Bygone News - Smellies Lane http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/236/0 en My Younger Days http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/my-younger-days <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/dudhopepk.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/dudhopepk.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>Born in 1939 I attended Mitchell Street and Logie Schools. During my younger days I lived in the tenement at the top of Smellies Lane and Lochee Road. The building stood on Lochee Road facing the Dudhope Park where I played footie day in and day out during our holidays from school. We called the area where we played Hampden. This was situated and is still there in front of the tennis and bowling courses.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/my-younger-days"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Lochee Road Mitchell Street Smellies Lane 1940's Childhood Football Holidays/Day Trips School Days Andrew Woodcock City Centre Overgate Polepark Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:04:27 +0000 lynne.davidson 561 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk