Bygone News - Parks

Happy Days

lynne.davidson — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:00:00 +0000

I moved from Montrose to Dundee and worked as a porter in the D.R.I. After a spell at Step Row off the Perth Road, we were given a house in Dunbeg Place, Trottick. We came to know some ot the residents and still keep in touch with Betty and Ian. My brother, who was a chef in the D.R.I. and I played golf at Caird Park. Ian and I frequently visited the Claverhouse (Ian called it the slaverhouse) on Saturday nights. Happy days.

Teeny Tadpole

lynne.davidson — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:06:20 +0000

As I sat on my dadâs knee
Many stories he told me
They were always of the same wee thing
Everyone different, made my heart sing. Read more......

Housies

lynne.davidson — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:42:57 +0000

Arbroath RoadAs a little girl I lived in Morgan Street. I would play in the Ritz Picture House doorway with my doll Maureen at (housies). Also Cardean Street with a ball in old stockings âunder leggyâ or throw the ball jump over it saying boys or girls names in the alphabet. Doll in pram walk to Baxterâs Park. Sit on steps in front of pavilion with Maureen (housies) again. Great imagination! Not like today kids all computers and phone games.

Memories of Dundee - Part Four

lynne.davidson — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:31:15 +0000

I suppose one of the big things in my life was the Empire Exhibition. This was held in Glasgow in 1938, at Bellahouston Park. There was a special railway excursion to be running on the autumn holiday Monday of that year, them known as the October fast. We (my sister May and I) were taken along with Mum, Granny Gillan and Doris (my Mum's unmarried sister). It was so exciting-Glasgow! That was a long, long way away in those days and I had never been on such a long journey before. This was really something special for a seven year old like me. I remember being amazed at the fountains in the grounds and staring goggle-eyed at the sight of a red-coated Mountie just outside the Canadian pavilion, actually riding a horse. This was even better then Nelson Eddie playing the part of a Mountie and singing to Jean McDonald in the film 'Rose Marie'. That had been my only experience of these romantic figures until them - and that was in black and white! Read more......

Youngest Tram Driver in Dundee

lynne.davidson — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:42:25 +0000

I may have been the youngest tram driver in Dundee when they went off in 1956. I was just 22 years old when I was approached by the Corporation Union chap while working as a conductor on the Lochee Road. Read more......

Brilliant Dundee

lynne.davidson — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:07:47 +0000

My childhood in Dundee was brilliant, Mid-Craigie to me was the grandest place on earth, for me it was home and may I say in all the places I have been to since - nothing compares - that isn't sarcasm - it's heartfelt. The Swannies was my best place to be and Baxter Park in the summer was a joy. I remember skating on the ponds on a few or more cold cold winters, but you never felt it till you got home. Singing like a banshee in the park at the competitions and never winning apart from once. I am talking late 50s/early 60s when life was easier and safer. Read more......

Lochee in the 50s and 60s

lynne.davidson — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:50:54 +0000

I was brought up in South Road, Lochee during the 50s and 60s. My dad drove lorries for Allison's transport in Clepington Road and my mum worked in the fish cannery, this was right across from our close. It was a great time running around Tipperary and the boag, up to Lochee Park, playing on the swings and roundabout, then another walk to Balgay Hill, this would be done in one day. Read more......

Found Memories from Down Under

lynne.davidson — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:42:27 +0000

I was born in Maryfield Hospital in 1952 and stayed in Mid Craigie until I was 3 before moving to Douglas in 1955. I went to Balerno Primary School, then the Stobie. Read more......

Dudhope Castle

lynne.davidson — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:07:03 +0000

Does anyone remember the cages surrounding the Dudhope Castle and all the animals and birds they contained? Or do you remember when the prisoner of war camp was in Barrack Square and the cookhouse was also in the square at the top between the museum and the castle? I have been looking for photos relating to the but to date I have drawn a blank. Read more......