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Friday 8 May 2009

VISOCCHI'S CAFE - BROUGHTY FERRY

Visocchi's in Gray Street, Broughty Ferry, was a cafe I went to in the 60's and 70's. These visits took place during the summer months because they were always the outcome of choosing to walk there from Craigie, which was a bit of a trek, so a jaunt specifically for good weather days only.
The 60's trips were family outings to the beach, and we'd stop off at Visocchi's for a treat along the way. This is the only place in the Dundee area I can remember having a Knickerbocker Glory in!
In the early 70's when in my young teens, I then went there with my mates. We'd while away a couple of hours in the summer evenings playing a few tunes on the jukebox and drinking bottles of coke.
Visocchi's is still on the go today.
The above image was taken in 1972.
Photo by DC Thomson.Tints by GG.

3 comments:

  1. when it was cross country running at craigie high, we used to stick some money in our gymslips, jump on the ferry bus and nip into visocchi's for a hot blackcurrant before getting the bus back to school and we were never found out!!

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  2. I used to go in here in 1972.It used to do good ice cream.

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  3. Wow.

    Seeing that sign there with the knife, fork and cup & saucer is like a nostalgic slap in the face! So, so familiar, but completely forgotten about til now.

    Wonder who those two 'Grovies' are?

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