RETRO DUNDEE

If you backtrack to 24th October 2011 when I posted 3 pictures from around the Cowgate, you'll be able to see many of the buildings...

Another group of photos from the early 70's showing the demolition around Victoria Road. Top picture is of the upper area of ...

A couple of interesting photos showing the back of the buildings along Victoria Road. You may recall a similar view of this section o...

This is an acting troupe posing near the demolition site of the Tap O' The Steps pub on the corner of Hilltown/Victoria Road, sometime a...

They seemed to be going a bit canny with the demolition work at Victoria Road when this photo was taken on 19 Feb 1988. Perhaps this was the...

This shot was taken on the 4th April 1986, the day after the Discovery had arrived back to Tayside and still wearing it's "Home ...

Last year I posted an image of William Lane looking up the steps to Victoria Road. Well here's the opposite view, this time from the st...

William Lane ran from Victoria Road down to King Street. It consisted mainly of the steps in the photo, although there was a wee bi...

This stretch of property was on Victoria Road between the Wellgate and Idvies Street (now Ladywell Ave). The rear of the building...

I still have a small batch of photos remaining that my brother took in the early 70's around the city centre area, so thought I'd dr...

I was in McGill Brothers fashion and sports departments often enough in the 70's, but I never set foot in their furniture dept, so this ...

See this hairdryer of mine, the Clairol 1200, it just conked out on me about 3 years ago. I'd been using this one since around 1980, so...

On the opposite end of the Wellgate area to where Paynes was, was another hairdresser called Jeanne. It opened up on Victoria Road in the m...

Not so many cinemas in town by the time we reach the late 80's, but here's what films were on offer in October 1988, published in Du...

Call it the Victoria, Vicky, Vic or flea-pit, but as picture house's go, it was quite low down in the pecking order of cinema's to...

This view takes in an area of the Hilltown, and goes down to as far as Blackscroft. Some of the main streets to be seen are - Alexander St ...

"Just looking..!!" A little glimpse into McGill Brothers on Victoria Road in May 1975. Some of the goods on offer are - boxes...

Now completely cleared and ready to start all over again. By the way, that grey shop on the corner (mid right) is Premier Studio Photograph...

Nothing but rubble remains.

Tearing down the buildings in the Victoria Road area has started.