3 shots here that'll make you want to snuggle up in front of a coal fire - all from the 70's, and maybe even the same winter.
Not sure if the guy in the top image is someone in particular, like a well known skier, but I have a feeling that he was an ordinary member of the public who came up with the idea of skiing to work. Which ever it is, he was stopped in his tracks by a photographer up beside the Morgan.
Middle picture, taken along Meadowside, has the traffic sliding tentatively passed the museum.
And the view at Samuel's corner shows that it might have been a better idea to have had a cosy day in that day!
Photos by DC Thomson.
i see Timpsons & Saxone were there , also still got a game of snooker up the closie.(Kings ??? ) Would that close take you up to Gardynes Land ?? theres also a wee guy "running" , must have had his wayfinders on :)
ReplyDeleteimperial snooker hall? I thought it might have been Sreve Athwal waiting at the Keillors Pend but its much too early (in years) in top pic is there a wisp of smoke coming from the north side of the roof ? : )
ReplyDeleteBear...I think you need to give your screen a wee clean!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of doing the Christmas post as a poor student in the 70s.
ReplyDeleteEnded up having to wear the girlfriend's wooly tights under the jeans. Surprisingly practical.
Must have been used to the snow at that time as most have wellies and wellie socks on not like last year when lots of people were walking about still in trainers
ReplyDeleteRemember walking down teh Perth Road one snowy morning as an Alexanders (Ragtime) Bus came sliding past at 45 degrees to the direction of travel on full opposite lock. None of the passengers looked in the least bit concerned - more than can be said for the driver.......
ReplyDeleteThe person skiing is Morris Woods. He was a Morgan FP. Sadly he died of cancer at a very young age.
ReplyDeleteDo kids still play conkers? Or make icy slides down sloping streets?
ReplyDeleteI have vivid memories of the slides we made on streets in winter. We went out last thing at night and poured water on slopes and made great icy slides in the morning. There was always at least one slide in our school playground with us forming queues to get on it and go careering down, arms flailing to keep balance, until we landed in a heap. Skinned knees and elbows were the order of the day, sometimes more serious injuries. But mainly we just got up and joined the queue again. Health and safety? Pfft! Never heard of such a thing. But the janitor must have because the killjoy always came out and sanded the slide!
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