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The scheme pubs which brought neighbours and strangers together in Dundee

The scheme pubs which brought neighbours and strangers together in Dundee Updated: April 27, 2021, 11:20 am © DCT Media Time gentlemen please! Drinkers are put on the clock at the Highwayman in the Hilltown in 1976. Local pubs have been the lifeblood of Dundee’s housing estates for generations. These scheme pubs were so much more than a place to enjoy a pint – they brought new neighbours and strangers together. Some have seen their fair share of ‘action’ for want of a better term as the great and the good and the not-so-good congregated to let their hair down. This was pub life and the locals came in like clockwork.

Strike! Do you remember these classic Dundee ten-pin bowling alleys?

Strike! Do you remember these classic Dundee ten-pin bowling alleys? by Graeme Strachan © A Couper Three control girls at Skyline Bowling alley, Dundee. From left, Sandra Scott, Ann Nicoll and Mary McCormack. The ten-pin bowling craze arrived in Dundee in the 1960s and eventually became a popular pastime for families and friends. The Golden Pheasant Bar in Macalpine Road was a million miles from the rough and tumble of bowling alleys in 1950s America. The bowling alley at the Golden Pheasant bar in Dundee in 1961. But there was an unexpected sporting opportunity hidden away in the basement of the tough pub where regulars could enjoy a little exercise with their beer.

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