RETRO DUNDEE

Here's a fine shot of Peter Ustinov having a wee chuckle to himself in the Nethergate. The 2 shops in the background are the Civil Se...

The Postern Gate was a pleasant wee arty gift shop in the Nethergate in the 70's & 80's, run by Edith Cunningham. It had...

Here's a couple of ads from the 70's for The Craft Centre in the Nethergate. They specialised in arty gifts made from a varie...

An ad from 1984 for computer dealers, Gate Microsystems, who were based in the Nethergate. That typeface they used is called DATA 70, and...

An ad for The Workshop in the Nethergate from 1988, a place I know absolutely zilch about. If any of you can do the biz on this one - the...

A couple of adverts for Ricksons in the Nethergate. Top one is from 1979 and the one underneath, 1980. Two well known local hairdress...

Here's a couple of photos from completely different vantage points, but both captured at around the same time. The Royal entourage...

Here is a photo of the Nicoll & Smibert shop in the Nethergate, taken sometime in the late 60's. Big thanks to Peter.

Another bakers in centre of town offering snack/restaurant facilities was Nicoll & Smibert who were in the Nethergate. The top ad i...

Top ad is from 1984, and the ad below it is dated 1986. So, we used to go to Chequers quite regularly in the early/mid 80's era, but I ...

Here's a typical ad for Tiffany's, the kind that would crop up in the Entertainment pages of the Tele regularly back then, this o...

This is policewoman, Sarah Christie, on point duty at the junction of Nethergate & Union Street in the early 60's. I can remember th...

I don't know anything about Millars, who were based at 115 Nethergate on the corner of South Tay Street in 1971. I'd have been 13...

As you can see in the top item, by 1971 the store had technically become known as Draffens & Smiths, but everyone, as far as I know...

Oblomov's in the Nethergate, opened in 1987, which means I just missed out on frequenting this place, having departed Dundee the y...

The top scene looking along the Nethergate was taken from Burton's doorway and is dated 13th April 1985. A couple of things I s...

1st October 1982 : After leaving the Tav, blootered, me, Paula & Marian, decided to go for some grub along the Nethergate. It was raini...

This photo, taken around the same time as yesterdays air shot, shows what was known as "Phase 3" of the Overgate redevelopment, i...

A reminder of some of the eating places on the go in 1981 can be found in an overview presented in Cranked Up, with Egon Boney taking us on...

Here's a place that would be doing a roaring trade this time of year - the Draffens Perfumery and Cosmetics Department (it's posh t...