I have some pictures from inside the Angus Hotel I'm gonna put up over the next couple of days, but before I plough on, just another reminder of how the hotel looked on the outside back in the 60's (as shown in the top image) where everything is all neat & tidy and shiny & new.
So to get the ball rolling with the black & white picture, here's the main stairway with a piece of artwork by local artist, Ian Eadie, who you may recall also did the Overgate mural.
The piece in the picture is called "Night and Day"...(the artwork, not the female!)
B & W photo by the Scotsman.
Did the hotel only take up a small part of that building? Like to the end of The Angus Hotel sign? If so, what was housed in the other part of the building?
ReplyDeleteThe full length. 57 rooms. 4 private suites. A conference room. A ballroom. Dining rooms, bars & lounges.
ReplyDeleteThere a Lounge Bar on ground level, Winstons I think, was a pretty good place to meet up and start the night oot.
ReplyDeleteI remember going to a few functions at the Angus, Chris Otoway ran an excellent Christmas one, he always had the best of Disco Gear, far superior to any the other travelling discos had.
I always felt I had to look a wee bit smarter than normal when I went to the Angus.....
I think they also used to have trade fairs there, Toys, Computers, Antiques, all in the Claverhouse suite....my murky memory seems to think I went to a few, correct me if I'm wrang :o)
ReplyDeleteWas at our college end of year dance there when I heard that Ian Curtis had died. The headline band was The Cuban Heels.
ReplyDeleteAye Craig remember it well wish I'd kept the posters etc from that night, it was also fancy dress.
ReplyDeleteDidnae realise it was the night Curtis left us.
We had some great nights at that college eh?
Mike G
I remember when it opened it had a public bar ( The Nethergate) and a lounge (The Glamis Lounge) which was a few pence dearer per drink.
ReplyDeleteIt was fancy dress Mike, and I was Genevieve. Don't ask - it was a difficult time.....
ReplyDeleteAnd I was Dr Who (Tom Baker era natch)
ReplyDeleteKinda remember The Glamis Lounge being a bit plush and cliquey and The Nethergate more your rough and ready? Also, didn't the old blonde manageress go onto own a designer secondhand clothes shop in the Stobie? Marion?
ReplyDeleteI remember breezing in there one night with Al Hendrickx, when he gave it the "I'm with the band..." routine in his best cockney accent. I think it was after a Showaddywaddy or Kim Wilde gig. The staff always seemed to be very impressed and courteous to anyone with a London accent, don't know why...
ReplyDeleteHad many a good night/afternoon in The Glamis Lounge on the ground floor listening to Hunters Key, (Jim Kelly RIP)Abbie Laing and anyone else who wanted to sing including Tony, the guy who sold the"War Cry" everyone had their own "spot" Alan on the door,Marion behind the bar,(what a voice she had at closing time!!)Me and my pals were always the last ones out! still see lots of people going about Dundee that I recognise from "The Glamis" Oh happy days....
ReplyDeleteThose pictures make it look quite respectable. I was only in it once as a kid before it was demolished. I just remember it looking hideous from the outside, as did the rest of the Overgate at that time, but those pictures make it look not bad.
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