Bygone News - Derek M http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/352/0 en Grandad's Greenhouse Tram http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/grandads-greenhouse-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/shedfromtram.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/shedfromtram.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 Grandfather had an allotment at City Road, Dundee. His greenhouse was an old Dundee tram. If memory serves me right, he acquired it from a farmer out in the direction of Auchterhouse who had been using it as a henhouse. He and my father and uncle transported it to City Road using a horse and cart where it was duly installed and produced large crops of tomatoes for many years.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/grandads-greenhouse-tram"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> City Road 1950's Trams Derek M Lochee Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:36:57 +0000 lynne.davidson 601 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk