Bygone News - Trams http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/104/0 en Memories of Ninewells http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/memories-ninewells <p>I was brought up in Ninewells and am now 63 years old. It is amazing how much this place has changed in a fairly short time. Gone is Bill Davidson's wee shop, Joe Johnstone's smiddy, Lauries's nursery and the greenhouses behind it. Ninewell's garage is still there, albeit much changed and no longer a petrol station. There was also another petrol station close to where the railway bridge crossed over the Perth Road by Johnny Callaghan's scrapyard.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/memories-ninewells"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Perth Road Celebrations / Occasions Childhood Playing / Games Street Life Trams Bill Dryden Ninewells Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:13:24 +0000 fiona.christison 1057 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Last Tramcar Dundee to Lochee http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/last-tramcar-dundee-lochee I think my grandad drove the last tramcar his name was Peter Malone. He lived at 13 Tofthill Place, across from Cox's stack. He originally came from Lochee. He was a second generation Irish immigrant. His wife was Isabel Malone. I'm his grandson kevin Malone. I now live in Minniesota, USA. Tally Street Trams Kevin Malone Lochee Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:40:14 +0000 fiona.christison 1021 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Burning of the Last Trams http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/burning-last-trams <p>I remember the burning of the last trams at the Marchbanks depot in 1956. I was 13 years old then and the night before they were burned the trams we sneaked in and "purloined" some of the copper wire which was otherwise going to be burned.</p> <p>We took it down to Frank Kelbies (the local scrap merchant) and I think we got about 14/6 (about 75p in todays money) and which seemed like a fortune then.</p> Trams Alan Lamond Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:27:45 +0000 fiona.christison 942 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Standing Only http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/standing-only <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/trams4.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/trams4.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>It was December 1951. I had just been discharged from hospital where I had undergone an arthrodesis of my right knee which rendered it unable to bend; locking it in a straight position. I was sitting on a tram on the lower deck where there was a long seat on either side; the passengers facing one another. It was leading up to Christmas and a lady boarded the tram laden with parcels up to eye-level. She did not see my leg stretched across the alleyway and before I could move she had tripped over my leg, her parcels scattering everywhere.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/standing-only"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> 1950's Christmas Trams Walter Blacklaw Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:47:35 +0000 lynne.davidson 750 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Tramways of Dundee 1877-1956 http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/tramways-dundee-1877-1956 <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/horsedrawntram.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/horsedrawntram.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>In yonder years of long ago<br />We found a tram went to and fro<br />The horse-drawn tram a feature<br />Was a tram pulled with creatures<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/tramways-dundee-1877-1956"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Bell Street Animals Poems / Poetry Trams Thomas Cammock City Centre Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:03:51 +0000 lynne.davidson 746 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Twa Tram's http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/twa-trams <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/shedfromtram.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/shedfromtram.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>I read with interest the reminiscence made by Derek M with regard to the old Dundee tram which was transported to the City Road allotments and was used as a greenhouse. There was not one but two trams on this site, the other was transported by my Father. I was there to assist in them being slid down from Pentland Avenue using batons and rollers. Derek's Grandfather was also our neighbour living in Kincardine Street at that time, and those trams were a great success and provided an extension to the gardening skills as the allotments were the means of providing much need vegetables during the war.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/twa-trams"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Constitution Road Kincardine Street Pentland Avenue 1950's Neighbours Trams Stewart Cunningham Law Hill Lochee Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:21:07 +0000 lynne.davidson 736 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Horse Meat http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/horse-meat <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/wellgate1_0.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/wellgate1_0.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>A butcher at the bottom of the Wellgate sold nothing but horse meat. In the pendy opposite, the blacksmith shod the town's cart horses. We nicked the horseshoe nails and nipped up round the back and crossed Charles Street. Running up narrow stairways, through dilapidated tenements we came out onto Victoria Road next to the fish shop selling whale meat. We dropped our horseshoe nails into the tram lines and waited until a tram came rattling down. Then we'd jump forward and pick out the hot nails. They were transformed into fiery little silver swords.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/horse-meat"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Charles Street Victoria Road Trams Work / Working Life St. Reid Wellgate Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:14:27 +0000 lynne.davidson 734 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk The Christmas Tram http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/christmas-tram <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/tramwaymenstreat_0.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/tramwaymenstreat_0.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>I came back from America aged about seven and lay in bed, barely containing myself, for the decorated tram which would come along Perth Road. An open topped tram with Santa Claus driving it, decorated with holly. It was magical. I had remembered it from before I went away aged about four and here it was again? A decorated tram on the single track outside our house in Springfield. It was part of the joy of Christmas and Santa Claus. There were no trams in America.</p> Perth Road Childhood Christmas Trams Sheilah Cruickshank West End Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:52:44 +0000 lynne.davidson 733 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk A Conductor's Tale http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/conductors-tale <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/conductor.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/conductor.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>In 1955, having just left school and starting a college course, I was employed as a temporary tram conductor during the summer of that year. It was one of the happiest summers I ever experience and I have many happy memories.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/conductors-tale"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Balgay Road Dens Road Kelso Street 1950's Street Life Trams Work / Working Life S Fairweather Blackness Maryfield Ninewells Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:40:44 +0000 lynne.davidson 728 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Happy daze! http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/happy-daze <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/sinderins.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/sinderins.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>Seeing all these stories about Dundee trams, etc. Around 1946/47 (when I was about 8) I was knocked down by a tram close to the Blackness School. I was unconscious to start but awoke to find a naval officer carrying me into the school. Mother was called and took me home and put me to bed, but shortly after, the polis arrived and carted me off to the D.R.I. (hospital) in a Wolseley police car. I had a large bump on my head where I had hit the cobbles.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/happy-daze"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> 1940's Armed Forces Childhood Trams Ronald Smith Blackness Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:47:13 +0000 lynne.davidson 726 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk