Dundee Through Time

Dundee Through Time
Author: Brian King
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-11-15
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1445621673

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Dundee has changed and developed over the last century.

Time Tram Dundee

Time Tram Dundee
Author: Matthew Fitt
Publisher: Waverley Books Limited
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2006
Genre: Dundee (Scotland)
ISBN: 9781902407371

The City of Dundee has truly played a part in shaping Scotland. In this book, the Time Tram driver and conductor meet characters from the Mesolithinc middens 8000 years ago, when Dundee was founded, Iron and Stone Age Dundonians, William Wallace, the 19th century missionary Mary Slessor and even Desperate Dan.

Dark Dundee

Dark Dundee
Author: Stewart Heaton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9781998999712

Old Dundee

Old Dundee
Author: Eric Eunson
Publisher: Stenlake Publishing
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2002
Genre: Dundee (Scotland)
ISBN: 9781840332162

This spectacular book combines a wonderful collection of images of Dundee with informative captions that really bring them to life. All corners of the city are covered, with many landmarks seen here intact before they were swept away during the various redevelopment schemes of the twentieth century. The Tay ferries are featured, as of course is an outline of Dundee's more general maritime history, including whaling. As you would expect, jute, jam and journalism are covered, but for many ordinary Dundonians the real interest will be in the views of their part of the city showing familiar streets and shops prior to redevelopment. Bill Early's wonderful collection of postcards of the city forms the bulk of the material illustrated, while he and Eric Eunson have collaborated to produce a narrative that will be of interest to both Dundonians and visitors to the city.

Dundee: a Short History

Dundee: a Short History
Author: Norman Watson
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781785301490

The story of Dundee is both fascinating and dramatic. Now, in Dundee - A Short History, Norman Watson brings to life the people and events that shaped this great city from its origins and early development, through centuries of poverty and prosperity, to the golden years of jute, jam and journalism and beyond. In this absorbing and comprehensive history meet the women who hijacked the Reformation, the sisters who terrorised Winston Churchill, the martyred George Wishart who kept only his hat, the whalerman James McIntosh who ate his to survive, and witness Shackleton's remarkable expedition to far-north Dundee and the flights of fancy surrounding Preston Watson. And as well as significant events like Monk's massacre and the Tay Bridge disaster, there are also controversial views about the very fabric of the city like what went wrong with the Waterfront, why was the old Overgate demolished and why is Tayside House still standing? Dundee - A Short History is a new and authoritative account of the remarkable story of one of our greatest cities.

The Fourth Bonniest Baby in Dundee

The Fourth Bonniest Baby in Dundee
Author: Michelle Sloan
Publisher: Kelpies
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2016-01-08
Genre: Contests
ISBN: 9781782503149

The contest for the Bonniest Baby in Dundee is here, and one very grubby baby brother is scrubbed, dressed, combed and taken by his mum and big sister to charm the judges.But on the way -- oh no! -- the bus breaks down... They'll have to get a wriggle on! It starts to rain and they splish and splash through puddles. By the time they arrive, their bonnie baby is sticky, claggie and clarty. His chances of winning are dashed -- especially when he blows a raspberry in the judge's face! Or are they...'Hilariously and lovingly recounted in lively, bouncing rhyme from the point of view of the baby's big sister, this cheeky picture book will have mums, dads and kids chortling every time. With bright fun illustrations and recognisable scenes of Dundee, it is brimming with local flavour.

Bonnie Dundee

Bonnie Dundee
Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2013-05-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1448172888

It is seventeenth-century Scotland, and the Covenanters – those wanting religious freedom from the dictates of English rule – are gathering strength. Hugh Herriott, fresh from a Covenanting background, finds himself working for redcoat Colonel Claverhouse and his Lady Jean: first as the stable-lad and in later years, as galloper to Claverhouse. The tension mounts between the two sides of the divided country. Claverhouse, with Hugh always by his side, leads his troops in bloody battle against the Covenanters, through forest and valley, village and town, victory... and loss.

The Crescent

The Crescent
Author: Ian Campbell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Historical fiction
ISBN: 9789798505416

When John Murphy is sentenced to six months hard labour in Perth Prison for fighting, his wife Annie is left to raise his children in poverty in the tenements of the crescent. She relies on a pittance from her jute mill wages and handouts from the Parish until her husband is released and tries to break the poverty trap by bare-knuckle fighting in the boxing booths and beer tents. His hard drinking, hard-man style is reduced to that of 'kettle-biler' at home, like thousands of other men in Dundee who are out of work. Meanwhile, Westminster and the Whitehall war-rooms are booming, thanks to the growth of the British Empire and the realisation that gold and diamonds in South Africa are ready for the taking. The 'Kettle-Bilers' are perfect fodder for the Black Watch recruiting sergeants in Dundee who are swamped with men eager to escape the grimy oppression of the jute mills or the dole. The Boer War takes them to the brink of life and death in a faraway land that the real people of Dundee had never heard of before the call to arms. But what happens to the women left at home? Will the Dundonians ever return from the Boer War? Can the poverty-stricken, alcohol-fuelled, neglectful generation cycle ever be stopped? Find out all this and more in this heart-wrenching, gritty story of hardship, tragedy, hurt and violence, based on the author's true story of his Dundee family's origins.

Dae Yeh Mind Thon Time?

Dae Yeh Mind Thon Time?
Author: Mae Stewart
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2009-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1845026918

Mae Stewart was brought up in Dundee in the 1940s and 50s. It was a world without television, inside toilets or electric light but full of fun, adventures and some fascinating characters. In "Dae Yeh Mind Thon Time?", Mae Stewart now recounts her childhood years in way we can all relate to and recalls the women who brought her up, days at the Washies, high days, holidays and the daily routines of life. "Dae Yeh Mind Thon Time?" is a nostalgic look at life in the tenements and a candid and affectionate excursion down memory lane.

Kangaroo Dundee

Kangaroo Dundee
Author: Chris Barns
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2013-11-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1444753339

Brolga (aka Chris Barns) is the 6ft 7in strong but sensitive Aussie star of the extraordinary BBC series Kangaroo Dundee. Brolga lives in a simple tin shed in the outback where he raises orphaned baby kangaroos. It is a sad fact of life that kangaroo mothers are at the mercy of speeding cars in this part of the world - killed on the road, their young still tucked up in their pouches. These young joeys holding on to life, have been given a second chance thanks to the kindness and dedication of Brolga, who carefully retrieves them and nurses them back to health. Brolga has been rescuing these special creatures for years, slowly and painstakingly creating a kangaroo sanctuary for the many kangaroos he has saved, reared and loved. He has dedicated his life to observing how kangaroo mums care for their babies and does everything he can to replicate this. The baby kangaroos, traumatised by losing their mother so early, are tucked up into pillow cases and kept warm and comforted next to Brolga at night. We see him getting up at 4am to bottle feed them, washing them in a little tub, taking them to the supermarket and generally mothering them with heart breaking tenderness. Charting Brolga's life with the joeys and honing in on his relationship with one or two in particular, Kangaroo Dundee tells the heart-warming, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant story of one man's unique relationship with a group of extraordinary animals.