tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post3123528574550199376..comments2024-03-27T15:27:52.731-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: THE HAWTHORN - EARLY 80'SRETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-6863925936249389652020-10-10T21:10:53.790-07:002020-10-10T21:10:53.790-07:00The Central Bar was called The Top O' The Step...The Central Bar was called The Top O' The Steps when the Hawthorn was demolished.<br />There's a pic up on Retro.<br />Hawthorn & Central were different pubs.RETRO DUNDEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-2986417231451747712020-10-10T09:21:10.644-07:002020-10-10T09:21:10.644-07:00At the time of the Wellgate demolition The Hawthor...At the time of the Wellgate demolition The Hawthorn was called The Central Bar; I have a photograph taken from slightly further up the hill showing the row of shops, The Central Bar and the demolished ruins of the Wellgate in the background.psyskiesmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15300597303141203384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-29537672483907540082011-04-14T13:30:03.814-07:002011-04-14T13:30:03.814-07:00Another thing that's disappeared from that pho...Another thing that's disappeared from that photo - the signpost to DRI ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-86760796495912105712011-04-14T03:25:40.159-07:002011-04-14T03:25:40.159-07:00.
I just see Lindsay the baker there. The did exce....<br />I just see Lindsay the baker there. The did excellent flaky onion bridies. I used to have one for my lunch in McGill's staff canteen, around 1970/71.Brian Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-63879350962512087322011-04-13T15:16:43.871-07:002011-04-13T15:16:43.871-07:00Yes, Behar Carpets was across the road. It was ori...Yes, Behar Carpets was across the road. It was originally Super Savers Supermarket, opened in 1971 by a Mr Jawaid and some size of shop for its time. The following year it opened an in-store butcher's (the LP's firm, Fitzgerald's) and the People's Journal ran an advertising feature which purred that 'Housewives don't have to look for bargains inside the shop. Everything is a bargain.'Neale Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-49855207273266801092011-04-13T13:26:14.284-07:002011-04-13T13:26:14.284-07:00The shop below the white building is "Anthony...The shop below the white building is "Anthony's" hairdresser. Also had shops in Lochee, the Strathmartine Road and others. A brace of Cortina's outside and of course the Lada taxi's were the norm right into the early 90'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-18876912019248394472011-04-13T13:08:17.536-07:002011-04-13T13:08:17.536-07:00There was a shoe shop called Brown's there in ...There was a shoe shop called Brown's there in the early 80s. I remember getting my Doc Marten boots from there. Seemed to be all he sold. Behrs was further up the hill (and still is). There was a portakabin polis station on the other side of the road in the early 80s too along with a carpet shop (Beehars?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-82884356101349852592011-04-13T12:31:03.308-07:002011-04-13T12:31:03.308-07:00shoe shop was behrs.shoe shop was behrs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-55384113959110865162011-04-13T06:03:18.922-07:002011-04-13T06:03:18.922-07:00The shoe shop next door - Browns??
I remember gett...The shoe shop next door - Browns??<br />I remember getting a pair of brouges there in the late 70s complete with segs, whic were the thing to wear for your discerning 14 year old.<br />Sad to see all these wee shops are long gone and their like probably gone for goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-25748589062888753372011-04-12T08:38:08.507-07:002011-04-12T08:38:08.507-07:00There was always a very distinctive smell when you...There was always a very distinctive smell when you passed <b>The Top of the Steps</b> and <b>The Hawthorn</b>.<br />A strange mix of tobacco, spirits, stale beer and equally stale auld men would drift out in warm wafts.<br>Not a smell you'll ever experience again in this day and age of smoke free bars, ventilation and regular bathing!Bridienoreply@blogger.com