RETRO DUNDEE

Back down town we go for the final construction image, with this one here of the Leisure Centre in progress in the early 70's. The ...

Shifting from yesterday's Urban environment to another urban setting - the Hulltoon. The scrawl on the wall says it all! Photo by The B...

Back in the good old, bad old, ugly old days of football in Scotland (referring mostly to the 70's here), battles inside grounds were co...

The Windmill Bar was located on the corner of Ann Street at 113 Hilltown. Some of you may remember it as being a place with a reputati...

This fine old-school masterpiece was done using the ancient technique of "paint pot & brush"! It dates back to the 70's...

A certain elite group of Dundee gang members (ie - those who could afford it!) indulged in wearing the above Prince Of Wales check pat...

If ever there was a look that reminded me of my secondary school years (1970 to 74), then it would have to be the Harrington and Cromb...

Around the 1972 to 74 period, Skinners ultra white parallel jeans were worn as an alternative to stone white Sta-Prest. Like the Sta-P...

I'd imagine Steve Ellis is blissfully unaware that his name will forever be linked to Dundee gang culture. Back in the good old bad...

  My brother took this photo around 1973ish - Embassy Tipped and Younger's beer being very common around that era. The picture was ...

  The Poparama shows were the brainchild of Andy Lothian Jr. He put on quite a few of these events around Scotland in the late 60's. Thi...

This bonnie mess may rekindle some pleasant trips for a few of you and unpleasant ones for the rest of you! This was mostly an early 70...

Those of you of a certain age and with a certain dress sense will instantly recognise this shirt - the Ben Sherman. This design was p...

38 years ago today, The Who were blasting out their sound live on stage at the Caird Hall. I would only be 13 around this time so still ...

To end part one of the aerial photo sequence, we now fly over one of my old hangouts, Douglas. Another 2 schools on show here that haven...

The 2 karaoke renditions below are to the tune of "This Old Man". These chants were heard regularly in certain areas of D...

This rare piece of footage below shows some of the gang names that were kicking around the city in the 60's. It was filmed between 1...

When panda cars first hit the scene on trial in England in the 60's, they started off with black & white markings, hence the nickna...

Following on from my previous post, I thought I'd put a picture of Monkey Boots up for those who may have forgotten all about them. Ver...

What Santa didn't like about Dundee in the 70's was, having to change his outfit in every housing estate he visited - just to be o...