Bygone News - Blackness http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/264/0 en Happy Days - Memories Will Last Forever http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/happy-days-memories-will-last-forever <p>I was born in 1946 brought up in City Road (the roadie) as we called it.&nbsp;I went to Blackness Primary school the Logie Secondary,&nbsp;I was in the netball and swimming teams in both schools.&nbsp;I remember the old baths when there were 3 pools.</p> <p>Childhood memory of my mum taking my brother and myself down the Old Overgate&nbsp;to the pea buster stall then over to Greenhill for our Saspirilla (Black&nbsp;Sass).<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/happy-days-memories-will-last-forever"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Arbroath Road City Road Childhood Dancing / Dance Halls Food and Drink People School Days Marilyn Devlin Blackness Overgate Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:47:31 +0000 lynne.davidson 1335 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk The Gift Shop Milnbank Road http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/gift-shop-milnbank-road <p>I've just read about Nighebhoy on his way to school. The shop&nbsp;opposite Rosefield Street was called the Gift Shop and was Arthur Spinks mum's shop, the well known Dundee accordion player, he was boyhood pal of mine and I can still hear&nbsp; his mum shouting 'Arthur, time to practice'.</p> Milnbank Road Childhood School Days Dennis Greeley Nigebhoy Blackness Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:47:42 +0000 lynne.davidson 1330 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk The Parrot http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/parrot <p>The parrot that sat on the milk crates outside Keillors shop at the bottom of the Blackie, the sledging down the brae from the Blackie to the burn, so many kids there we had to line up to get your turn. Great days, but we were all kids then, we didn't know about life then.The woman that sold puff candy across from St Joseph's school, that's just a wee bit of great memories.</p> Blackness Avenue Blackness Road Childhood Shopping May Jack Blackness Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:32:35 +0000 fiona.christison 1255 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Pigs in Blackness Library http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/pigs-blackness-library <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/5/Perth%20Road%2C%20Sinderins.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title="Blackness Library"><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/5/Perth%20Road%2C%20Sinderins.png" alt="" title="Blackness Library" 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 have read that Blackness Library is celebrating its centenary this year and that members and former members are being invited to offer special memories associated with the library. I have one incident with which I was directly linked and which caused something of a surprise at the library in the 1940s. Whether anyone else still linked to the area remembers it I am not sure, but I believe it was the talk of the Sinderins at the time.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/pigs-blackness-library"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Blackness Avenue Perth Road 1940's Animals Childhood Hugh G.C. Macdougall Blackness Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:26:06 +0000 lynne.davidson 1080 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 Free Tram to School http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/free-tram-school <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/locheerd.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/locheerd.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 1940 I was transported by tram car from Maryfield to Blackness School. As the war started in 1939 and we moved to Linlathen in 1940 and there were no schools there so a free tram car went from Maryfield to St John's in Tay Street and St Joseph's in Blackness Road and also to Blackness School, Logie and Mitchell Street. I was only 9 years old and left home at 8am walked to Maryfield and spent the day away.</p> Blackness Road Tay Street 1939-1945 School Days Street Life Trams Rena Bueckardt (nee Middleton) Blackness Linlathen Maryfield Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:38:50 +0000 lynne.davidson 724 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Only Money http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/only-money <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/stobswell_0.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/stobswell_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>Going to school (Morgan Academy) from the Blackness terminus - a penny (old money) transfer all the way - punched by the second conductor. When I got back to the terminus I used to push the seats back so that they were the correct way round for the next journey.</p> Public Transport Jennifer Grieve Blackness Stobswell Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:47:33 +0000 lynne.davidson 695 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Tram Driver http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/tram-driver <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_1.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/conductor_1.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 started off as a tram Conductor for two years, most of us always started here and then learned tram driving. An Inspector trained me. I began as a spare driver and was then given a steady line on the Blackie to Downfield line. I started in 1947, after leaving the army and worked until 1956 when the trams were taken out of service, any driver under the age of 50 could train as a bus driver.</p> 1950's Trams Work / Working Life James Valentine Blackness Downfield Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:34:07 +0000 lynne.davidson 681 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Delightful Trams http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/delightful-trams <div class="content clear-block"> <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/highst3_0.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/highst3_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>My memories of the trams were, they were transport of delight - should never have been disposed of. I was 12 the day after the trams went off for good, it broke my heart.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/delightful-trams"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Glamis Road 1950's Childhood Trams Ian Whyte Blackness Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:43:57 +0000 lynne.davidson 672 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk