RETRO DUNDEE

These outdoor toys were the kind of thing you'd treat yourself to during the 7 weekies rather than add to your Christmas list. Th...

You'll all remember these paper fortune tellers from your school days. Place your index fingers and thumbs underneath the 4 segments th...

Just to make sure the woodwork class didn't deprive the planet of too many trees, Craigie High was one of the schools who got involved ...

Looking like a NASA site rather than a Dundee Council area, this play park featuring a Space Shuttle chute & climbing frame was located ...

This was the play park we went to as kids in the 60's. It was in Kemnay Gardens opposite Crathie Place. It was a regular stop-off for u...

A novelty ice cream idea that was a big hit with youngsters in the 60's and 70's was the Tonibell Miniball - a plastic ball filled ...

Before the more popular quilted Anorak's and Parka's arrived in the mid 60's, the winter coat most often worn by kids in Dundee ...

Another quirky little item I can remember from 60's childhood is transfers. I don't recall ever buying them from shops, they just se...

I remember a lot of us wearing Wayfinders at Balerno school in the mid 60's. They appealed to primary aged kids because they were shoes ...

Every kid in the 60's when first starting primary, wore a SATCHEL (A). This was the standard school bag starter for infants. It had a s...

Here's a humorous slice of satire from the 80's. A variety of aspirations centre around the simple concept of installing a kids s...

In the 1970's, milk was available to buy in these plastic sachets shown above. A quick snip of the top corner, either using scissors or...

I think most people will look back at visiting Gussie Park with fondness, despite its rather ramshackled appearance. I certainly recall hav...

One of the most popular fads of the 60's, were Clackers. They took Dundee, and the rest of UK by storm. There was probably no street or...

2 belts from Dundee's school days in the sixties that may make you cringe! The TEACHER'S used the leather strap as punishment. A w...

Around the playgrounds and streets of Dundee in the 60's, one of the games girls used to play was ELASTICS. They would tie dozens of ...

The cap rocket was another popular fad in the school playgrounds around Dundee in the 60's. Made of a plastic body & metal top, ...