DC THOMSON'S XMAS PARTIES - 1966

Many companies organise kids Xmas parties each year.

Some hire rooms, and some are put on at their own work premises.

DC Thomson's having a few properties dotted around town, end up having a handful of parties spread across various locations.

The 3 examples above all took place in 1966.

The top photo is one of the parties held at Kingsway. I say one of because they actually had to split the '66 do into 2 parts. The one above being the 5 to 14 year olds section.

The middle picture is the party gathering at Lindsay Street.

The bottom photo is the kids tucking into their Xmas banquet in Bank Street, with one of the invites having a bit of trouble with their hat!

ROLLER SKATE ADS - 1982

The top item is a reminder of how the Rollerama looked.

It opened on 1st April 1982 and the building was in North Lindsay Street.

The photo, however, is from 1986 after it had closed down.

Underneath it is a 1982 ad for the roller rink (Rollerama) which was part of the Aristocrat Leisure Centre.

I didn't visit it very often, just the odd occasion for a drink in between pubs or when there was a band on, and I never found time to venture onto the roller rink itself unfortunately.

I do recall one time when I was passing the building on the other side of the street and I heard them blasting out a D-Train disco track through the PA, so I couldn't resist crossing the road to find out what was going on! I was on my way to the Sands at the time so couldn't stay, but the dance music they were playing did put me right in the mood!

I have some old footage (below) of a roller disco (USA not Dundee) when it was "craze of the year" in 1979.

So in my cheapskate bid to recreate that very visit to the Rollerama, I have stuck a snippet of the same D-Train track on to accompany the clip - and hey presto - my Dundee Rollerama simulation is complete!!

Well apart from one thing - I don't quite remember seeing fashion in Dundee like the skaters in the film are wearing!! 

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Since posting the Rollerama item at the top, I have managed to find a roller skate advert to accompany it.
The reason I've decided to include it here is because, in the "comments", the subject of roller blade skates cropped up, which lead to the opinion that they didn't appear on the scene until the late 80's.
Well here's the reminder that they were indeed available in the UK the same time as the Rollerama ad, as the "new concept" TRISKATE ad is dated November 1982.