http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/53/0 en http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/loads-entertainment <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/circusb10_003.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/circusb10_003.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 Peddie Street in 1938. I went to St. Joseph's then on to St. John's in Park Place. I worked in Johnston's Stores in Allan Street. After that I had a job in Thomson Shepherd's in Taylor's Lane.</p> <p>From there I went into the Royal Engineers for three years. I spent some time in Germany then a year on Christmas Island before being demobbed in Ripon.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/loads-entertainment"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Allan Street Park Place Peddie Street Taylor's Lane 2000 to present Cinema / Theatre Circus Entertainment War Years Work / Working Life Terry Riverside Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:07:34 +0000 lynne.davidson 743 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/childhood-memories <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/trams2.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/trams2.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 remember as a child going on a tram from Ninewells to Sinderins on the way to the family doctor up Blackness Avenue for our vaccinations, we had a drink from one of the water fountains. It had a chain with a bell shaped cup on the end. My mother used to get the coach built pram on one end of the tram and the driver used to fix it on. Of course she had to take the baby out.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/childhood-memories"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Riverside Drive Animals Childhood Circus Shopping Trams Anonymous Ninewells Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:12:15 +0000 lynne.davidson 570 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk