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Morgan Academy viewed from the junction of Mains Loan and Forfar Road (left). Ogilvey Church at Stobswell (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
A through coach from Aberdeen to Manchester Airport heads into Albert Street bound for the City Centre Bus Depot (left). The imposing circular tenement at the top of Albert Street (right) - a scene little changed over the years - apart from the trees and the new road layout with Forfar Road joining Dura Street as the main through-city route. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Swings - but where's the roundabout? | Morgan Tower from Baxter Park - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
Villa fronts in Pitkerro Road | Pillar box of the community - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
Dundee's Baxter Park - old and new - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Wildlife at Swannie Ponds - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Swannie Ponds - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Swannie Ponds - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Stobsmuir Road | Ornate Water Service Works - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Sunday papers delivery in Arbroath Road (left). Entrance to Baxter Park (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Baxter Park - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Baxter Park was officially re-opened by the Queen on Monday afternoon 2 July 2007. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Statue of William Baxter in the restored pavilion (left). Autumn leaves (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Early morning patrol in Baxter Park (left). Looking west along Park Avenue (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Baxter Park Terrace with new and old residences (left) and Morgan Academy Tower (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Baxter Park Terrace at its junction with Arbroath Road (left). The morning sun reflected in the windows of Arbroath Road tenements (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Arbroath Road looking towards the Eastern Cemetery (left) and towards Victoria Street and Victoria Bridge (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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The long shadows of an autumn morning in Arbroath Road - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Albert Street with a Route 32 bus inbound from Fintry to the City Centre (left). Albert Street looking towards its cross roads with Victoria Street and Arbroath Road (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Ogilvey Church clock (left). Albert Street viewed from the foot of Mains Loan (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Maryfield Post Office in Albert Street (left). A rear garden in Albert Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Stobswell - Forfar Road (left) and Dura Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Dora's Fish and Chip Shop - long established - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
A well-known building awaits its fate - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Greenie Pole | Towers and Garrats - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
Stobswell School, now Clepington Primary School - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Stobswell was built in 1907 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Stobswell School - now shown to advantage with the demolition, over the years, of surrounding buildings - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Police Station by Clepington (formerly Stobswell) School | Blue lamp - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Dundee Corporation coat of arms
on an ornamental replica gas lamp.
Two such lamps were placed outside the Lord Provost's residence and former Lord Provosts had one lamp outside their residence. PHOTO Malcolm McCrow
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Spectacular wild floral "display" on a Park Avenue tenement (left). Many of Dundee's buildings are adorned by weeds which have been allowed to grow over the years. The Victorian architecture reflected in Glebelands Primary School (right) - typical in style of many of Dundee's older school buildings - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Derelict and soon to be redeveloped remains of the SCWS (Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society) jute mill in Arbroath Road and Morgan Street - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
The retained imposing facade of the SCWS jute mill (left) which by 2010 has formed a frontage to new dwellings . The next block along in Arbroath Road is also a former mill now redeveloped into flats (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Newly built flats leading from Baxter Park Terrace behind the the former mill featured above - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Some industrial property such as Wellfield Works in Kembach Street is still used for production - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Princes Street approaching the crossroads with Victoria Street/Albert Street and Arbroath Road (left). The recently built flats on the corner of Albert Street and Victoria Street (right) face a dental surgery which has existed on the corner of Arbroath Road for over seventy years. PHOTOs Malcom McCrow | |
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Like many other former jute mills, this one in Princes Street has become residential. But the pub across the road recalls the importance of the Weavers. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Weavers Yard, between Princes Street and Victoria Road on the site of the former Dens Works. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Spring blossom and reminders of times past in Weavers Yard. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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The site of Baxter Brothers Upper and Lower Dens Works at Victoria Bridge. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Maxwell Towers to the west (left) and Wallacetown Church to the east (right) as seen from Weavers Yard. Wallacetown Church became Trinity Church after the union between Wallacetown, Baxter Park and St Mathews in 1981. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Scenes of Wellfield Works viewed
from Morgan Street (above) and Craigie Street (left) - PHOTOs
Malcolm McCrow
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Craigiebank and Taybank |
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Dundee Taybank - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Overlooking the port from Taybank - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
Broughty Ferry Road at Stannergate early on an autumn Sunday morning - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Lunan Terrace (above) and Craigie Avenue (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Craigie Bank Circle - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Greendykes Road looking north (left) and south (right) before the pylons were removed in 2010 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Daffodils in Craigie Avenue, spring 2006 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Daffodils on Harecraigs, spring 2006 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |