tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post7546596767645901108..comments2024-03-28T10:44:50.179-07:00Comments on RETRO DUNDEE: THE TOY SHOP - WHITEHALL CRESCENTRETRO DUNDEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746839418666784001noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-31496960843561694042022-08-19T05:55:55.451-07:002022-08-19T05:55:55.451-07:00There is a story about the shop provided by a memb...There is a story about the shop provided by a member of the family at this link https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-fife-edition/20190105/282316796171565Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-7783756539634473252022-01-04T12:24:00.859-08:002022-01-04T12:24:00.859-08:00Hi my name is lorna and I worked in the toy shop f...Hi my name is lorna and I worked in the toy shop for 5 years since 1980 to 1985 i think I might have worked with your gran, Mrs emslie from Huntly place,her daughter was christine and her son was Bruce,xLornanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-74441941545848492552015-12-12T02:40:11.301-08:002015-12-12T02:40:11.301-08:00My Gran worked there used to love going in to visi...My Gran worked there used to love going in to visit her and getting to play with all the toys Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727081456528268042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-21687914978416268412015-06-20T04:48:41.725-07:002015-06-20T04:48:41.725-07:00I used to work there as my Saturday job from 1966 ...I used to work there as my Saturday job from 1966 to early 1968. A complete treasure trove.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01861474318199902922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-37358736009584860602015-02-12T10:15:50.251-08:002015-02-12T10:15:50.251-08:00An advertisement for A. Webster, 'The Toy Shop...An advertisement for A. Webster, 'The Toy Shop', 22 Whitehall Crescent, appeared in the Morgan Academy Magazine in December 1932, so it was obviously in existence then. The Dundee Street Directories (available in the Local Studies Library) would tell when it was trading at this address. <br />It was very far-sighted of the founders of Gilfillan Church to include shop units in the design (in addition to the two either side of the main door, there is another at the back of the building, on Dock Street), providing long term income from rents. Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075437092819379415.post-16162649482421783322009-12-07T16:39:52.546-08:002009-12-07T16:39:52.546-08:00I used to go to The Toy Shop for my models in the ...I used to go to The Toy Shop for my models in the late 60's and 70's and for my model railway stuff. Downstairs was an absolute aladdins cave for me.<br /><br />My ex-neice-in-law used to work in there in the latter years the shop was open. <br /><br />Remember reading in a book one time that some of the royal family visited there when the Queen Mother was in residence at Glamis so was possibly around before the 1940's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com