RETRO DUNDEE

Well Peter Ustinov may have written a play called "Halfway Up A Tree", but halfway up this tree was a strange fruit that I menti...

This aerial photo is from the late 80's and shows the familiar layout of the central waterfront area our generation will remember it by...

Down at the scene where all the action was taking place on 18th August 1966, here's the crowd scattered all around the bridge are...

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

They brought out the Royal banners in order to tart up the city square, the day the celebrations for the official opening of the Tay ...

Well I may not have had the exact year when the previous 4 photos on Retro were taken, but this one here is easy - 18th August 1966. The ...

In the mid 70's, someone came up with the bright idea of attaching plastic Jif lemons to a tree in the landscaped garden area next to th...

On the 28th December 1979, the Courier brought out this special 4 page supplement to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the...

Not exactly a brilliant picture this one but to be fair my brother was on board a train when he snapped it. It was taken in the early 70...

The top photo is a nice reminder of how Tay Bridge Station looked before it became the design it is today. The one on top being a basic ...

And so we reach the moment the Tay Road Bridge officially opened. The event, which was broadcast live on TV, took place around midday on Th...

The last couple of ads has the Modern shop in Dock Street, getting a bit carried away with their sales pitch hype. According to them th...

Continuing with the adverts in the 1966 Bridge Souvenir Supplement - here's another 2. I reckon Larg's missed a good opportu...

Many of the adverts in the Souvenir Supplement I posted yesterday, incorporated the new bridge into their sales pitch. Here's a...

To celebrate the opening of the Tay Road Bridge, the Evening Telegraph issued a couple of souvenir supplements. The one above is the 2nd of ...

During the early to mid 60's period, before the Tay Road Bridge had been completed, the Dundee public were given occasional glimpse...

  When Dundonians of my generation talk about the Bowling Alley, it's usually on the subject of drunken nights ou...

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 ...

Every so often, I like to put up the Retro Dundee email address for anyone who's looking to get in touch or send stuff. So feel free......

The top photo was taken from the observation platform on Tay Road Bridge in the late 60's and shows the view along the original cent...