RETRO DUNDEE

The jute industry was still going on in Dundee in the 80's, but it has to be said, it was nearing the end of its life. Here was one...

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 ...

This was the scene down at the docks exactly 25 years ago today - 3rd April 1986 - the mo...

2 photos taken in fairly quick succession, capturing the moment the 2 chimney stacks at Carolina Port Power Station were demolished. ...

On the site where, long ago, Dundee jute sacks were once shipped to the cotton plantations of Carolina USA, they built the Power Station...

The Stannergate (bottom left area) was a place we'd occasionally hang out and muck about. This was in the early 70's aged 12-15. ...

Retro regulars will be aware that I have put up quite a few air shots taken by my brother around 1974/75. Well there were half a dozen or s...

Here's a great aerial photo of the city centre, taken around 1966/67. In the middle of the picture there is Shore Terrace bus station, ...

Continuing the mid 70's flight over Dundee, here we are at the area around Dock Street, Arbroath Road & Prince's Street (all th...

On a snowy winters day back in 1984, Billy Mackenzie was interviewed for TV down at the docks. The show was "The Tube" and Lesli...

After fishing for small fry up at the Swanny Ponds in the 60's, we progressed to bigger catches down at the Docks in the 70's. This...

Dundee's "floating pub" was a very short lived novelty. In business only for a few months in 1982. The Balmoral (the boats fo...

Popular in the 70's were the "educational trips" on board the ship, Uganda. I wasn't on any myself mind you, but I do rec...