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The West Port, Saturday 22 September 2007 |
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Some things do not change - firemen still come down a pole, but Fire Brigades in Scotland have become Fire and Rescue, although only Grampian Fire and Rescue have deserted red fire engines for white. By 2014 Tayside Fire and Rescue had been absorbed into the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Blackness Road - old meets the new. Tayside Fire and Rescue HQ and new flats - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Tayside Fire and Rescue Headquarters, Blackness Road. The main road now leads on to Bellfield Street which connects with the new dual carriageway Hawkhill - - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Viewed from the Blackness Road Fire Station during an open day, new houses in Edward Street (left) and Larch Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Flags above the Centre for Islamic Studies in Blackness Road near Wilkies Lane (left) and the Jamia Mosque in Milne Street (right) which is Dundee's first purpose-built mosque - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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The junction of Blackness Road and Hawkhill (left) and the Transport and General Union's building in Blackness Road (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Blackness Road looking west towards Bellfield Street (left) and Hawkhill (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Blackness Road viewed from the new Hawkhill (left). Old Hawkhill has been almost totally absorbed by the University of Dundee - the Welcome Trust Biocentre in Old Hawkhill (right) which in days gone by would have led to the Blue Mountains - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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The massive building of the Welcome Trust Biocentre which forms part of the University of Dundee complex - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Not all the old buildings have been swept away as can be seen in this view of Bellfield Street leading back towards Blackness Road - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Dudhope Castle is the white building in the foreground. The red building in the left hand photograph is part of the former Dundee Royal Infirmary - a listed building which has become flats - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| The original Dundee Royal Infirmary (left) has also been split up into flats. Multi-storey flats in Ann Street and at the Foot of the Hilltown (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Dundee Law and War Memorial viewed from Blackness Road - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| April 2015 and unintended consequences perhaps as the woods begin to dominate the Law - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Take a seat and admire the [obscured] view - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The view to the north and north east. It is now virtually impossible to see Dens Park and Tannadice - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Maybe the view to the south and east will be possible for a few more years - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Bellfield Street looking towards Hawkhill (left) and former mill complex converted into small business units and accommodation off Brown Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Blackness Road between Annfield Road and Peddie Street has changed little over the years, unlike most of the surrounding area - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Camperdown and Balgay |
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| The long drive leading to Camperdown House - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The view over the golf course from Camperdown House - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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A heavy frost coats Camperdown Park on the last day of January 2006 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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The Law (left) and Coxes Stack (right) viewed from Lochee Park - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| The entrance to Balgay Park - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Mill's Observatory in Balgay Park (left). The now closed over-bridge, also in Balgay Park (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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The wooden bear at the entrance to Camperdown Zoo (above) braves the frost while the European brown bears remained out of sight in their den. But Donkey was out and about (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Lynx (left) and wolf (right) are among the animals which are housed by the zoo - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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An ice rink, multiplex cinema and fast food outlets near the entrance to Camperdown Park - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Saltire in the sky (above). With road, railway and airport paralleling the Gardens, the tranquillity can be interrupted. Visitor form the United States (right) on Tuesday 6 June 2006 is an IAI 1125 Astra, N630S - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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University of Dundee Botanic Gardens - June 2006 |
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| Australian paper bark tree (above). Sir Garnet Wilson's Tree (left) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Rhododendron - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| University of Dundee Botanic Gardens | When we're cleaning windows . . . . PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Hot House Plants | PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Conifers . . . | . . . and deciduous PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Laburnum | A way to the woods PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Ducks and drakes | Duck and chic - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Dundee Riverside Drive - Water Board and abstract art in (left). Tay Bridge glimpsed between the buildings (right). PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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Sinderins |
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| Lunchtime . . . | Second sitting, as the gulls arrive. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| "Silver music from the bandstand . . .", but not today. | "Up the hill . . ." PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Jute Works to Flats . . . | Was it ever imagined in 1861? PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| "Backies " . . . | PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| . . . and "Pletties" | PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Railings . . . | Steps . . . . PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Garrats . . . | Formal fronts . . . . PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Neighbourhood watch | . . . round in circles. PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Lochee |
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Coupar Angus road viewed from the ramparts of Lochee railway bridge (left). Lochee High Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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A Gemini Eclipse on route number 28 - the subject of a recent Corgi model in Travel Dundee livery - in Lochee High Street - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Lochee wynds - St Mary's Lane (left) and Old Muirton Road showing the distinct multifaceted stonework of James Gowans' Lochee Station building (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Looking towards the site of the former Camperdown Jute Works (left). The Railway Tavern (right) near Lochee Station - but the trains disappeared in the 1960s - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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A Lochee high rise block - the unguarded ladder demands a head for heights - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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A closed Victorian post box (left) - hopefully it will find a good home rather than end up as scrap. The water tower in Yarrow Terrace (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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The Corgi model Wright Gemini Eclipse alluded to above - PHOTO Malcolm McCrow
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