Bygone News - Tam Smith http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/451/0 en Greenhill's and Donnachie's http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/greenhills-and-donnachies <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/highst4.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/highst4.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 the Overgate there were two sassperilla shops - Greenhill's and Donnachie's. Donnachie's was oppostie the top of Long Wynd and Greenhill's was towards the bottom of the Overgate, between Tally Street and High Street. Greenhill's had a larger selection and was more popular. A 'sass' was reputed to be a cure for a hangover. You could buy it in one of two sizes - a pint or a half pint.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/greenhills-and-donnachies"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> High Street Long Wynd Tally Street Childhood Food and Drink Tam Smith Overgate Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:59:32 +0000 lynne.davidson 742 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk