@C_GStrachan

Nostalgia writer for The Courier and Evening Telegraph. Sometimes seen in The Sunday Post, EE and P&J.

 Dundee
Joined February 2013
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Photos of Dundee in October 1981 show Logie Street demolition, Woolworths for sale and Madness. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Photos of Dundee in October 1981 show Logie Street demolition, Woolworths for sale and Madness

Madness, The Nolans and snooker stars visited Dundee as Logie Street changed forever and ambitious plans emerged for the city's airport in October 1981.

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A new book packed with 170 rare and mostly unseen photographs looks back at 65 years of Dundee's double-decker buses. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Rare photos show the history of Dundee's double-decker buses and shifting shape of the city

A new book packed with 170 rare and mostly unseen photographs looks back at 65 years of Dundee's double-decker buses.

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Head back to Fat Sam's in 2012 thanks to our Dundee Life gallery. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Fancy dress and foamy fun at Fatties - 2012 photos of Dundee club Fat Sam's

Head back to Fat Sam's in 2012 thanks to our Dundee Life gallery.

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Why ‘Dundee is always gonna be the beginning’ for Sharleen Spiteri and Texas. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Why 'Dundee is always gonna be the beginning' for Sharleen Spiteri and Texas

From Dundee University's Tav Bar in 1988 to HMV in 1993, Fat Sam's and the Caird Hall, Dundee has played a big part in the Texas story.

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Jim Spence
@JimSpenceDundeeOct 7
I had a wee stall here selling cheese cloth shirts and soul cap T shirts. Before I could drive I would hitch a lift in my girlfriend’s uncle’s Dundee Exoress van to the fruit market in Glasgow, and take a bus from there to the wholesalers with a couple of suitcases and a couple of hundred quid in my wallet 😁
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Dundonians flocked to Lorne Street Market during its heyday, before a huge fire left much of it in ruins in October 1981. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Did you bag a bargain at the Lochee market that drew 10,000 shoppers a week?

Dundonians flocked to Lorne Street Market during its heyday, before a huge fire left much of it in ruins in October 1981.

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Dundonians flocked to Lorne Street Market during its heyday, before a huge fire left much of it in ruins in October 1981. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Did you bag a bargain at the Lochee market that drew 10,000 shoppers a week?

Dundonians flocked to Lorne Street Market during its heyday, before a huge fire left much of it in ruins in October 1981.

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How Georgian maestro Temuri Ketsbaia brought fire and flair to Dens Park. thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/fo…

Georgian maestro Temuri Ketsbaia brought fire and flair to Dens Park

Temuri Ketsbaia's thunderous shooting and lung-bursting runs made him a fans' favourite after signing for Dundee 25 years ago.

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Shop at Wrygges and revisit the year time stood still in Lochee – photos of Dundee in October 1986. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Shop at Wrygges and revisit the year time stood still in Lochee - photos of Dundee in October 1986

Queues for cheap holidays, a clock that didn't work and a record run by Liz McColgan. Welcome to Dundee in October 1986.

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Take a trip back to Arbroath’s West Links in the 1980s and 1990s. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Take a trip back to Arbroath's West Links in the 1980s and 1990s

Retired journalist Gordon Cook shares photographs from Arbroath's West Links in the 1980s and 1990s, featuring everything from kiddie cars and Family Funtime competitions to Pleasureland, Kerr's...

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See ABC Cinema, Angus Hotel and NCR on bus trip through Dundee in 70s. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

See ABC Cinema, Angus Hotel and NCR on bus trip through Dundee in 70s

Single-deckers, double-deckers and everything in between, captured across Dundee through every season of the 1970s.

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Meet some of the barmaids who kept the drinks flowing in Kirkcaldy pubs in 1991. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Meet the Kirkcaldy barmaids who had a smile and a 99p pint for everyone in 1991

Meet some of the barmaids who kept the drinks flowing in Kirkcaldy pubs in 1991.

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Jon Stark, We Are United, Kline and Powell and Jimmy Grant return in Football Picture Story Monthly's 40th birthday revival. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

DC Thomson football comics score a return with new editions to mark 40th anniversary

Jon Stark, We Are United, Kline and Powell and Jimmy Grant return in Football Picture Story Monthly's 40th birthday revival.

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Graeme Strachan retweeted
Neville Southall@NevilleSouthallSep 19
Good morning everyone Today I will be mainly listening to Big Country ❤️
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Photos of 1974 Forfar trip take rail fans through Angus and back in time. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Photos of 1974 Forfar trip take rail fans through Angus and back in time

Railway enthusiast Bill Roberton shares pictures and memories from a 1974 trip on the final surviving section of the Strathmore line through Angus.

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From the Eagle Inn to Harry's Bar and the Gunners Bar, we're raising a glass to some of the barmaids who were serving up pints in Broughty Ferry pubs back in 1991. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Photos of the Broughty Ferry barmaids helping drinkers have a blast in 1991

From the Eagle Inn to Harry's Bar and the Gunners Bar, we're raising a glass to some of the barmaids who were serving up pints in Broughty Ferry pubs back in 1991.

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A controversial closure decision led to a library sit-in as Monifieth residents fought to save the service in 1981. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

The 1981 Monifieth Library protest saw an 'army of occupation' declare 'open war'

A controversial closure decision led to a library sit-in as Monifieth residents fought to save the service in 1981.

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𝐍𝐄𝐖 | BILLY MACKAY: MIRACLE MAN by @C_GStrachan The incredible story of ‘the miracle man’ when he joined Rangers in 1976, was forced out of the game by injury at 23, only to make a near-miraculous comeback with double-chasing Hearts in 1986. 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/collectio…
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‘I felt 17 - until I tried to climb out!’: Monikie pilot back in Tiger Moth he first flew solo 73 years ago. #aviation #pilot #flying #tigermoth #monikie Read more: thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

‘I felt 17 again – until I climbed out!’: Monikie pilot back in Tiger Moth he first flew solo 73...

Murray Hackney was 17 when he first flew solo in the Tiger Moth at Scone. He took the controls again for his 90th birthday.

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What do you remember about Dundee in September 1991? Our archive pictures bring the month back to life. thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-tim…

Dundee Flower show is in full bloom and city school turns 21 - photos show Dundee in 1991

What do you remember about Dundee in September 1991? Our archive pictures bring the month back to life.

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Roy O’Kane reveals the childhood abuse that led him to karate. Powerful interview with @C_CPeebles The contribution Roy makes to the Dundee community through karate is truly inspiring. thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyl…

Dundee's Roy O'Kane reveals the childhood abuse that led him to karate

The Kanzen for Life founder tells of the Christmas Eve he first stood up to his violent father and the friendly bobby who introduced him to martial arts.

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