http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/146/0 en http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/derby-street <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/clock.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/clock.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 a single end in Derby Street and lived there for 16 years. I lived at the Byron Street end and it was Law View Place. The Hill Street end before houses were built was a Darbie Manor. So we always referred to Derby sounding the E which in English is pronounced Darby. The whole street was eventually renamed Derby Street. But I would like it to be spelt correctly in Scots Darbie Street once the multis are gone.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/derby-street"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Byron Street Derby Street Law Crescent Childhood Games Anonymous Hilltown Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:22:14 +0000 lynne.davidson 573 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk