The theme of this week’s pictorial trip down memory lane is festival parades and processions in Dundee. The DC Thomson archives team has picked out a selection of photographs from events which have brought colour to the streets of the city in past times. These include the Dundee Festival, which was first held in June 1978.
So grab yourself a cuppa and enjoy having another browse back through the ages, courtesy of the Evening Telegraph’s Dundonian picture supplement. Some of these photographs have not been seen for years. Do these awaken any memories for you? The first-ever Dundee Festival took place between July 15-23 in 1978.
The event got under way with the Lord Provost’s Parade involving 60 organisations, eight bands, 1,000 marchers and over 30 vehicles and floats. The provosts and dignitaries from all four twin cities — Zadar in Yugoslavia, Orleans in France, Alexandria in America and Wurzburg in West Germany — were present. Two thousand balloons were released to mark the opening and simultaneously 100 balloons were released in each of the twin cities.
The Dundee Festival returned in 1979 and entertainment during the week included a Highland Games at Caird Park and multi-coloured swap shop. The week ended on July 8 with a Perth to Dundee water-ski race. Plenty of happy faces in this image from June 1989.
Dundee Lord Provost Tom Mitchell, convener Ron Tosh and judges celebrate with the winning Arnotts float from the Dundee Festival parade. The Dundee Festival in .