http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/119/0 en http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/downfield-days <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/citysq1953.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/citysq1953.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 read George MacDonald's story about his dad being a manager at Bonar Long. I worked in the office at Bonar Long and was office girl and then secretary for about 3 years to the works manager whose name was Roy MaCdonald, so I think it may have been his dad. I left in 1960 to go to another job but still have fond memories of my days at Bonar Long. As a teenager I remember going to Kidds dancing and to the Chalet at Broughty Ferry. I now live in rural Manitoba, Canada. I am 67 years old now but still have many happy memories of my time growing up in Dundee.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/downfield-days"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Bank Avenue High Street Kingsway 1950's Dancing / Dance Halls Food and Drink School Days Work / Working Life Linda Myles Broughty Ferry Downfield Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:23:05 +0000 lynne.davidson 707 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/bank-avenue-and-charlotte-street <div class="content clear-block"> <p>The name Bank Avenue keeps alive Baldovan, owned by Scrimegours Viscounts of Dudhope and Baldovan. About 1680 it passed to one of the Nairne's of Sanford (now St Fort), Fife. David Wedderburn of that ilk was proprietor in 1710 and the estate was then called The Bank.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/bank-avenue-and-charlotte-street"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Bank Avenue Charlotte Street Street Life Innes A. Duffus Downfield Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:42:25 +0000 lynne.davidson 674 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk