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woventogetherdundee
- Jul 29, 2023
- 3 min
Chinese Cuisine comes to Dundee
“Dundee will have a Chinese restaurant” was the bold claim of a Courier headline on 8 November 1960, after the Corporation Planning...
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woventogetherdundee
- Nov 24, 2022
- 10 min
The Black Lady of Logie - a ghost story of Dundee and the British Empire
Once upon a time, in Scotland’s second city of the Empire, there was an estate called Logie, and it was home to the Read family. Logie,...
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woventogetherdundee
- Nov 24, 2022
- 4 min
Caribbean Jazz in Dundee
In the 1930s and 40s Dundee was temporarily home to three major names in Caribbean Jazz. The story starts in 1938, when the Palace...
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woventogetherdundee
- Nov 24, 2022
- 9 min
Joseph Knight, A Slave - Fact and Fiction
A young boy, whose own name has never been determined, was transported by slave traders from Guinea on the west coast of Africa to...
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woventogetherdundee
- Nov 24, 2022
- 6 min
Breaking the Chains – Exploring Dundee’s Connections to Slavery
Breaking the Chains is a new map and walking trail created by Leisure & Culture Dundee and the University of Dundee Museums in...
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woventogetherdundee
- Oct 6, 2022
- 2 min
Meet Sharp and Nnenna Ugwuocha at the RCCG House of Praise Dundee
In these exclusive interviews for Woven Together, we meet Sharp Okorie Ugwuocha, engineer and Pastor of RCCG House of Praise Dundee and...
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woventogetherdundee
- Oct 6, 2022
- 7 min
Ambition and Education – Medical Students from India in the 1910s
“At present the question is whether medical education is to be part of the future ambition of Dundee… now I not only think Dundee...
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woventogetherdundee
- Aug 15, 2022
- 3 min
Housing Dundee’s Elderly Chinese
Dundee’s Chinese population began to develop in the 1960s. The first Chinese restaurant in the city opened in 1961 – the Bamboo Chinese...
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