If You suppose [REFORM Street]
Newspaper adverts from the summer of 1914 for Lennie & Thomson, Reform Street, Dundee.
Tag: Dundee
Peep o’Day
Earlier this month, on the way to visit our daughter in Broughty Ferry, I noticed a signpost on the Ferry Road to ‘Peep O’Day Lane‘. Fascinated by the name of … Continue reading Peep o’Day
Pleasure House to philanthropy
The 1820 design of a ‘Pleasure House’ for Thomas Webster of Healthfield House, Dundee [source: CANMORE] April 1821: January 1837: 1861, Ordnance Survey map, Dundee:
The Tree of Mains
The old Tree of Mains, north of Dundee, was blow down on Saturday 8th July 1865 [as reported in the Dundee Advertiser]:
Kinema takes the biscuit
The cine backdrop to this short film is one of the earliest taken in Scotland. It was recorded in 1897 by Peter Feathers, 6 Castle Street Dundee, and records a … Continue reading Kinema takes the biscuit
Digamma
This film is about Reverend George Gilfillan of Dundee. His two best friends called him ‘Digamma’. George Gilfillan was born in 1813 and died in 1878. A monument to him … Continue reading Digamma
Extinction Rebellion
As featured in yesterday’s Perthshire Courier. Recently I visited the Dundee V & A with family and put together a post called ‘Scottish Design‘: All pictures taken at V & … Continue reading Extinction Rebellion
Scottish Design
All pictures taken at V & A, Dundee, on the 4th July 2019 [with occasional graphic text added by me]