RETRO DUNDEE

It doesn't look particularly wintery, but these photos were taken on 19th December 1963. The square is located between Ab...

So the coal lorry on yesterdays photo got me raking around for a few related items, because many of us who were brought up in the...

Just along the road a wee bit from their previous location, this branch of the Dundee Savings Bank in Arbroath Road was photographed in...

2 items from the mid 70's featuring the Dundee Savings Bank. Top one is an ad dated 1974. In '74 the DSB had loads of banks sp...

This image of Craigiebank Post Office in Arbroath Road appeared in the local press in February 1983. The reason it was receiving attentio...

Here's an ad for Jack Gow's shop in Glenagnes Road dated 1979. Jack was not only a dealer in bikes - he was a racer too, and ...

One of the well known shops in the city arcade in Shore Terrace was McLeish Brothers, who were a fishmonger/wee grocer. This used to be the...

2 days ago I put up film footage showing Grossett's (next door to The Hap) being demolished in the mid 70's, well here is their othe...

A couple of snapshots showing a section of the Hilltown taken around the mid/late 70's. On the top photo, the photographer was sta...

Here's a couple of ads from the 70's for The Craft Centre in the Nethergate. They specialised in arty gifts made from a varie...

An ad from 1984 for computer dealers, Gate Microsystems, who were based in the Nethergate. That typeface they used is called DATA 70, and...

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

An ad for John Watson in Cleghorn Street dated 1971. This was a ladies salon, which may explain why I don't know what posticheur is!...

A couple of views from either side of the Murraygate snapped around 1970, give or take a year. Some of the shops can be identified and ...

  The SP&S record warehouse opened in Coldside Road in 1975. It specialised in vinyl & tapes that had been deleted, but were all bra...

Traipsing further up along Lochee Road to the High Street, here's a reminder of how the scene looked on 6th July 1987. Apart from...

The Radiant Health Centre was in the City Arcade in Shore Terrace, and here we have one of their posters from the 60's advertising so...

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....

 Here's some ads pertaining to BG Forbes, a shop that sold records and musical instruments. First though, the photo is...

In '73, the Tayside Cassette Centre were in 73...Perth Road. So they specialised in music tapes, both cassette format and 8 track - d...