RETRO DUNDEE

Don't know if Eddie went here to be shorn, but this is Salon 51 in the Murraygate - going for it! Ad is dated 1984.

Staying in the Murraygate a little bit longer, here's a couple of adverts for Goldbergs dating from the early/mid 70's. Goldber...

A couple of views from either side of the Murraygate snapped around 1970, give or take a year. Some of the shops can be identified and ...

John Menzies moved away from their own well known position on the Murraygate/Commercial Street corner and took over Woolies prime spot fur...

I can remember Woolies in the 60's when they still had the original old wooden counters, but around the beginning of the 70's the s...

Before the Old Bank Bar opened in Reform Street in the 80's, there was another one in town who had been doing business a couple of decad...

In contrast to yesterdays empty road along Hawkhill, here's a couple of pictures from the 60's showing a traffic packed High St...

I put a few items up in 2008 relating to the time when the BBC filmed the Alan Bennett play "An Englishman Abroad" in the e...

3 Murraygate shots to finish the 80's shoppers sequence. TOP - 4th February 1984 - pretty packed at this end of the street lo...

You may be able to have a bit of fun playing "Where's Wally" over the next few days, trying to spot someone you recognise ...

I don't have an exact year for this flyer printed for the opening of Salon 51 in the Murraygate, but I reckon late 70's/early 80...

Our Price record shop opened up in the Murraygate at the tail end of the 80's. I was down south by then so missed out on it as being a ...

Furry baffies...just like gran used to wear!

John Menzies moved out of their Commercial St/Murraygate corner position in 1983, and relocated further along Murraygate to the empty premi...

  This ad, which is in 2 parts, appeared in a pop magazine in August 1968. It's for a range of cosmetics by Baby Doll, on sale at ...

This sequence of photos, taken on 6th October 1961, captures the official opening of Richard Shops in the Murraygate. The top image...

The above photo was taken in 1982, so this would have been a kind of last glimpse of John Menzies corner spot before moving to the opposit...

This ad for Potters in the Murraygate is dated April 1970. A week devoted to getting a free fitting from the experts it says, but isn'...

John Menzies moved across the road into these premises in Murraygate in the early 80s, the store having been vacated by Woolworths. Everyth...

I never thought I'd be able to put the top photo to good use but seeing as I mentioned Bruce's carrier bags in the previous pos...