RETRO DUNDEE

Here's a wee reminder from the mid 70's of the Broughty Ferry go-kart track and crazy-golf course. Click on image to enlarge.

A nice reminder of the kind of local mobile disco action that was going on around town during a typical random week back in M...

It has been in circulation as a fact that, the Sex Pistols cancelled this 1st December Dundee gig "at the last minute" to appear...

Back in April 2009, I posted an item to do with a Scooby Doo protest that took place in Dundee in the early 70's. I put it up as a ...

A new variant of the V-neck jersey cropped up on the scene during the mid 70's. It was referred to as a high waist jersey, or as us...

The Seahorse up the Hulltoon wasn't my local chip shop but this advert from 1976 reminded me that I used to pop in there quite a lot eft...

Brian Sherriff's shop at 93 Victoria Road was THE place to go to get Airfix models and radio control cars. Just looking in the shop wind...

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...

 Not much of a picture really but the 2 doors in the top image were once buzzing with life back in the 70's ...

The CHS subway at Monymusk Road was constructed in 1972, 2 years after the school opened. The photo above of the pupils painting it was tak...

The Little Chef opened on the Arbroath Road near Claypotts in 1974. I recall popping in there a few times in the 70's, usually after ...

  Dundee was transformed into a town called Medburgh when filming took place in August 1977. This was for a TV comedy play titled "The ...

Mr Beaujangles was a fashion boutique dreamt up by Dundee businessman, Ian Dand. His first store opened in the Overgate in November 1973, w...

It has become common knowledge that the Bay City Rollers tartan trimmed outfits were unique to the band, like, they came up with the idea .....

Boy Meets Girl in the Overgate, was Dundee's first go at a "Unisex" boutique in the early/mid 70's - the concept being ...

Dundee gangs in the 70's came up with a unique way of displaying which housing scheme they came from - by wearing jerseys of different c...

Around 1970, another Amusement Arcade was proving popular in Dundee - this one was in the Wellgate, and on 2 levels. The ground floor o...

It wasn't until around 1973 that Craigie High School introduced "Houses". They were all named after Scottish "Firth...

Craigie High School's uniform didn't appear on the scene until many months after the school opened it's doors in 1970. It w...

The Hansom Cab, on the corner of Seagate & Commercial St, had a reputation for being a haven for underage drinking in the 70's. For...