July 1956 - Bygone News

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All The Latest Hits
Watt's Record Department. All the latest recordings, now in stock including:-

Wait For Me......Frank Sinatra
Black out the Moon......Jo Stafford
Let's Go Steady......Frankie Vaughan
We'll Keep A Welcome......Harry Secombe
Goodbye, Au Revoir, Adios.....Johnnie Ray
Believe In Me......Robert Earl
Dunoon Barn Dance......Adam Rennie
Bridge of Nairn......Jimmy Shand

Records packed and posted to any address in the UK. Orders over £2 are posted free.<br>
Watt's, 25 Wellgate, Dundee.

Rhubarb In Disguise
What about that rhubarb that is getting more and more stringy? Here is a recipe for rhubarb and orange jam which tastes for all the world like apricot preserve.
You will need:-
4lbs jam sugar
2 large sweet oranges
2lbs rhubarb
Cut the oranges finely and rhubarb into pieces. Put in a basin and cover for 24 hours. Then boil it for ¾ hour, no longer. That's all!

Freddy Randall & His Band
Empress Ballroom presents Europe's No 1 Dixieland Band, following their sensational tour of America.
Freddy Randall and his Band
Tonight Tuesday 8 pm - 12.30 pm, 5/-.

Tea Tip..
A "hot" tip to keep you cool...drink hot spiced tea with lemon, lime or a slice of orange and as little sugar as possible. Men may laugh at us with our cups of tea, but most summer drinks are laiden with calories which just generate more heat than ever.

Beer In The Street After Dundee Crash
Hundreds of bottles of lager, stout and export ale were smashed in Dens Road, Dundee at lunch-time today when a lorry belonging to Thomas Usher and Co Ltd., Edinburgh crashed into a bus stop.

The lorry which was city bound skidded on wet cobbles and collided with the pole, tearing off a wastepaper container and sending nearly two dozen crates cascading onto the pavement outside the Eagle Jute Mills.

Gallons of beer, mixed with rain which was falling steadily at the time, flowed down the gutter into the drain at the corner of Dens Road and Victoria Street, while a gallery of lunch-time customers from neighbouring bars stood by, open-mouthed.

Crash Halts Trams
Buses were put into service on the Lochee tram route this morning after a collision between a tramcar and a Post Office telephone van.

The accident happened at the junction of Ward Road and Constitution Road. Both vehicles were severly damaged and the line was blocked for over 20 minutes. The van finished up at an angle of 45 degrees against a traffic light standard and was righted by another Post Office Van. The tramcar was able to proceed to the depot. No one was injured.

Tennis Club's Coffee Morning
The most popular rendezvous in Dundee for coffee this morning was the Empress Ballroom, where nearly 400 had been served between 10.30am and 11.30am.

West End Lawn Tennis Club held their coffee morning in aid of funds for a new clubhouse. Flowers and produce, cake and candy rapidly disappeared.

Junior Office Girl
A young girl is required for telephone and general office work in the Transparent Packaging division of Low & Bonar Ltd.
Appications in writing, giving full details of school career and experience, if any, should be addressed to the Manager, Morgan Street Works, Dundee.

Faraway Deals
Canada, U.S.A, South Africa, Australia and South America - arrange your journey through Scott's Travel Agency,
89 Strathmartine Road, Dundee Phone 86768/9.

Regal - Broughty Ferry
I Died A Thousand Times (A), Jack Palance and Shelly Winters, cinemascope and tech. 2/1 seats are bookable.

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