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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 10d

NEW BLOG POST

Temporary homes are often associated with the post-World War Two period, but did you know that Dundee built temporary homes after World War One too. Read all about them in our latest blog post: dundeecityarchives.w.... #Dundee #Archives

The Huts: Dundee’s Temporary Houses

We take a look at a temporary solution to Dundee’s housing crisis after WW1 – The Timber Huts.

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Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social · 9d

This is the first known illustration of a straitjacket (1794). Despite many seeing it as an extreme method of restraint, it was introduced as a humane solution. Although still dehumanising, it was an improvement on manacling and chaining patients to walls

Black and white print of 7 images - a person restrained on a bed, the bed itself, a person wearing a straitjacket, manacles and wrist restraints

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 9d

The Scottish Council on Archives (SCA) welcomes the 2025 Annual UK Archive Sector Survey, which offers the most up-to-date picture of archives in Scotland and the UK, informing SCA’s capacity building and advocacy work.

Find out more: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/news/...

UK Archive Sector Survey - Scottish Council on Archives

29 September 2025

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 8d

This tram on Lochee Road was involved in some kind of accident. Its possible that someone was struck by the tram, or a car was involved.

Dudhope park is on the right.

Ref: PO

#TransportTuesday #Dundee #Archives

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 7d

SCOTLAND’S ARCHIVES AND RECORDS: CELEBRATING SUCCESS

SCA is excited to open bookings for its next annual conference on Thursday 20th November in the Mitchell Library, Glasgow.

Find out more and book via: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/sca-a...

SCA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OPEN FOR BOOKINGS! - Scottish Council on Archives

01 October 2025

www.scottisharchives.org.uk

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 6d

View of the construction of the Tay Road Bridge from the Dundee waterfront edge

Date: 1965

Ref: DCC-SA0964

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 6d

Scottish Horse soldiers in the Sergeants Mess with a method of protecting your pint which borderlines on oversharing! 🍺
(Photograph is undated, thought to be post 1945) Individuals in photograph are - W. Kinnon, J. McIntosh, SQMS Davidson, SSM Birse, RQMS McDougall

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 5d

A view looking down Step Row

Date: 1965

Ref: BW145-08

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 4d

Scheme of the Week: Kirkton

The area most people know as Kirkton is actually two housing schemes called Magdalenes Kirkton and West Kirkton. As with other housing schemes north of the Kingsway, this area is named after a farm that occupied the land before the homes were built.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 3d

200 years ago a woman named Margaret McDonald was transported to Australia for using and passing on forged bank notes. We found her in some rare documents in the archives. This is her story. #Dundee #Archives

The Female Convict of 1825

We found an interesting series of documents tucked away in the Towns Clerk’s correspondence file of 1825.

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 2d

We have improved our links with the Allmaps project, so that any of our maps can be freely, collaboratively georeferenced and then brought back into our Georeferenced Maps viewer 🗺️

Learn more > maps.nls.uk/view/help/

#Georeference #MapMonday #Maps

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 2d

View of Shore Terrace

Date: 1968

Ref: DCC-SA2106

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 2d

Does anyone know what these outfits were for?

Don't forget the Royal School of Dunkeld 1970s school reunion is this Saturday (11th of October) from 7:30 to 11pm at Birnam Arts .

Tickets £10 (available from Dunkeld Community Archive or Birnam Arts)

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University of Stirling Archives @unistirarchives.bsky.social · 2d

REMEMBERED: in the archive
An archival response to the visiting Nagasaki Peace Memorial Hall exhibition
University Library, 6 Oct - 31 Dec 2025
archives.stir.ac.uk/2025/10/06/r...
@isstirling.bsky.social @artatstirling.bsky.social #CultureOnStirCampus #UofStirling

A selection of images from the University of Stirling Archives and Special Collections featured in the exhibition REMEMBERED: in the archive, University of Stirling Library, 6 October to 31 December 2025.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 1d

This is a photograph looking along Whorterbank towards Burnside Street. The van is a Bedford Workbus and was first registered on 21 April 1958 with the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board.

Date: November 1958

Ref: TC/Ph/10/14/64/2

#TransportTuesday #Dundee

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 1d

SCA are delighted to present the latest edition of the Archives Review, celebrating the work and projects being undertaken in collections across the country.

We are grateful to all our contributors!

View it here: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/scott...

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · Aug 26

Looking to grow and diversify your volunteer team?

The Make Your Mark portal helps Scottish heritage organisations connect with people passionate about archives, history, and heritage.

👉 Learn more: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/find-...

Find new volunteers through Make Your Mark - Scottish Council on Archives

10 July 2025

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · Aug 26

A lovely picture of the BL Nairn for this week's #TransportTuesday.

The paddle steamer ferry B L Nairn was built by the Caledon shipyard for the Dundee Harbour Trust in 1929

The B L Nairn was the last paddle steamer to be built by the Caledon yard.

#Dundee #Archives

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · Aug 26

We’re delighted that Cricket Scotland has chosen the National Library to be the new home of their archive 🏏

The records cover the history of the Scottish Cricket Union and Cricket Scotland, from 1908 to the present day.

A photograph of a cricket scorebook, donated by Cricket Scotland and now part of the National Library of Scotland's collections.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · Aug 27

We know this picture was taken in 1972. Other pictures in the series seem to have been taken around the Hilltown area.

Does anyone have any suggestions of where this could have been taken?

#WhereisitWednesday #Dundee

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · Aug 27

Shifting Perspectives: Scotland’s Urban Architecture Through the Lens

Explore how photography has shaped our view of Scotland’s urban heritage from the 1840s to today.

Hosted by Studies in Photography.

👉 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shifting-p...

Shifting Perspectives: Scotland's Urban Architecture Through the Lens

The conference will explore how photography has shaped and recorded the urban architectural heritage of Scotland.

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · Aug 28

Help Shape SCARRS

It’s been over 13 years since SCARRS (Scottish Council on Archives Record Retention Schedules) first launched and a full review is due. We want input from key user groups as well as anyone who engages with the resource.

Find out more: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/news/...

Help Shape SCARRS - Scottish Council on Archives

16 December 2024

www.scottisharchives.org.uk

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · Aug 28

In one of our archive strong rooms there is a shelf. The shelf does not contain the most exciting or interesting item in the archive but it does contain something amazing.

Read this short thread to find out more. 🧵👇

A row of Archive stacks with turning handles

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · Aug 28

Pupils at Harris Academy c.1936

Ref: TC/EN/105/31

#ThrowbackThursday #Dundee #Archives

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 28

Gone fishin' 🎣

Here we have an unnamed Scottish Horse Soldier Fishing at a lake near Cuneo in Italy in autumn 1945.

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