RETRO DUNDEE

Here's a couple of Dundee big shots who were responsible for organising much of the entertainment in town during the retro decades. ...

Here's a typical ad for Tiffany's, the kind that would crop up in the Entertainment pages of the Tele regularly back then, this o...

Many of you will be familiar with the work of Maureen Reynolds who has written lots of Dundee based books since the 90's. Wha...

When the Sands changed to Buddies in the mid 80's, my regular Sunday funk sessions stopped not long after it opened. Just wasn't...

Rewinding back to October 1988, and a little glimpse into what was on offer in town music-wise. This schedule is taken from Street Life mag...

The Fountain Disco opened in November 1983, not long before rivals Fat Sams opened in fact. It was a bit of a trendy place playing ne...

Another well known Dundee flamingo was this neon one above the entrance to Coconut Grove. The 2 palm trees were actually on a back wall abo...

Here's a couple of photos recalling the kind of entertainment that was available at Junction 9 (Tay Centre Hotel disco) in the late ...

There were 3 "Theatre Royal's" in Dundee. The first 2 being 19th century affairs in the main, means they won't get a m...

This was a great wee pub, and probably the only Dundee drinking den I could say was "surreal"!!. On the go in the late 70...

Sunday nights were the best nights to pop along to Broughty Ferry hotspot "The Sands" in the late 70's & ear...

This well known disco location became the Coconut Grove in March 1984. Previously the Barracuda, it was renamed this when it came under new ...

Da   Vinci's in Westport was often viewed as a "posers" pub in the 80's, but I didn't find it too bad at all, it...

Here is one of the original Fat Sam's Swizzle-sticks that we used back in the 80's when cocktails were on the increase in nightclub...

  The top cutting is from a "What's On" page in the Dundee Courier  - an ad for the Bay City Rollers playing...