tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post5522456195532094680..comments2024-03-28T17:10:16.059-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: 3 COWGATE VIEWS - 1970RETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-56462297215390691572011-10-25T12:59:22.852-07:002011-10-25T12:59:22.852-07:00If it wasn't for the Wishart arch it could alm...If it wasn't for the Wishart arch it could almost be a completly different town.Stannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-24124155301557834092011-10-25T03:29:52.365-07:002011-10-25T03:29:52.365-07:00You are correct Anonymous, 1979 the Dundee Savings...You are correct Anonymous, 1979 the Dundee Savings Bank became the TSB, my account was with the Dundee Savings Bank.David Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882240889730789837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-75926000183716710592011-10-25T02:18:37.644-07:002011-10-25T02:18:37.644-07:00Lightning
If you enlarge the picture you will see...Lightning<br /><br />If you enlarge the picture you will see that it is still called the Dundee Savings Bank. The regional savings banks were still independent at this time (organised geographically) so it was another few years before it actually became the Trustee Savings Bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-46710525377321665952011-10-24T14:56:21.942-07:002011-10-24T14:56:21.942-07:00Fab pics.
Remember seeing the bank once it had bee...Fab pics.<br />Remember seeing the bank once it had been demolished...the building was gone but the twisted metal of the strong room remained.<br /><br />I too would like to see pics of the tunnel area especially Dudhope Street.Bridiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598011334068019011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-73520907050000655412011-10-24T13:41:23.851-07:002011-10-24T13:41:23.851-07:00Great shots, I think the bank was called the trust...Great shots, I think the bank was called the trustee savings bank, had an account there. My Gran lived at 35 Cowgate for most of her life too.David Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882240889730789837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-65356902028335297342011-10-24T12:15:13.649-07:002011-10-24T12:15:13.649-07:00Cracking photos, as always Retro (and Gordon C.)!
...Cracking photos, as always Retro (and Gordon C.)!<br /><br />I'd love to see more photos of this area, particularly the East Marketgait/Seagate area before they knocked down all the old warehouses and built the Marketgait tunnel (which, if memory serves me correctly, appeared in the late 80s/early 90s).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com