http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/121/0 en http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/tramways-dundee-1877-1956 <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/horsedrawntram.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/horsedrawntram.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 yonder years of long ago<br />We found a tram went to and fro<br />The horse-drawn tram a feature<br />Was a tram pulled with creatures<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/tramways-dundee-1877-1956"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Bell Street Animals Poems / Poetry Trams Thomas Cammock City Centre Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:03:51 +0000 lynne.davidson 746 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/carmen-miranda <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/bellst.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/bellst.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 am Lochee born and bred and used the Lochee trams regularly. The trams were the deluxe models compared with the trams on all the other routes, they had upholstered seating which made for a very comfortable ride. During the war the Conductors were replaced by Conductresses, one of them resembled the film star Carmen Miranda being small in stature and she wore her hair piled high just like the film star.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/carmen-miranda"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Bell Street Trams Nan Shepherd Lochee Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:12:13 +0000 lynne.davidson 716 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk