Dundee City Archives

What do you fancy on the menu of the Christmas Dinner and Dance from 1977?

#FestiveFood #Dundee #Christmas #Archives #ArchiveAdventCalendar

A Dundonian #Star, in more ways than one, is Williamina Paton Stevens or Fleming. Born here in 1857 she went on to help classify types of stars at Harvard College Observatory. These are some copy obituaries and other papers about her life.

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#ArchiveAdventCalendar

On the #WinterSports theme for the #ArchiveAdventCalendar, we have the 1839 subscription list for the Dundee Curling Club. Some notable people on this list.

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The #Dundee Christmas Tree made a return to the City Square/High Street this year. But do you know the story of the City's first Christmas #Tree? Well luckily we have a blog post all about it...

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Time for a #ChristmasCarol concert. This concert took place in St Marys Church, probably in the 1980s. It is from the Dundee High School collection, so is likely to be the school carol concert.

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#ArchiveAdventCalendar

If you enjoy wrapping your Christmas Presents with a bow and putting them in boxes, the you may want to think about becoming an Archivist. Especially if you are any good at untying knots when those bows have gone a bit wrong! #BoxesAndBows #ArchiveAdventCalendar

Whilst looking in some files from the 1980s I found this programme for the "Switching on of the Lights on the Christmas Tree" dated 8th December 1983. The ceremony is a little different to nowadays.

#FestiveLights #Dundee #ArchiveAdventCalendar

Not a particularly festive photograph for our first #ArchiveAdventCalendar offering. But there are lots of #Presents on show at this wedding from the 1940s.

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#Archives #Dundee

Happy #StAndrewsDay!

Here is a lovely engraving of St Andrews Kirk from c.1836. There's lots going on here. I personally like the cat and dog strolling across the road as best buds.

Engraving on steel by Joseph Swan, Glasgow.

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Street of the Week will return in 2026. What street would you like to see covered? Comment below and we'll see what we can do.

We have been doing these for a few years so there are loads already done, so why not search for #StreetoftheWeek and look for our older posts.

Corporation Tenements in Queen Street, Broughty Ferry. Otherwise known as "The Bull Ring". This images was probably taken c. 1933 just after they were built.

Ref: Sanitary Department Album 1 Photo 153
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Corner of Lyon Street and Erskine Street

Date: 1970s

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#Dundee #Archives

A view of either Ancrum or Burnside Court at Whorterbank.

Not a #WhereisitWednesday per se, but Where Was The Photographer Standing? Can you work it out?

Date: 1962

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For #TransportTuesday we have a rather laden cart. It is on Perth Road outside the Tay Rope Works, which ran all the way to Magdalen Yard Road.

The photograph appears to be from 1908 as a poster in the background refers to the London Olympics of that year.

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Looking along the High Street from the top of the Murraygate

Date: 1970s

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#Dundee #Archives

The Great Charter of Charles I Charters generally aren’t that interesting to many people. They are large and difficult to read – both in terms of writing style and language. The legal language until the 18th century …

For this week's #SundayReading we take a look at our Charles I charter, dating from 1641. Not only is this a very large, important and impressive document, but there is a mystery surrounding it. Mainly about the hole at the bottom...

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At the time it was constructed, it was the largest council house scheme built by Dundee Corporation. Due to a drop in the cost of building, the initial rents also made them the cheapest corporation homes in Dundee. Priority was given to tenants living in slum housing.

#StreetoftheWeek: Arklay Street

588 homes were built in 1927-1928 at the Arklay Street Housing Scheme. There were 3 building types stone, brick and concrete. This was partly due to costs but also speed. The scheme is the area between Clepington Road, Arklay Street and Sandeman Street.

This photograph was taken on 17 May 1910 by the City Engineer's Department and shows a tar spreading lorry at the Esplanade (now Riverside Drive)

The lorry belongs to T Aitken of Taroads Syndicate Ltd, 29 St Vincent Place, Glasgow.

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A #ThrowbackThursday taking us back to July 1975.

Built in 1892 as North Clepington School, it was renamed Clepington School in 1900, when the other Clepington School was renamed Ann Street School. Just a tad confusing.

Ref: GD/X1384 Dundee Centre & North Tray 2

For this week's #WhereisitWednesday we actually have an answer. This one took us a wee while to get, so we'd like to see if any of you can figure it out...

It is Dundee, and we think it was taken in 1914.

See if you can work out what they are doing too...🤔

View of Broughty Ferry Harbour taken in 1901.

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#Dundee #Archives #TransportTuesday

Rear of buildings at 58 Hawkhill

Date: c. 1920s

Ref: TC/Sanitary Department Album 1 Photo 151

Victoria Road

Date: 1970

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#Dundee #Archives

Beachtower was built in the 1870s for Andrew Adie, who ran the South Anchor Jute Works in Dundee. Later it was lived in by William Hunter, draper and twice Lord Provost of Dundee.

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Street of the Week: Ralston Road

The name of this street comes from Claude Ralston, who worked as factor for the Earl of Home on his estate in Angus. He was originally from Glamis. Although it was also known as Beachtower Road after the large house on the street (now number 4).
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East side of Ritchies Lane (just of Perth Road)

Date: c.1920s

Ref: TC/Sanitary Department Album 1 Photo 101

61-69 Wilkie's Lane

Ref: TC/Sanitary Department Album 2 Photo 37

For this week's #WhereisitWednesday we have probably strayed outside of Dundee. This is from a collection that includes some photographs of Angus, Fife and Perthshire in the 1920sThere appears to be an Inn in the background. Any ideas?

He was killed in action on 18th August 1916 aged 19 in France

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