http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/325/0 en http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/tay-bridge <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/taybridge.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/taybridge.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 grandparents lived at Dunmore Lodge Ninewells on the Perth Road. As a child when my parents would take the journey from Birmingham to Dundee I would look forward to the walks down to the River Tay and the tram journey into the city. As I got older I was trusted to go on the tram each morning to fetch the hot morning rolls for breakfast. My grandfather worked as a gardener for the Dundee Council and set out the gardens at Magdalene Green and near to the Tay Rail Bridge. He died aged 100 at "The Rowans" nursing home.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/tay-bridge"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Blackness Road Magdalen Green Perth Road 1920's Childhood Food and Drink Shopping Trams Arthur Kennedy Ninewells Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:30:50 +0000 lynne.davidson 576 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk