http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/476/0 en http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/army-days <div class="content clear-block"> <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/bferry1_0.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/bferry1_0.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>I was born in 1924 in Castle Street, Broughty Ferry. I went to Eastern Primary School and then Grove Academy. I served my apprenticeship as a joiner with Suttie Brothers in Union Street, Broughty Ferry.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/army-days"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Castle Street Union Street 1920's Armed Forces War Years Ian Robertson Broughty Ferry Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:40:47 +0000 lynne.davidson 671 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/post-war-dundee <div class="content clear-block"> <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/downfield_b15_021.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/downfield_b15_021.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>Saturday afternoons in the early 1950s for my sister Moyra and myself were very special. I was 6 years old in 1952 and my sister 12.</p> <p>We boarded the Downfield tram at Fairmuir, rushed up the stairs to claim the 'J' shaped seat at the front window, and headed for the terminus at Downfield.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/post-war-dundee"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Kingsway South Road Union Street 1950's Childhood Family Food and Drink Railways / Trains Trams Dave Burnett Downfield Fairmuir Lochee Ninewells Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:03:24 +0000 lynne.davidson 597 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk