RETRO DUNDEE

Continuing with the fuel theme (minus coal) here's a few bits & pieces from the past you may remember. First up is a 19...

A scary tale for Hallowe'en... I was told this story in the 70's from the girl it happened to, but to be fair, she was tripping on ...

This creepy ad from 1988 is for Brahms and Liszt who were based in the Overgate. They sold a mixture of greetings cards, posters and fun ...

  The photo at the top is a wee reminder of how C&A appeared back in the mid 70's - this being the upper level of the Ov...

It's that Overgate sculpture again! You may recall I put a couple of pictures up on Retro last month of the same piece ...

This concrete piece of 60's abstract public art also doubled as a climbing frame for kids to play on. Not sure if that was the orig...

I used to think that when Mr Beaujangles opened in the Wellgate in the late 70's, they vacated their shop in the Overgate.  However, as ...

 The top ad is dated 1973 and the one below it is from 1977. Catchhand and 1973 went together well. Their shop in Kirk Sty...

An ad from 1984 for the Hot Potato House in the Overgate. Yeah I remember staggering into this place a couple of times at 2 o'clock in t...

This is the full rave package..!! The ravers - the DJ's - the 12's - the fashion - the smiley - the graffiti. It's the Crash Cre...

A nice summer shot of the Overgate, taken on 6th July 1987. If you click onto the large version, you may even be able to recognise someone ...

Here's an original badge from the late 70's for Wildcat jeans & jackets. As well as their own denim products, Wildcat also had t...

Here's the entire list of Overgate's clothes shops taken from the 1974 Dundee Directory.   Lower level - CLAUDE ALEXA...

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

You may remember the 2 photos I put up previously of The Other Record Shop in the Overgate. One was an exterior shot and the other an image...

This view from the Overgate tunnel was taken by my brother around the early/mid 70's. That bright shop sign on the Littlewoods side is ...

The shops along this lower stretch of the Overgate when this photo was taken (late 60's) were...... SCOTTISH GAS BOARD SHOWROOMS - BRIT...

Dundee fowk hae thir say.... I suppose, comparing it to the original Overgate, which was an ordinary street with shops and tenements that we...

In June 1967, this groovy boutique called "Scene One", opened up in the newly built Overgate. In fact, well known pop musician, A...

Sandwiched between Robinson Rental's and Brown the Optician in the Marketgait, there was a cafe called The Grill & Griddle. I reme...