CENTRAL FIRE STATION DEMOLITION

The retro decades in particular were pretty active when it came to demolishing Dundee's old buildings, so much so that sometimes we thought the Councils motto was "What goes up, must come down"...(well, apart from their salaries!).

There was also a fair bit of new construction going on too, so over the next few days I'm going to put up a mix of images showing some structures going up, and some tumbling down.

Kicking off with this one here which is Bell Street Central Fire Station being knocked down in the late 60's.

The photo was taken from Courthouse Square looking over into the firemen's living quarters above the main station, with the entire corner area bulldozed.

Below the snap of the rubble is a photo of the fire crew who worked at Bell Street Station in the 60's.

It was sent in by Mark Ritchie whose father is the chap top left in the picture.

Bell Street was such an apt place-name to have a fire station too don't you think?!

Demolition photo is from Gordon C.

CITIZEN KANE AD - 1988

An ad from 1988 for Citizen Kane in Bell Street.
I remember seeing this shop just shortly before leaving Dundee, so it must have been around the end of 1986 when they cropped up on the scene.
A couple of doors along fae Thamson's I recall.
I was on the dole at the time however, so I would have only been able to window shop!

RAINBOW - BELL STREET AD - 1988

When I put up an ad in March earlier this year for Rainbow's original music shop in Hawkhill, it got quite a big response in the comments. However, most of them were about their Bell Street store!

So here now you have an advert from 1988 for Rainbow Music, 15 Bell Street.

Seems like this was the place to go if you were looking for a synth in the late 80's, judging by their special offers!

Below the ad is a review of the Bell Street emporium.

Keith Mackintosh & Alan Roy, who ran the Hawkhill shop for 6 years, were still the main men at their new premises. Also, Bob Orobzcuk gets a special mention, he being the shops Hi-Tech expert.

According the the previous batch of comments, the guys at Rainbow had a good rapport with their customers, and this bond is backed up in the review.

Those of you who can't remember where you've put your specs, just click the review to read the large version!