Dr Norman Watson was a journalist with The Courier in Dundee for 25 years and wrote more than 5,000 news features for the paper. He remains a Courier columnist and is now publishing giant D. C. Thomson’s first-ever company historian.As a historian he has co-curated major exhibitions in Dundee, London and Edinburgh and in 2006 was invited to open the Scottish Parliament’s first-ever public exhibition.

• Acknowledgements 10Foreword – Lord Provost Bob Duncan 11Introduction 12Chapter One The High Street 15Chapter Two Nethergate and Overgate 39Chapter Three Ward Road and Surrounds 59Chapter Four The Central Waterfront 77Chapter Five The Law 95Chapter Six Cowgate and Routes North-East 99Chapter Seven West Port and Hawkhill 109Chapter Eight Perth Road 113Chapter Nine Ferries and Bridges 123Chapter Ten Historic Suburbs 129Chapter Eleven The Kingsway 143Chapter Twelve Eastern Dundee 151Chapter Thirteen Museums and Galleries 157Chapter Fourteen Parks and Gardens 167Chapter Fifteen Sport in Dundee 177Chapter Sixteen Dundee’s Castles 182Bibliography 187Index 189

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