RETRO DUNDEE

They still do the Wee Red Book every year as far as I know, but here is one I kept from the 1973 season. It's stuffed with all things to...

I searched and searched the Internet but couldn't find any commercials from the 60's for Lees Macaroon Bars. Just like Ricicles , M...

Every kid in the 60's knew when summer had arrived - when your parents told you it was time to put on your sandals. As you can see, the...

Some of you may think that just before I tucked into my meal on Christmas day, I snapped this picture of it on my mobile, but no, this spre...

  Hard Copy fanzine appeared on the scene in summer 1982. However, in the above debut issue, it states that it was not a fanzine but the fir...

Back in the good old, bad old, ugly old days of football in Scotland (referring mostly to the 70's here), battles inside grounds were co...

The Wonderful World Of Soccer Stars "World Cup 1974" picture stamp book, was an alternative to the packs of football cards with...

Germany was still divided back in 1974, but all of Scotland was united when we travelled over to the West to take on Brazil, Yugoslavia ...

Remember Larg's in Whitehall Street used to sell sheet music downstairs? Well here's 2 from 1974. The Scotland World Cup Squ...

The 1974 World Cup in Germany was the first time Scotland had qualified for the tournament since 1958, and so for those who were in my a...

Back in April 2009, I posted an item to do with a Scooby Doo protest that took place in Dundee in the early 70's. I put it up as a ...

Early 80's fanzine, Deadbeat, covered the alternative Scottish music scene in the main, so the Dundee stuff was competing with Edinburg...

Dundee band, Brain Damage, recorded this cassette called "Death To Timmy Pop" in 1983. Drummer, Cody, has the actual original m...

This is a fairly recent book, published in 2002. Written by Martin C Strong, the chunky encyclopedia does it's best to cover the ent...

From the 1973 to 1978 period, Tivvy were mostly a covers band, playing a broad range of styles from glam, rock, pop, soul, disco to punk. Th...

Dundee indie band, Waiter Waiter, brought out a cassette in the early 80's called "That's No Way To Go-Go", featuring 6 ...

IT'S OFTEN SAID, ABOUT THE BREAD THAT BE INSIDE THE PACKS IS IT PAN , OR IS IT PLAIN THE LOAVES ON SHELVING RACKS LOOK INSIDE A MOT...

I thought I'd end the Tay Road Bridge sequence by having a wee sing-song! Dundee folk band, The Wally Dugs, were on the go i...

  In 1962, Hector Nicol released a football themed single on the Scottish Gaelfonn record label. The band accompanying him was The Kelvin Co...

Made in Scotland, Lucky Tatties were a prized sweet for us kids back in the 60's. They were quite a size, solid white fondant covered i...