 1986!<br />
Click onto the image for a closer look.<br />
Photo by Neale Elder.RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-88906019503741227972011-11-25T02:38:00.002-08:002020-10-18T20:27:24.393-07:00FOOD ADS AND SOME HOME COOKING<div abp="2883" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div abp="4041">After a wee flurry sampling some of the gastronomic delights from around the eastern side of the globe - it's time to get back to a few of our own homely spots in town who served up delicious delicacies for those of us who weren't too concerned about our westernized diet.</div><div abp="4041">Going in date order this time - the Keiller Restaurant ad is from 1963 and is for their place in the High Street, while reminding us where their other eateries were located.</div><div abp="4041">The ad for Nelson's is dated 1965 and is for their shops in Nelson Street and the Wellgate. Although it was a confectioners, I think their place in the Wellgate may have had a wee corner sitting area.</div><div abp="4041">You'll all be familiar with the T-Bone Steakhouse I bet - their joint doon Union Street. The ad is from 1977 and the place would be doing a roaring trade around this era.</div><div abp="4041">Raffles in the Perth Road was a nice cheery restaurant/café that had a very good reputation for it's food and service.</div><div abp="4041">I just thought I'd include this basic ad from 1984 to remind you of their logo.</div><div abp="4041">The ad for Shepherd's and the Baked Tattie & Pizza House is conjoined because they both shared the same address in Perth Road. It's dated 1984 - so pre Peking.</div><div abp="4041">The Brooklyn Diner ad is dated 1985, and its location was on the corner pf Panmure Street and Meadowside. Typical American-style food, and lots of neon lighting as part of its look. You could also hire the place for private functions too.</div><div abp="4041">The Town House ad is a 1988 one and emphasizes their pub lunches - Farfir bridies an' a' that.</div><div abp="4041">But can anyone remember what David did? It says Wednesday, Thursday and Sundays were music nights, but they don't put David's appearance in that category. So what was in store for everyone - did he come up to you and smash you in the face with a frying pan, or what??</div><div abp="4041">Mondays and Tuesdays to be avoided??!!</div>
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RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-9465611670744696042011-11-24T00:39:00.001-08:002015-11-02T08:58:10.479-08:00EUROPEAN FLAVOURS IN THE 80'S<div abp="3061" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The top 2 ads are for Don Quixote, the Spanish restaurant in Blackness Road.</div>
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First is dated 1981 and 2nd is from 1984.</div>
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The reason I put both up was because in the 81 ad it mentions Miguel the chef - but in the 84 one, his name's not there and is replaced by a "dedicated young staff". Well by 1984 there was a new restaurant opened up in Broughty Ferry. It's name? Miguel's. So I'm putting 2 and 2 together here!</div>
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In 1980, Le Mirage, on the corner of Ward Road and the Conshie, was indulging in European dishes every Wednesday, a theme they termed "Continental Night", with a variety of cuisine from Italy, Spain and France to choose from.</div>
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Since writing the above caption, I have been given photos of Miguel's and they can be viewed in the January 2010 Retro archive.</div>
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Here is the link - <a abp="3079" href="http://retrodundee.blogspot.com/2010/01/dundees-continental-cuisine.html">Miguel's</a></div>
RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-42352973620891470782011-11-23T01:43:00.001-08:002015-11-02T09:02:19.429-08:00FOOD ADVERTS - FULL OF EASTERN PROMISE<div abp="2887" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's 5 local ads offering a variety of tasty grub from the East that I'm sure many of you will be familiar with.</div>
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Starting off at The Far East in Mains Loan. This was their Christmas menu they had up in December 1977. 6-course for 3 quid - not bad at all.</div>
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The Gunga-Din ad looks as if it is from the hippy 60's, but this is actually dated 1981. At one stage, this restaurant in Perth Road was considered to serve the best Indian meals in Scotland, not just Dundee!</div>
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The Hong Kong ad IS from the 60's - 1968 to be exact. A rather popular place it was too, with both food and music available at their well known spot in the Seagate.</div>
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Across the road from the Hong Kong was The Himalaya. It doesn't say so in this ad dating from 1977, but I'm sure they put on music too sometimes.</div>
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Rounding things off with the Peking in Perth Road - and an ad from 1988. I think this place is still on the go but perhaps ought to be called the Beijing by now!</div>
RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-53007879048838949252011-11-22T00:40:00.001-08:002011-11-22T02:17:10.224-08:00PIZZA GALLERY AD - 1984<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I suppose students could have gone straight from their days stint at Kingsway Tech and popped down to the Pizza Gallery in Peter Street pend to take advantage of the discounts they had on offer.<br />
I can remember visiting it a couple of times - a pretty decent place to dine - and it had a "Famous Artists" theme for you to view while waiting to be served.<br />
The advert is dated 1984.RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-69710376037789543112011-11-22T00:37:00.001-08:002011-11-22T02:06:38.804-08:00TRAINEE CHEFS AT KINGSWAY TECH - 80'S<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thought I'd pop this picture up of trainee chefs trying out their recipes over at Kingsway Technical College, sometime around the early/mid 80's - just on the off chance that one of you can spot someone you know.<br />
This was the place to go for further training in your chosen profession - or for the unemployed to have a bit of a skive - this was the era of the YTS Scheme after all!<br />
Wonder how many of the cooks in shot went on to have a successful career in the trade?<br />
Anyway, the other reason for the photo was to lead in to a couple of days worth of food related material.<br />
Tasty old adverts - yum yum!RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-42162219507879697532011-11-21T02:17:00.001-08:002015-11-02T09:07:22.875-08:00MOOVING ON DOWN TO THE COWGATE<div abp="2883" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you backtrack to 24th October 2011 when I posted 3 pictures from around the Cowgate, you'll be able to see many of the buildings that were in these settings in 1970, just before demolition commenced.</div>
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The top photo here, taken in the early/mid 70's after demolition, has the area around King Street visible and as you can see, it was turned into a temporary car park before the new construction started.</div>
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The picture taken in the Cowgate, if you compare to the October set, you will notice that a huge chunk of the original buildings have disappeared from this location too, and again, a part of it turned into a makeshift car park - you can just make out Wishart Arch poking through in the distance. This image above was captured in September 1984.</div>
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Top photo from Gordon C.</div>
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Bottom photo by Neale Elder.</div>
RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-74173214756778078882011-11-20T01:47:00.001-08:002015-11-02T09:11:32.146-08:00VANISHING VICKY - EARLY 70'S<div abp="3061" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another group of photos from the early 70's showing the demolition around Victoria Road.</div>
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Top picture is of the upper area of the Vicky.</div>
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2nd image, from the edge of the crater, was taken in Charles Street off the Wellgate. The derelict building at the opposite end, was the Kings Road location.</div>
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The 3rd view is where the buildings I displayed on yesterdays post would have been positioned.</div>
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Lastly, a look back over from the other side - the photographer was standing in Kings Road at the time.</div>
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Photos from Gordon C.</div>
RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-46996273087441961292011-11-19T00:43:00.001-08:002015-11-02T09:14:07.762-08:00VICTORIA ROAD BACKIES - 1970<div abp="3061" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple of interesting photos showing the back of the buildings along Victoria Road.</div>
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You may recall a similar view of this section of the Vicky I posted back in November 2010, but the difference is, on last years, the buildings were all empty - on these 2 photos here however, there is evidence that they are still being lived in.</div>
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The pictures were probably taken around 1970ish, so they didn't have that much longer to go before the arrival of the bulldozers.</div>
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The top photo shows the segment where it joins onto Idvies Street.</div>
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The image below it is further down a wee bit going towards Wellgate, with the tell tale sign of life - the washin' hingin' oot!</div>
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Not quite sure what the small building in the foreground beside the lampie is mind you, because I don't know what address it would come under. If it's in Charles Street then the only place that crops up in my 1970 directory on that side of the street is D. Todd, a coal dealer. Could be - could no be - hopefully maybe one of you will be able to nail that one.</div>
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Photos from Gordon C.</div>
RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-40345584910505416042011-11-18T00:33:00.001-08:002011-11-18T02:55:49.134-08:00IT'S THE JIF LEMON TREE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well Peter Ustinov may have written a play called "Halfway Up A Tree", but halfway up this tree was a strange fruit that I mentioned on Retro back in April - plastic Jif lemons!<br />
We weren't hallucinating after all - here is the evidence from 1974.<br />
Photo by DC Thomson.RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-59763940680984485152011-11-18T00:32:00.001-08:002011-11-18T02:47:09.179-08:00PETER USTINOV IN THE NETHERGATE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a fine shot of Peter Ustinov having a wee chuckle to himself in the Nethergate.<br />
The 2 shops in the background are the Civil Service Stores and Patterson's shoe shop.<br />
Peter Ustinov was rector at University of Dundee from 1968 to 1974, the era the photograph was taken.<br />
It's quite an amusing image because Peter was really world famous at the time, what with his numerous film awards, his plays, books, his witty one-man shows etc etc etc - a gigantic list of achievements and a colossal all-round entertainer - and here he is in the city centre with a bench all to himself, none of the locals aware of his presence!<br />
Photo by DC Thomson.RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-89059902899105535122011-11-17T00:44:00.001-08:002015-11-02T09:20:26.037-08:00WELLGATE LIBRARY IN THE 80'S<div abp="3248" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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No idea if the Wellgate Library still looks the same these days, but this is how things were back in the 1980's.</div>
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Top image is of the Childrens Library - and judging by the pencil case setting, I think the kids may have been having "The Borrowers" read out to them at the time!</div>
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The other photo is a view of the general lending area, which I remember had a brilliant book of Picasso Linocuts that I kept going back to over and over again. Must see if I can buy a copy now that this has jogged my memory.</div>
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The advert is dated 1988 and is for the Video Libary, located in the main foyer.</div>
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Membership was free and for over 18's only. The content consisted of Hollywood blockbusters, TV shows, music, documentary, old Dundee and hobbies, with prices ranging from 50p to £2 per night.</div>
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