Bygone News - Forfarlass http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/310/0 en Grandma's House http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/grandmas-house <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/sparcar.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/sparcar.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>My first childhood memories, were being brought up in my Grandma's house in Commercial Street. We lived with her for about 3 years until my parents got their own house. Dad had his fruit shop at the top of the Hilltown and what sweet memories I have of helping him in there. I wonder if anyone out there remembers his shop? I remember Largs, then Lowdens newsagent, Andrew G. Kydd, then my dad, Lyon Brothers the jewellers, then Sutherlands ... such memories.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/grandmas-house"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Commercial Street Childhood Shopping Forfarlass Hilltown Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:21:13 +0000 lynne.davidson 554 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk