How did Dundee look 60 years ago? We’ve rewound the clock and opened DC Thomson’s archive to venture back to 1964. The Fifies were still in daily use transporting Dundonians across the Tay. The Tay Road Bridge was under construction with a target date of June 1966.
Much of Dundee’s historic city centre vanished, including the Empress Ballroom where many young couples went dancing and shared their first kiss. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones performed in Dundee in 1964. Scotland defeated England thanks to a goal by Dundee’s Alan Gilzean.
Grab yourself a cuppa and enjoy having another browse back through the ages courtesy of The Dundonian, which appears in the Evening Telegraph every Wednesday. Some of these photographs have not been seen for years. players have fun during pre-season training in July 1964.
Jerry Kerr was in charge and United would finish the season in ninth place in the First Division and reached the semi-final of the League Cup. Parents wave to their children as the Devonia leaves King George Wharf. British India’s educational cruise ship was a yearly visitor to and every school was allocated a set number of places.
Work cost around £6 million and it was built with 140,000 tons of concrete, 4,600 tons of mild steel and 8,150 tons of structural steel. Sadly, contractor Willie Logan never saw his bridge completed in 1966. Broughty Ferry was a popular visitor attraction in July 1964.
People flocked to the beach for during the summer, before most “b.
