Hawkhill and Blackness Road
September 2007
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Hawkhill and Blackness Road |
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September 2007 |
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| The West Port, Saturday 22 September 2007 | |||
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| Blackness Road between Annfield Road and Peddie Street has changed little over the years, unlike most of the surrounding area - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Blackness Road - old meets the new. Tayside Fire and Rescue HQ and new flats - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Some things do not change - firemen still come down a pole, but Fire Brigades in Scotland have become Fire and Rescue, although only Grampian Fire and Rescue have deserted red fire engines for white - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| A steam fire engine preserved in the foyer of Tayside Fire and Rescue Headquarters contrasts with a modern aerial vehicle on display in the yard during an open day - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Tayside Fire and Rescue Headquarters, Blackness Road. The main road now leads on to Bellfield Street which connects with the new dual carriageway Hawkhill - - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Viewed from the Blackness Road Fire Station during an open day, new houses in Edward Street (left) and Larch Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Flags above the Centre for Islamic Studies in Blackness Road near Wilkies Lane (left) and the Jamia Mosque in Milne Street (right) which is Dundee's first purpose-built mosque - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| The junction of Blackness Road and Hawkhill (left) and the Transport and General Union's building in Blackness Road (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Blackness Road looking west towards Bellfield Street (left) and Hawkhill (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Blackness Road viewed from the new Hawkhill (left). Old Hawkhill has been almost totally absorbed by the University of Dundee - the Welcome Trust Biocentre in Old Hawkhill (right) which in days gone by would have led to the Blue Mountains - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| The massive building of the Welcome Trust Biocentre which forms part of the University of Dundee complex - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Not all the old buildings have been swept away as can be seen in this view of Bellfield Street leading back towards Blackness Road - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Dudhope Castle is the white building in the foreground. The red building in the left hand photograph is part of the former Dundee Royal Infirmary - a listed building which has become flats - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| The original Dundee Royal Infirmary (left) has also been split up into flats. Multi-storey flats in Ann Street and at the Foot of the Hilltown (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Dundee Law and War Memorial viewed from Blackness Road - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Bellfield Street looking towards Hawkhill (left) and former mill complex converted into small business units and accommodation off Brown Street (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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