Trams

[BillDFC]

Photo number 2 is not at the junction of Westfield Road/ Perth Road.

It is on the Perth Road at the bottom of Glamis Road near the old Ninewells terminus. The area remains much the same to this day.

[BillDFC]

I Remember that the trams didn't need to turn...the driver took out that handle thing and put it in at the other end and carried on backerties...well,you know what I mean.

[Contrappunto]

Interesting - with the music off!

[craigowler]

Only just discovered your comment - yeah - I agree about the music

[BillDFC]

Do you remember when the trains ran across station brae (Elmwood road) and the level crossing there?

The trains ran behind Ancrum road school.

[craigowler]

I`ve been a way for a day or two cathcing up.

I am a Lochee born and raised - very clear memories of trains passing up and down the South Road. Walked the line often in the 60s

[skidz96]

Yeah, remember the traind crossing Elmwood Roads. Distant memory of manual operated gates. Railway ran at the back of our tenement. Memories of Black fives pulling coal wagons up the hill.

[soulhoney56]

Nice to 'talk' to you craigowler XX

[soulhoney56]

Hi.... my family are from Dundee ...I was only two months old when the last tram was taken off - so cant really remember them...... some family still in Dundee - my granny lived in Lochee !! Love Bonny Dundee X

[craigowler]

Yep....and I'm Lochee born.....thanks x x x

[BillDFC]

I just remember the trams as I lived near the terminus at Ninewells.

[DoubleCLICKfilms]

I see you changed the music from before, good choice though.

-Riley

[craigowler]

Thanks Riley - yeah, I'm learning - have a good weekend my friend....

[dabiribd]

Great video Alan

Thanks for sharing

[craigowler]

I'm glad you like them Ben - I enjoy uploading these old pictures a great deal of real history is contained within them. Dundee in its time was the richest community on the planet despite the run down appearance in the pics...

[nacho1560]

Brilliant, my friend. Brings back memories. Not the horse and cart ones, mind, the motorised ones.

Always wondered what it looked like inside that building in Maryfield. Thanks for this.

[craigowler]

when I worked for Dundee Parks Dept we stored a great deal of junk at Maryfield. It was a wee treasure trove of artefacts...Dundee being Dundee scrapped most of it...

[pebruary]

Trams always seemed scary!

[craigowler]

Scary....!?!?! Trams were an adventure. Of course I was 2 years old when the very last tram wa staken off in October 1956, but I do recall clambering aboard with my mum going home from the steamy...

[nacho1560]

I was 6, so must have just made it. Funny how some things stick in your memory. I agree, Alan, trams were exciting. I remember my tram rides vividly, the sounds, the smells, everything.

[Scotty1137]

Nice slideshow Alan, and great music.

Scotty

[craigowler]

Thanks

Its the only music available to me. I wuld have liked to get some real Scottish music to accompany them.

[craigowler]

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