Saturday, 11 June 2011

THE GRAND TOUR OF WHITFIELD - 1986

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1 - ABERLADY CRESCENT
2 - WHITFIELD DRIVE
3 - HADDINGTON CRESCENT
4 - DUNBAR CRESCENT
5 - DUNBAR CRESCENT
6 - TRANENT CRESCENT
These pictures around Whitfield were taken in March 1986 and should bring back a few memories.
Since then, the Skarne blocks at Aberlady, Haddington and Tranent have all been demolished, as have the multis, and the Dunbar Crescent area is now Dunbar Park.
The good old days or bad old days?
A mate of mine who lived in Whitfield in the 70's was telling me he has a hazy memory of when the all-weather pitch had an inauguration match between DFC v United to officially mark the switching on of the floodlights, which was the first of it's kind back then.
Anyone recall this?
Photos by Neale Elder.
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32 comments:

  1. thebear11 June 2011 at 17:55

    Me and joe reilly used to use his flat as rehersal rooms for Fungicide as there was only one other person in the whole block who was out of it, we'd lined a bedroom with matresses and gave it laldy, my ears are still ringing ; )

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    1. Anonymous3 April 2014 at 12:06

      Would that be Joe Reilly from Salton Crescent?

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  2. Fat Boab11 June 2011 at 20:45

    whitfield hawks, mid week /winter, glue sniffin ootside the shops , theyd gee yi a gemme at the drap oh a hat on the blaize, pretty good they were tae :)

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  3. davie c11 June 2011 at 23:56

    Pitched roofs in 86?? god i'm getting old , i worked on them :)

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  4. June Whitfield12 June 2011 at 13:33

    Wot a shithole.
    Good riddance

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  5. Anonymous14 June 2011 at 14:14

    When you were a spare man on the Multis...you were sent to do the stair and bin recess cleaning and aide the staff already there at Whitfield so these pictures bring back so many memories!!!!

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  6. Stoo15 June 2011 at 12:41

    I canr believe how deserted the photos are, I used to go there loads in the very early 80's and there were always loads of folks around and kids playing and stuff, even at 3 in the morning! These must have been taken about dawn time huh?

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  7. Neale E15 June 2011 at 15:16

    Stoo, I was 21 years old going on 22: do you really think I was up at dawn time? (LOL!) No, it was the middle of a Saturday afternoon and I remember Whitfield being absolutely deserted, except for one gent who called merrily from a window as I walked down from Dunbar to Summerfield Avenue. Oh, the banter!

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  8. SmokeyMurray21 June 2011 at 07:39

    I would love to see many more photos of Whitfield from this era. Do you have any? Specifically Lower Whitfield. Looking at these has trasported me back 20 odd years! Thanks

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  9. Anonymous24 November 2011 at 13:47

    can you provide me with pics of the longhaugh hotel info about it being a former mansion house and was there a farm called longhaugh near where the quarry was i am a member of a group trying to increase the biodiversity on longhaugh hill anyone interested in joining we may be setting up a friends of longhaugh hill group
    pat

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    1. Casper201114 October 2016 at 15:13

      http://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/library/longhaugh#slide-3-field_gallery_image-1989 .. http://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/library/longhaugh#slide-3-field_gallery_image-1989 Hotel in pic just

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  10. Anonymous24 November 2011 at 13:50

    member of group trying to incrase the biodiversity of longhaugh hill in dundee any pics especially of longhaugh hotel welcome

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    1. dave24 October 2014 at 11:57

      My father was the manager of the longhaugh bar then changed to a hotel two years later.

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    2. HacheFe29 October 2014 at 13:32

      hey Dave, hello, my name is Tony, and I am from Argentina, I was living in the Longhaugh hotel in the 1978. I have a picture in front the hotel main door. Please can you tell me how old were you in the 1978?

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    3. dave3 December 2014 at 15:34

      Hi Tony we left the longhaugh in 1975 due to an illness my father had so unfortunately I wouldn't have been there at that time. Although we did go back occasionally
      Cheers Dave

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  11. Anonymous29 April 2012 at 11:38

    my old man and his bros were fae there the symingtons

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  12. Anonymous20 July 2012 at 04:59

    Definitely some memories from the first picture! I lived in the pitched roof block that's hidden at the back from 1984-1990.

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  13. Anonymous4 December 2013 at 04:43

    YWSR#1 S.O.T

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  14. RETRO DUNDEE9 December 2013 at 02:06

    Very eloquently put...!!

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  15. Anonymous9 January 2014 at 07:39

    I grew up in tranent crescent and ours looked out onto a circle or something if my memory is right?

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    1. Mandy2718 April 2021 at 13:13

      Yeah it was the bus terminal, we lived in 199 tranent cres, right across from Tarzan island xx

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  16. Cymru Cenedlaethol17 June 2014 at 16:57

    I lived in Salton Crescent in 1982 - 83. Does anyone know if Jim, Carol, Ann and Lizzie O'Neill from 66 Salton are still around?

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  17. Cymru Cenedlaethol17 June 2014 at 17:00

    It did seem weird having my front door upstairs. :D

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  18. Anonymous30 July 2014 at 07:08

    iv noticed all the young shams are coming back and are meant to be the top scheme now lol just like the old days ywsr, up and coming shams.

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  19. HacheFe29 October 2014 at 13:36

    My name is Tony, from Argentina, I was living in Dundee in 1978. It was a great time, great friends. I will never forget, specially Margot and Gordon

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  20. a real sham20 October 2015 at 06:05

    shame rule ya bass I lived in the rise fae 1968 until 1981 best days of my life

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    1. Gedfaetheavenue8 June 2017 at 09:52

      well eh can better that... eh lived in the avenue fae 1968 until 1986. that said, the last six year were spent in the army so eh suppose that disna count! ywsr!

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  21. a real sham20 October 2015 at 06:07

    happys days in whitfield

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  22. Unknown18 April 2016 at 08:23

    Lived in Cranston crescent in the early eighties...brilliant childhood memories...always SOMETHING happen in somewhaur...the photos are amazing...my heart jumped when I saw the wee park behind the big brown block...thankyou to whoever posted those 😉👍

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  23. Unknown8 January 2019 at 15:55

    i brought up in linlathen an like many young ones after they grew up i got offered a flat in Whitfied now am in bolton still go up to dundee every yr as my son was buried in dundee

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  24. Anonymous18 October 2022 at 13:45

    I lived in Murrayfield Gardens fae 1985 till 2009ish Whitfield through and through

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  25. Ms M Martin10 November 2022 at 11:02

    Lived right across fae whitty high in Dunbar Cres. Cudna plunk coz mum cud see us fae kitchen walking up that brae! 😂 Best days ever! I see Wullies graffiti was staunch bak then! Memories indeed

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