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    Dundee anyone?

    Dundee named worldwide 'hot destination' by Wall Street Journal - BBC News

    Dundee named worldwide 'hot destination' by Wall Street Journal

    #2
    Crocodile Dundee 1,2 or 3?

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        #4
        Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
        Dundee named worldwide 'hot destination' by Wall Street Journal - BBC News

        Dundee named worldwide 'hot destination' by Wall Street Journal
        Definitely worth a visit in 2018 before it fades into post-Brexit decline.

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          #5
          Went through there once on the train.

          Looked a ghastly, grey place.

          My overriding memory is of really ugly looking council houses. Like the style of council house you see down here sometimes, which I believe is called a Cornish Unit, except they had about 5 floors and were just huge pebble dashed monstrosities.

          Yes, I'd like to express my gratitude to the people of Dundee for living in such squalor to provide the nation's kitchens with an endless supply of lino.

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            #6
            Haven't been there for many years, but it was awful last time I visited. Only real highlight was the enthusiasm of the locals for singling along to a key line in The Smiths' "Panic". It doesn't have a great reputation in Scotland - the folk where I grew up looked down upon Dundee, and we lived in a Glasgow overspill new town without any redeeming features.

            From Wiki - "In 2002, a Tay FM competition to find a slogan for the ((Tay Road)) bridge was abandoned after the slogan with the most votes - “It’s all downhill to Dundee” (reflecting the bridge’s downward angle) was deemed unsuitable."

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              #7
              Originally posted by Lambert Simnel View Post
              Haven't been there for many years, but it was awful last time I visited. Only real highlight was the enthusiasm of the locals for singling along to a key line in The Smiths' "Panic". It doesn't have a great reputation in Scotland - the folk where I grew up looked down upon Dundee, and we lived in a Glasgow overspill new town without any redeeming features.

              From Wiki - "In 2002, a Tay FM competition to find a slogan for the ((Tay Road)) bridge was abandoned after the slogan with the most votes - “It’s all downhill to Dundee” (reflecting the bridge’s downward angle) was deemed unsuitable."
              So you are a snob?
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                #8
                Originally posted by Lambert Simnel View Post
                Haven't been there for many years, but it was awful last time I visited. Only real highlight was the enthusiasm of the locals for singling along to a key line in The Smiths' "Panic". It doesn't have a great reputation in Scotland - the folk where I grew up looked down upon Dundee, and we lived in a Glasgow overspill new town without any redeeming features.

                From Wiki - "In 2002, a Tay FM competition to find a slogan for the ((Tay Road)) bridge was abandoned after the slogan with the most votes - “It’s all downhill to Dundee” (reflecting the bridge’s downward angle) was deemed unsuitable."
                Esteemed former client used to put me up in a hotel in Grangemouth.

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                  #9
                  Being there once - over 15 years ago, for a job interview with the games company who made Lemmings - by the time I reached the place I only cared about one thing - catch the last train to Mainland!

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                    Originally posted by AtW View Post
                    Being there once - over 15 years ago, for a job interview with the games company who made Lemmings - by the time I reached the place I only cared about one thing - catch the last train to Mainland!
                    Been

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