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Iain J Whyte

Iain Whyte
iain.whyte@dial.pipex.com

Dundee...a unique place with unique people. Nostalgia is a remarkable thing don't you think?

Jason Gowans
jason_gowans@mail.amsinc.com

We have three project ongoing to:

* virtualise the Howff cemetary as a front-end to an ancestral database
* virtualise parts of Dundee's 19th century heritage
* virtualise mediaeval Dundee
I would be glad to hear from anyone who would like to hear more from us or be supporters of this work.

John Sutherland
j.sutherland@tay.ac.uk

I still have my dundee accent when i speak english even though, nowadays my daily language is Norwegian.

I just can't get rid of it.

My origin connection is through parents.My mother, Agnes or Nessie as she is called, is from Dundee and my father, Mindor, is from Norway. They met during the second world war, got married and had two kids, my sister Laila and myself.

At the beginning of their marraige my mum and I moved back and forth between Dundee and my dads parents in Norway while my dad was at sea and got educated as a joiner. This went on from 1947 up to 1955 my sister was born and they decided to move to Dundee more permanently, for nine years to be exact.

Today they live on an island, of the coast of Norway called Hareid near the town of Aalesund.

My sister Laila, a former pupil of Mitchell street primary and Logie secondry school, is a mother of three kids and shares house with the man in her life, Trond, and they live on the outskirts of Oslo, the capital of Norway.

I live in a town called Horten, a one hour drive from oslo, on the west bank of the oslofjord.

Both my dad and I have had had page space in the courier when we lived there. My dad made headlines when he skiid to work from Fincraig street, which used to be in Fintry (remember Sinclair Crockett), to Sturruks & sons at the bottom of Victoria rd, once Dundee awoke to many feet of snow and all communications stopped for a day. I made smaller page ripples due to small sports achievements.

I visited Dundee with my wife Annie our son Sven-Erik and daughter Jeanette in 1996 for the first time since we left in 1963.

We parked our car near a place we lived at in Roseangle near the previous homes of Ann Cameron, Ian Dempster,Ronald Mcdonald and "the brilliant gannet"and others whose names i have forgotten, and walked through lots and lots of Dundee reminising.

We did not run into anyone I knew but it was real nice to see the place again. We will probably revisit in the not to distant future.

James M Brandal
jb@vingmed.no

I would now like to trace any relatives from my Father's side and would welcome any help from anyone who knew Alexander "Sandy" Dallas who was a plumber and lived in Glenprosen Terrace. Also if there is anyone there who attended Ardler Primary School between 1971-1973 I would love to hear from them.

Keep up the good work Courier and thanks.

Ian Dallas
iand@persona.co.uk

Cheers
Alan

Alan Hay
e96adh@tay.ac.uk

My homepage is at http://www.dolmen.demon.co.uk where you will find the latest dates of the Comedy Zone (Dundee's monthly comedy club) along with a collection of the works of William McGonagall.

George Peattie
dode@dolmen.demon.co.uk

We have nine members of staff here in Dundee, we all live in Dundee and vary in ages. Every year we come back on the road we see smiles on the faces of locals as they know summer has arrived. We have a great following of locals that are also glad to see us each year and know us by name and greet us with a smile in the winter too. Alltogether we are definitly PROUD of DUNDEE.

Betty Robertson
BRobert202@aol.com

People say to me ' With all the travel you do on business, wouldn't it make more sense to live closer to London or to Edinburgh?' The answer is simple: they've obviously never been to Dundee.

Today, I have physically been in Dundee, Newport and Tayport. And through the wonders of new technology, been in contact with colleagues or clients in London, Iceland and USA. - I anticipate as time goes on and technology develops, that travel will become less frequent and more business will be done through the Internet.

Alyson Leslie
alyson@enterprise.net

My name is Sarah Walker, I'm 18 years old,I'm studying Broadcasting at Leeds University, and I miss Dundee!

Thanks!

Sarah Walker
ICS6SKW@leeds.ac.uk

The pubs and the people, the Wallaces bridies and Flemings steak and gravy pies and of course the mighty United. A pint of eighty shilling and a bridie in the Tav in front of a roaring fire after the famous 5-0 against Borussia Moenchengladbach. how can I ever forget the day we won the league at Dens. Heady days. Since then some darker times broken only by the elusive Scottish Cup win, a day that will live with me always. Now it looks as if we are once again on our way to the top of Scottish, and hopefully European Fotball.

As a planning student I well remember seeing the centre and periphery of Dundee and my hopes for its transformation. Well just look at it now, and getting better year on year.

Finally I had the honour of chairing the Scottish Conference of the Chartered Institute of Housing at the Caird Hall in February 1997. It was a dream come true to represent my chosen profession in the City that inspired me to achieve what I have and in the wonderful theatre that hosted not only my graduation but also those of my sister and wife - a tradition hopefully to be followed by my own children.

Dundee, for so long Scotland's forgotten city, now your true spirit is being discovered. I consider myself fortunate to have experienced the warmth of the people of Dundee and wish all of them and their civic leaders continued success in the journey of discovery.

Tom Hainey FCIH
113101.2226@compuserve.com

I return to Dundee regularly throughout the year, and always enjoy my time at home. Life just isn't the same down here in the big city without weekend pub crawls down the Perth Road, decent fish and chips, and 'pehs'.

To outsiders, Dundee is definitely seen as a poor relation to Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen, and I think a lot of that has to do with the City Centre developments. Having said that, I've never had a guest come home with me who didn't enjoy the lively bars, easy access to some wonderful countryside, and good old Dundee grub.

Keep up the good work......

Robert Morrison
rmorr@globalnet.co.uk

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/3504/dufc.html

Arab C. Nesbit
arab_c_nesbit@geocities.com

Born in the early thirties a stone`s throw from St. Andrew`s church next to the Wellgate I was moved to Perth as a child to recuperate from a serious illness. I`m still in Perth but have always been proud to inform anyone that I`m a Dundonian Most of my family remain in Dundee and I don`t know how many thousands of times I`ve travelled the road and the miles.

PEEM
jaslamond@sol.co.uk

However, it is gratifying to know that the Courier is still surviving robust with a healthy readership and the editors have had the foresight to move toward this new medium for communication. However, why did you change the format of the front page. It was truly unique and a guaranteed selling point. Now I'm afraid I am as likely to pick up the Scotsman or The Herald as everyone looks similar.

I hope that Geoff Lynn, one of your employees is well. I recall him as a nipper trying to put together stories for his scrap book. Please pass on my regards.

F White
development@watsons.edin.sch.uk

I am a committed Dundee FC fan & am always telling my 3 1/2 year old son Finlay that they are the team he should support, even though he was born in Guildford! Our teletext is always red hot on a Saturday afternoon & also in midweek if there's a game on. I go to see their games whenever I'm in Scotland & sometimes travel up specially for big games such as last year's Coca-Cola Cup semi & final.

I often check out DC Thomson's web site for Dundee news & sport, it's great to be able to do that.

Anyway, good luck with your campaign, Dundee has a terrific amount to offer especially in it's situation by the river & being close to the glens & within easy reach of the capital city.

Iain, Veronica & Finlay Grogan
100647.160@compuserve.com