oes anyone have info on a lady who used to {busk} in the Overgate in the 30,s called Blind Mattie. Thanks- John Taylor ... eGroups.com home:...
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Nathan C ornfoot
natco@...
Jun 3, 1999 12:08 pm
I can recall Blind Mattie going all over town about 65 years ago. Kids used to lead her around in some places. She would go from store to store along main...
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jtaylor@...
Jun 3, 1999 11:10 pm
We had a heated discusion last week on how many horse troughs were in the Dundee downtown area.We know that most of the local Jute deliveries were made with...
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John Taylor
jtaylor@...
Jun 3, 1999 11:13 pm
Thanks Nat-I hope to get more info on her soon. John Taylor ... eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/dundee-history http://www.egroups.com -...
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jtaylor@...
Jun 3, 1999 11:16 pm
Here is another poser for the list members. Where in Dundee was the only stop sign for tram cars? John Taylor ... eGroups.com home:...
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Nathan C ornfoot
natco@...
Jun 4, 1999 1:26 am
I know of one that was on the corner of Barrack St. and Ward Rd, across from the Post Office. Incidentally if you know any ex telegram boys from 1939...
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jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 6:00 am
In response to the request from Christofer Caithness about the Mars Traing Ship. The real name of the ship was T.S.Mars and was opened in response to a public...
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John Fidler
scotsjnj@...
Jun 4, 1999 6:11 am
I barely remember her, but here is an excerpt from the book "Dundee, the way it was" by Doug Phillips and Ron Thompson: .....but the most memorable of all was...
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jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 10:40 am
I remember two Nathan-one was called Fife but I cant remember his surname and the other was Ivan Fowler. They both were in the Whitehall Polo team as I was. I...
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jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 10:40 am
About one and a half miles north of Downfield there uses to be a tombstone in a farmers field.Some say on this stone was a representation of either St Andrew...
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jimjar@...
Jun 4, 1999 11:00 am
We have two new members of our group. Please make them welcome ! They are Olive Covey, and J Taylor whose E- mail addresses can be found in our members list ,...
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Ken Anton
ken@...
Jun 4, 1999 11:30 am
In addition to Jim's note about streets with long stones for the cart-wheels, only one such street remains in Dundee, that is Union Street in the city centre,...
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Christopher Caithness
chris@...
Jun 4, 1999 12:27 pm
With many thanks for info re the Mars Training Ship. It was very informative and very much appreciated. I suspect there wouldn't be records kept of boys who...
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Ken Anton
kanton@...
Jun 4, 1999 1:36 pm
Joyce, You'd be surprised - there probably are records of boys brought up on it: here are two web addresses to have a browse around: Dundee City Council :...
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Jim Robertson
jimjar@...
Jun 4, 1999 1:42 pm
Our members might like to know that the Tay Valley Family history Society published a little book on this subject, around a year or so ago. It is no D-01 in...
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John Taylor
jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 3:49 pm
Thanks Joyce-my mother is visiting us here in Vancouver at the end of July and I will be taping her every word,especially on old Dundee-John Taylor ... it was"...
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John Taylor
jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 3:56 pm
Thanks for the welcome J R -I am glad that I found this list and i will be posting and posing many interesting questions and hopefully receive interesting...
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Grant E. L. Buttars
G.Buttars@...
Jun 4, 1999 4:01 pm
John, It was actually someone called Martin, probably a Pictish warrior, (mistakenly referred to sometimes as St. Martin) who, legend has it, slew a dragon...
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John Taylor
jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 4:02 pm
Yes Joyce there are records and I cannet reveal my source but as soon as i receive them i will post the records,By the way my uncle John Taylor was a Crew...
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jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 4:14 pm
I must appologize to the list on my poor typing and message layout-I am new to all this-Give me some time and hopefully I will eventually get it together. John...
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John Taylor
jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 7:10 pm
Thanks Grant, your info settled that question.I had posted a poser for the only stop sign for Tram Cars in Dundee and I got a reply off the list. The stop sign...
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jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 7:59 pm
Further to my posting of the Mars I received more info in this ship. I posted that the Mars main purpose was to tain young lads for the Navy and that it was...
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jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 7:59 pm
Further to my posting of the Mars I received more info in this ship. I posted that the Mars main purpose was to tain young lads for the Navy and that it was...
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JMryle@...
Jun 4, 1999 9:54 pm
Hello John, I'm wondering why all your messages are coming through with downloads on them? Is it just my computer, or is everyone getting them? It seems as...
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jimjar@...
Jun 4, 1999 10:19 pm
I have found the note I was looking for ! The Tay Valley Family Historian No 46 : January 1977 p.8 This was actually a review by Margaret Johnston ( a TV FHS...
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jimjar@...
Jun 4, 1999 10:28 pm
I find on rechecking the Members List this morning that We really ought to be extending a welcom to not only Olive Covey, and John Taylor, but also to Mike,...
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John Taylor
jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 10:32 pm
Thanks Norma-but the problem lies with me ,I am duplicating my posts and doing all kind of things wrong,but as I have already declared I am new to the ...
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jtaylor@...
Jun 4, 1999 10:46 pm
As a child my mother used to take us on long walks, Well they seemed long to us. One afternoon we passed a Mill off the Blackness road which was derelict, My...
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JMryle@...
Jun 5, 1999 3:04 am
In a message dated 6/4/99 6:46:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jtaylor@... writes: << Thanks Norma-but the problem lies with me ,I am duplicating my posts...
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david conner
dave@...
Jun 6, 1999 2:12 pm
worth visiting is : http://www.sol.co.uk/s/scott.wilson/Mars.htm Dave ... From: jtaylor@... <jtaylor@...> To: dundee-history@eGroups.com...
