Stobswell and Links to the Late Jim Reid

lynne.davidson — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:19:22 +0000

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".

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. Read more......

Streets Now Gone

lynne.davidson — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:40:56 +0000

I was born in 1930, within a cottar-house on Milton of Craigie Farm, long gone, but B & Q and ASDA are sited there. I think 1930 was the year of the darkest day in Dundee, when some people thought the end of the world had come. Read more......

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Stobswell and Links to the Late Jim Reid

Streets Now Gone