http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/634/0 en http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/royal-arch-0 <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/5/royal%20arch_4.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title="Royal Arch"><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/5/royal%20arch_4.png" alt="" title="Royal Arch" 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 the royal arch in the early 1960s nobody in Dundee at that time liked it. It was like most buildings in the town centre covered with black soot generated by the smoke from all the mills and domestic fires in the town centre. This was before the clean air act was applied in Scotland. It was covered in black soot which was&nbsp; contrasted with the white bird droppings deposited on it. Dundonians were happy to see it go.<br /><br />&nbsp;</p> 1960's Buildings/Structures Ivor City Centre Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:30:06 +0000 lynne.davidson 1098 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk