This was the bonnie mess in the 80's that was South Tay Street, although I seem to remember it was just this certain part in particular that had the slum look. This is the area nearest the Westport/Marketgait car park, with the old Palais doorway on the right. The Palais, obviously having gone through it's Samanthas and Bloomers phase by this time. It was also the sight we saw every time we went in and out of Slickers across the road.The whole of this block has survived and is now looking spick & span after its overhaul a few years later.
I remember seeing Ultravox and 999 and Simple Minds at Samantha's. I spoke to Jim Kerr afterwards - he was a weird one.
ReplyDelete"The whole of this block has survived and is now looking spick & span after its overhaul a few years later."
ReplyDeleteJust like all the other blocks around the town could have been. Instead, Dundee hauled them down. Jesus wept.
Could it be mere coincidence that in the 1970s Dundee had as a Lord Provost someone who also happened to run a demolition firm as his "day" job? Of course it is. It was reckoned at the time that the removal of the Law was the next big project!
ReplyDeleteIts outrageous that some of the buildings we are seeing on here were demolished.
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