RETRO DUNDEE

That's me done. My wee offbeat look back at what life was like for my generation growing up in Dundee d...

I was originally planning on doing Retro Dundee for around 2 years, that being how long I thought I would be able to post items regular...

Many of you will have had a Viewmaster as a kid, the plastic toy binoculars you put card discs into to view 3D images. Probably not so ma...

A couple of publications I'd have been lost without during the course of doing Retro, were the old Dundee Directories and old stre...

I've put dozens & dozens of local ads up on Retro over the years which have been really useful when referring to a place I don&...

It doesn't look particularly wintery, but these photos were taken on 19th December 1963. The square is located between Ab...

1978 saw Dundee University win TV's "University Challenge". The winning team above for the 77/78 series were - Tom McGhee...

Now some pages from a 1981 Craigie High School magazine. This issue covers the period from the end of 1980 to the beginning of ...

A few more pages to read from the 1989 Linlathen's High Times mag. Some of the contents include a visit to Gordonstou...

A little glimpse into what was going on at Linlathen High School in November 1988 with a dip into a few pages of their school publ...

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....

Continuing with the fuel theme (minus coal) here's a few bits & pieces from the past you may remember. First up is a 19...

So the coal lorry on yesterdays photo got me raking around for a few related items, because many of us who were brought up in the...

Here's a nice gritty urban scene looking along North Ellen Street towards a rather intimidating Jamaica Tower. This place, as most of...

After a wee flurry sampling some of the gastronomic delights from around the eastern side of the globe - it's time to get bac...