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Spotted this at Camperdown golf course. I don't know who Gus was, but what a fantastic remembrance plaque 😍
A woman on her way to market escapes injury when wagons plummet down the hill into the Wards area of Dundee
Her hens weren't so lucky
Dundee Perth and Cupar Advertiser, News Report 1833
I did a wee bit of searching to find out what was going on here
It's quite interesting 😁
The town jailer whips a boy of 14 for hanging around the Town House in Dundee.
A crowd gathers to voice their disapproval and the jailer may end up being "roughly handled".
Dundee Perth and Cupar Advertiser, News Report, 1833
A journeyman hatter and an unfortunate incident involving his hats in Brown Street Dundee.
Dundee Perth and Cupar Advertiser, News Report, 1833
I discovered Douglas Dunn's poetry around about the same time I found Trainspotting.
Two momentous occasions for me.
I was a Craigie High boy who left school and had no idea what I wanted to do and @dundeelibraries opened up my world
This is TAY BRIDGE by Douglas Dunn
Gordon Morris retweeted
Photos of Dundee in October 1981 show Logie Street demolition, Woolworths for sale and Madness.
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Two fellows are going around Dundee claiming to have been struck by lightning!
A man's suspicions are raised...
Dundee Perth and Cupar Advertiser, News Report, 1833
In 1832 there was a devastating outbreak of cholera in Dundee
So many people died that gravediggers had to dig a pit in the Howff to bury the bodies
Approximately 512 people lie along the side of this wall.
It's said that on misty nights, you can still hear them crying out ☠️
It's 1833. There's a (attempted) jailbreak going on somewhere in this town! Also a lamppost, policemen, and 4 striplings (none more than 20 years old) named Peter Lundie, Robert Ireland, Ninian Melville and John Robertson. From the Dundee Perth and Cupar Advertiser 1833
Gordon Morris retweeted
Doing this for the brilliant @DundeeBairns with support from the @DundeeRep in November. Last tickets available!
David Ramsay goes into the water at Magdalen Yard
All sorts of rumours abound...and the women of Dundee decide to take action
Justice involves parading a man around the town, dunking a woman and generally treating them both very roughly
Dundee Perth and Cupar News Report 1832
A woman swaps a blacksmith from Kettins for a blacksmith from the Overgate and runs off with him.
She takes £150 (equivalent to around £20,000 now) and some household items.
And they both disappear into the sunset...
Dundee, Perth and Cupar Advertiser, News Report 1832
A riot and a fight on a rainy night!
The weather doesn't stop these combatants from having a fight near Meadowside, and with no police around, a crowd gathers to watch the fun!
Dundee, Perth and Cupar Advertiser, News Report, 1832
Gordon Morris retweeted
#ThrowbackThursday One of our most popular photographs is Michael Peto's award winning "A foggy day in #Dundee" which was taken in Whorterbank, #Lochee in 1959. #DundeeUniCulture #Archives #OldDundee
A young lady from Broughty Ferry elopes with her father's groom.
Her family are not very happy!
Dundee Perth and Cupar, News Report, 1831
That was a bit weird! Just watched a green flashing light zip around the sky. Stop, then shoot off into the distance.
The aliens are coming! 😵💫😁
Mr Mills intervenes in a drunken brawl...and ends up on the run from a Dundee mob!
Dundee Perth and Cupar Advertiser, News Report, 1831
Nike cagoules (one Mileta cagoul) Adidas trainers, a wee bit oh Dens Road Market lino, me pouting, headstands, Tacchini trackies, Wullie McPhee, Kev Parr, James Robertson, Mechy, Kev Small, Fiona Mininch. Douglas 1980s. Absolutely superb 😁😍
















