Bygone News - Moncur Crescent http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/212/0 en Visiting Dundee http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/visiting-dundee <p>In the early 50s my mother and grandmother converted 2 attic bedrooms in our house in Grangetown, Cardiff into b&b bedrooms. We used to take in BRS drivers and we had our regulars mostly from Scotland.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/visiting-dundee"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Moncur Crescent Food and Drink Sport Sandy Law Hill Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:09:24 +0000 fiona.christison 1048 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Runaway Tram http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/runaway-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/football.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/football.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>Six trams went up in convoy to Den's Park with the football fans on board. Unloading and parking on Provost Road. Tram drivers got into the match for free and this day the driver of the last tram in the convoy, in a special hurry to get into the match, omitted to put on the tram brake. The tram, sitting on a brae, started to run down Provost Road. A policeman spotted the runaway tram and stopped all the traffic coming down Moncur Crescent, to let the tram run past, it came to a stop at Isla Street because of the gradient there. No one was hurt.</p> Isla Street Moncur Crescent Provost Road 1950's Dundee Football Club Football Trams James Valentine Clepington Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:36:16 +0000 lynne.davidson 682 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk