RETRO DUNDEE

Samantha's in South Tay Street was quite a short lived discotheque, on the go from 1976 to 78, so these...

A glimpse along the High Street on 25th July 1985 caught this wee lad in the top picture carrying a couple of large balloons. They ...

Well I may not have had the exact year when the previous 4 photos on Retro were taken, but this one here is easy - 18th August 1966. The ...

Officially, this pub was called The Great Northern Bar, but the locals who drank there just referred to it as Bob MacKay's. The photo...

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....

I don't have the exact year this scene was captured but this is what the view down Logie Street was like around the late 60s-early 70...

These 3 pictures were all taken along Ann Street in the early 70's. The top image is the calm before the storm as it was snapped ...

Here's a couple of Dundee pubs in the process of being wiped off the map. The top one is the Empire Bar & The Copper Bell Lou...

Bringing May's mega music mix to a halt, I'm gonna let St Andrew & The Woollen Mill continue with the comedy and have them play ...

Well I couldn't end the recent retro pub crawl without giving a wee shout to the delights of O.V.D. who are still on the go, with ...

Hawkhill Brewers in Mid Wynd was a very short-lived business that started up in 1983 by Bob Welch and partners. Bob was a home-brew enthusia...

Many of you will recognise Jack Daniel's logo in this ad from 1984, as it used to be imprinted on the window of the pub and dotted arou...

Can't say I was a regular at Gennas in Gellatly Street, but I do remember popping along there from time to time on Thursday's...

Broughty Ferry wanted a piece of the action, live band action that is, and so Upstairs Downstairs cropped up on the scene to provide such a ...

I already have a photo on Retro of the outside of Brookes in the Ferry, that you can track down in the January 2009 archive. I mentioned th...

Top picture is Alison Burns, Derek Thomson and co tucking into their grub at Fat Sam's Diner around the late 80's. The other picture...

Another ad featuring a few more local pubs. This time all belonging to Bett Inns and dated 1987. In my day, The Occidental used to be more ...

You may be able to spot some of your old haunts in this Tennents Caledonian ad from 1979. Most of the pubs named, I have no material on - n...

This was the moment The Hawthorn's roots were wiped out forever. Did they shout "TIMBER"? With it went the other pub in shot o...

This image at the fut o' the Hull was taken on 3rd July 1982. On it, tucked away bottom right of the picture wearing the Sunderland stri...