A WEE LOOK BACK AT DUNDEE - 1960's, 1970's & 1980's.
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Tuesday 26 May 2009
OH FOR FOX SAKE...MORE 80'S GRAFFITI
Still up at the Kingsway flyover - mid 80's - and the Ardler United Artists with Fox On The Run. "Scarper, it's Vixen of Dock Green!" (an old school joke!) Thanx to Lyken.
Ha ha, i remember this one. Im a great believer that graffiti was actually started in Scotland, way way, back. If you think about the gang signs, they way they were joined up like lf and hh and ysr etc and also does anyone ever remember seeing Glasgow gang BAR-L sprayed on walls? That was graffiti around 1972!!!!
I think the locations of these pieces were also a hidey place for those raiding the Timex skips for bits of Sinclair products. The amount of 48+ keyboard keys lying at the back of the bridge supports!
always remember the big "Steves Gone Mad!" that was sprayed in Red through the cuttie to the entrance of the Kieler centre (on the wall opposite the Artic Bar.)
also remember loads of LIST D all over Dundee , and THE GRIP was sprayed on every motorway bridge going into most cities and towns in scotland , and some even in England !!!
I also took a backstreet way home when in Benidorm and on the walls was " HULTOON HUNZ YA BASS" and directly opposite was " YOUNG LOCHEE FLEET ROOL" :-) my how we travel!!!! :)
SATAN DENS D.F.C. DERRY - EVERYWHERE IN DUNDEE CIRCA 1976-8! THUNDERBIRDS @ GUSSIE PARK from early 70's - Still there behind the bushes! MODS from 60's - Still There @ Guardbridge, Fife.
My mate "Cog" sprayed 2 rude cartoon cats on a wall at Craigie High School. All the pupils thought it was dead funny but because the teachers were on the hunt as to who the culprit was, we all had to keep a vow of silence. Our lips remained sealed and he never was found out! Cog passed away a few years back so it's safe to let the cat out of the bag now!!
Still up at the Kingsway flyover - mid 80's - and the Ardler United Artists with Fox On The Run.
Ha ha, i remember this one. Im a great believer that graffiti was actually started in Scotland, way way, back. If you think about the gang signs, they way they were joined up like lf and hh and ysr etc and also does anyone ever remember seeing Glasgow gang BAR-L sprayed on walls? That was graffiti around 1972!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think the locations of these pieces were also a hidey place for those raiding the Timex skips for bits of Sinclair products. The amount of 48+ keyboard keys lying at the back of the bridge supports!
ReplyDeleteSATAN DERRY on the way up to Dens Park
ReplyDeletealways remember the big "Steves Gone Mad!" that was sprayed in Red through the cuttie to the entrance of the Kieler centre (on the wall opposite the Artic Bar.)
ReplyDeletealso remember loads of LIST D all over Dundee , and THE GRIP was sprayed on every motorway bridge going into most cities and towns in scotland , and some even in England !!!
ReplyDeleteI also took a backstreet way home when in Benidorm and on the walls was " HULTOON HUNZ YA BASS" and directly opposite was " YOUNG LOCHEE FLEET ROOL" :-) my how we travel!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteSATAN DENS D.F.C. DERRY - EVERYWHERE IN DUNDEE CIRCA 1976-8! THUNDERBIRDS @ GUSSIE PARK from early 70's - Still there behind the bushes! MODS from 60's - Still There @ Guardbridge, Fife.
ReplyDeleteand "shimmy"
ReplyDeleteMy mate "Cog" sprayed 2 rude cartoon cats on a wall at Craigie High School. All the pupils thought it was dead funny but because the teachers were on the hunt as to who the culprit was, we all had to keep a vow of silence. Our lips remained sealed and he never was found out! Cog passed away a few years back so it's safe to let the cat out of the bag now!!
ReplyDeleteAnd at Craigie there was also the infamous "Mr Smith's a Poof" circa 1975.
ReplyDelete'Haji The Cow' ~ on the wall of one the old buildings in princess street 60s -70s
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