Bygone News - Picnics / Outings http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/86/0 en The Days O’ The Nine-ees http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/days-o%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99-nine-ees <p>Gie me the days o’ the Nine-ees<br />Frae Lochee at brak’ o’ day<br />Stridin’ the length o’ Riverside<br />Takin’ sicht o’ Gowrie Bay<br />Steppin’ oot in Sunday best<br />Reachin’ oor destination<br />Doon the steps o’ the railway brig<br />Withoot hint o’ hesitation</p> <p>Bile-up cans, pots an’ pans<br />Rattlin’ on oor backs<br />Sets o’ auld claes – tichtly packed<br />In canvas haversacks<br />Chasin’ a crannie tae change in<br />In the rocks alang the shore<br />Syne, gaitherin’ driftwood for kindlin’<br />For a biley-up at four<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/days-o%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99-nine-ees"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Holidays/Day Trips Picnics / Outings Poems / Poetry Anna MacDonald Lochee Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:45:26 +0000 lynne.davidson 1177 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Memories of Dundee - Part Four http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/memories-dundee-part-four <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/dundee.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/dundee.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 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!<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/memories-dundee-part-four"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> 1930's Childhood Family Parks Picnics / Outings Public Transport Railways / Trains School Days Walter Blacklaw Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:31:15 +0000 lynne.davidson 759 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Stobswell and Links to the Late Jim Reid http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/stobswell-and-links-late-jim-reid <p>The recent death of Dundee folk singer, Jim Reid, raised in the Stobswell area of the city, brought out a few references to his song " The Stobbie Parliament Picnic".</p> <p>The Stobbie Parliament were the old men who sat on a long bench just above Ogilvie church in the early years of the 20th century. They sat and blethered and, as the name suggests, set the world to right.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/stobswell-and-links-late-jim-reid"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Dura Street Mains Loan 1980's Football People Picnics / Outings Worthies Willie Coupar Stobswell Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:19:22 +0000 lynne.davidson 755 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Monkeys Parade http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/monkeys-parade <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/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>Before leaving Dundee, we lived in Annfield Street, above Mrs Ledger's shop, where she sold horehound toffee. I remember my mother used to give her most of her sweet coupons for her sugar and we would get cakes etc.</p> <p>I was 10 when we left and I remember when the siren went, we had to go to a shelter underneath the tenement building; later I thought what a stupid place to go - if a bomb fell, we wouldn't have had a chance.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/monkeys-parade"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Annfield Street Blackness Avenue Lochee Road 1939-1945 Dancing / Dance Halls Entertainment Holidays/Day Trips Picnics / Outings School Days Trams War Years Netta Overgate Wellgate Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:23:09 +0000 lynne.davidson 718 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk The Palladium Cinema http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/palladium-cinema <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/wellgate.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/wellgate.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 was born in Perth but moved to Dundee when I was still very young. I lived in Dallfield Walk and went to 'The Rosie' (Rosebank Public School) in Tulloch Crescent.</p> <p>My Dad was a wood turner. Once he made a 'piler' (cart) for my brother. It didn't last long though because he took it out and went flying down Dallfield Walk right under the legs of a horse! When dad found out about it he broke up the 'piler' right away!<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/palladium-cinema"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Alexander Street Dallfield Walk Tulloch Crescent Wellgate 1940's Armed Forces Cinema / Theatre Food and Drink Picnics / Outings Playing / Games Rationing Trams War Years Nancy Downfield Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:19:11 +0000 lynne.davidson 717 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Belmont Camp http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/belmont-camp <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/scotscraig.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/scotscraig.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>At holiday times we would go on day trips with our parents on a train to Arbroath or Edinburgh. Sometimes we would go on the Fifies to visit our cousins in Tayport. We would spend all day there and come back on the last Fifie at night.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/belmont-camp"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Dancing / Dance Halls Fifies (Tay Ferries) Food and Drink Games Holidays/Day Trips Picnics / Outings Maureen M Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:46:24 +0000 lynne.davidson 712 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Tramways Treat to the Bairns http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/tramways-treat-bairns <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.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/tramwaymenstreat.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>To qualify for the Tramway Treat to the bairns at Christmas time, children were picked from local schools. I remember ripping my jumper and being chosen. The Treat was in the Breakfast Hall in Constitution Road where every one got some food and we played games. I think I would have been about 7 or 8 years old.</p> Constitution Street Childhood Christmas Picnics / Outings Playing / Games Trams James Valentine City Centre Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:41:49 +0000 lynne.davidson 684 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Broughty Ferry Beach http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/broughty-ferry-beach <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/bferry1.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/bferry1.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 did not go to school in Perth until I was five and a half years old. I started at Northern District School. Of course I was rarin' to go so I thoroughly enjoyed the daily routine - A for Apple, B for Bottle, counting etc. We used a slate and chalk for writing practice. We had to carry a pad for cleaning our slates. Mine was royal blue velvet. I was very proud of it.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/broughty-ferry-beach"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Brook Street Dock Street Gray Street 1930's Childhood Holidays/Day Trips Picnics / Outings Railways / Trains School Days Isobel Broughty Ferry Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:21:00 +0000 lynne.davidson 677 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Pletties http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/pletties <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/victoriast.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/victoriast.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 remember my granny sending me to Mario's ice cream shop in Victoria Street to get two shilling's worth of ice cream. I got a huge jug full with twenty wafers thrown in as well. It was all home made ice cream.</p> <p>As a child growing up in the 50s there was no TV then so we made our own fun. Being daredevils we used to do things that was great fun then but pretty stupid now when I think of it.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/pletties"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Victoria Street 1950's Food and Drink Holidays/Day Trips People Picnics / Outings Pletties Ian Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:30:54 +0000 lynne.davidson 668 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Downfield Tram http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/downfield-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/densrd.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/densrd.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 mother, brothers and I used to get Downfield tram which stopped outside our closie in Dens Road to go to the berries at Downfield or go to the Sidlaws on a Sunday for a picnic. We had to walk from the terminus but we used to enjoy all this when we were young. I lived in Clement Park and went to Harris Academy on our special tram.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/downfield-tram"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Dens Road 1950's Childhood Family Picnics / Outings Anonymous Clement Park Downfield Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:01:35 +0000 lynne.davidson 568 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk