McCartney Times

These photographs capture life in Dundee 50 years ago. It was a time of great change in 1975.Dundee Corporation had given way to Tayside Regional Council.Dundee’s Victorian-era Central Bath House was demolished and the landscape altered dramatically when the unpopular multi-storey Tayside House was completed.In 1975 a pint of beer would have cost you 28p.The average house price was £9,179.Construction of a shopping mall started following the demolition of the old Wellgate.Paul McCartney and Wings performed at the Caird Hall.That year also saw Jaws, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Return of the Pink Panther being among the most popular films locally at the box office.Enjoy having another browse back through the ages courtesy of The Dundonian, which appears in the Evening Telegraph every Wednesday.Some of these photographs have not been seen for years.

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Source: Photos of Dundee in 1975 star Paul McCartney & Maggie Thatcher