RETRO DUNDEE

After a wee flurry sampling some of the gastronomic delights from around the eastern side of the globe - it's time to get bac...

No idea if the Wellgate Library still looks the same these days, but this is how things were back in the 1980's. Top image is o...

Here's a photo from 1980ish, around about the time Tesco moved into their Wellgate Centre premises. I used to pop in here for their g...

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...

Here we have 3 shots taken in the early 70's showing the area around Charles Street. Top image is the upper stretch of the Wellg...

3 views of the Cowgate area captured before all the demolition began - so 1970ish. Top one is from near St Andrew's Street juncti...

I didn't go to the Market Hall area of Wellgate very often and certainly don't recall this fashion shop called Pride. The ad is d...

What - no boarded up windows? That means this is a rare colour photo of the old Wellgate when all the shops were still open for business....

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...

The top photo shows us how the council reached the decision to grant planning permission for the Wellgate Centre - as you can see, it w...

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

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 ...

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...

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 ...

In the early 80's, when IRA bombs were commonplace on mainland Britain, there were often many false alarms and hoaxes that went along wi...

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...

A little glimpse at what was showing at the Steps in April 1989. Not much in the way of family films, but looking through the list it re...

My brother took this amusing picture in the mid 70's. There was a gap in the fence where the demolition was taking place and he spotted...

This black & white photo of the Cowgate corner area was taken in early/mid 70's. The same junction crops up in colour in a piece of ...