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  Dundee Business and Tourist Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Dundee is an active and friendly city situated in the South of the county of Angus near the mouth of the River Tay, between Edinburgh and Aberdeen on the East coast of Scotland.
There are many activities in Dundee in which you can participate including fly fishing at Kingennie Fishings which is situated in the rolling countryside near Dundee.
Dundee Airport is situated only two miles from the City Centre, and less than 10 minutes by taxi from the main railway and bus stations.
www.city-of-dundee.info   (666 words)

  
  Dundee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dundee is in close proximity to some of Scotland's notable scenery including Perth (20 miles) and the southern Highlands to the west, St Andrews (14 miles) and north-east Fife heading south and Angus lying north and east of the city, including the Angus Glens.
Dundee's location on a major estuary allowed for the easy importation of jute from the Indian subcontinent and an ample supply of whale oil from the city's large whaling industry, needed for processing of the cloth.
Dundee was the first city in the world to have electric street lights, employing bulbs designed by James Bowman Lindsay who demonstrated his invention at a public meeting in 1835.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dundee   (4453 words)

  
 Dundee Area Main Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Dundee is Scotland's fourth city and known historically for its shipbuilding and whaling, for its jam, and for its jute industry.
Dundee is also home to two universities: with all that implies for the availability of restaurants, pubs, and book and record shops.
Dundee is an ancient settlement, probably being used as a supply base by the Romans during their brief spell in Northern Scotland after AD 83 (see our Historical Timeline).
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /areadund/index.html   (715 words)

  
 Dundee destination
Dundee is a lively, friendly city in a dramatic location at the mouth of the River Tay on Scotland's east coast.
Previously Dundee boasted a premier whaling port and was the centre of the world textile trade.
Dundee serves up a unique quality of life with more hours of sunshine, the purest air quality and more green spaces than any other Scottish city.
www.scotairways.co.uk /dundee.asp   (214 words)

  
 Dundee Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Dundee is Scotland's fourth-largest city and lies on the north bank of the Tay estuary.
Dundee was probably used as a supply base by the Romans during their brief spell in Northern Scotland after AD 83 (see our Historical Timeline).
Railways and trams arrived in the mid 1800s, and by 1860 Dundee was producing vast quantities of linen for sailcloth and jute for sacks.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /dundee/dundee/index.html   (1122 words)

  
 Dundee News
DUNDEE United player-manager Craig Brewster has singled out Hibernian midfielder Scott Brown as the main threat to his team's hopes of a second successive Bank of Scotland Premierleague win tomorrow.
Dundee United welcome back striker Lee Miller from his one-match suspension for their CIS Insurance Cup second round tie against Airdrie United at Tannadice.
Dundee United 0 / Dunfermline 0 Frank Gilfeather at Tannadice MARK Burchill missed the opportunity to secure all three points for Dunfermline as he fired a first-half penalty against the post in a battling...
www.topix.net /world-soccer/dundee   (624 words)

  
 Dundee Liberal Democrats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Dundee's two Lib Dem councillors, Fraser Macpherson and Helen Dick, work hard for their local communities and are also working to improve Council services as part of the joint Liberal Democrat/Labour administration on Dundee City Council.
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Tuesday 5th September) welcomed news that the party, along with representatives of several NGOs and other political parties, has written to the Prime Minister calling for a law on climate change to be promised in the next Queen's Speech.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Wednesday 30th August) said that new research showing that climate change was making Spring come earlier highlighted the need for urgent and decisive action on the issue.
www.dundee-libdems.org.uk /index.html   (974 words)

  
 Dundee travel guide - Wikitravel
Dundee is in North East Scotland and is Scotland's 4th city.
Dundee Seagate Bus Station, also located in the city centre serves National Express coaches, Scottish Citylink and Megabus.
The area round the back of the Wellgate centre (Hilltown) has a bad reputation, and the general thinking is that the closer to the river you are the nicer the area is. The walk along the river past Tesco is deserted and not recommended, and the Law hill can be dodgy at night.
wikitravel.org /en/Dundee   (1254 words)

  
 Dundee
This was followed by the Dundee and Arbroath (1840) and Dundee and Arbroath (1847) and a line to Aberdeen was added in 1849.
The population of Dundee was 26,000 in 1801 and reached 63,000 in 1841, 90,000 in 1861 and 140,000 in 1881.
On the northern banks of the Tay is Dundee, a pleasant, large, populous city, and well deserves the title of Bonny Dundee.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /ITdundee.htm   (339 words)

  
 Oliver Cromwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many of the of prisoners of war taken in the campaigns died of disease, and others were sent to penal colonies in Barbados, although Cromwell himself was not responsible for any acts of cruelty towards captives.
In the final stages of the Scottish campaign, Cromwell's men, under George Monck sacked the town of Dundee.
During the Commonwealth, Scotland was ruled from England, and was kept under military occupation; with a line of fortifications sealing off the Highlands, which had provided manpower for Royalist armies in Scotland, from the rest of the country.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oliver_Cromwell   (5502 words)

  
 Category:Dundee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The related Category:Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from Dundee constituencies has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming.
The main article for this category is Dundee.
Dundee F.C. Dundee Harp F.C. Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Dundee   (105 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - Dundee FC
DUNDEE manager Alex Rae is desperate to add a new striker to his squad before the transfer window closes later this week.
Dundee turn the tide to leave Clyde in troubled waters
DUNDEE trialist Nicola Dragovic will find out tomorrow whether he has done enough to win a contract.
sport.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=12   (385 words)

  
 Dundee Community Schools - High
Dundee High School is dedicated to developing life-long learners by developing the comprehensive education necessary to develop responsible, confident citizens and productive members of our ever-changing society.
Dundee High School is committed to providing a comprehensive instructional program which meets the overall needs of our students.
Dundee High School is a great place to learn and grow.
www.dundee.k12.mi.us /high/high-index.html   (226 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Dundee
A MAJOR fundraising campaign was launched in Dundee last night for the multi-million pound...
A MAN who was brutally murdered in a Dundee tenement had attended a party in the building only...
STAFF in a Dundee pub were threatened by two armed men, who stole a "significant" amount of cash...
news.scotsman.com /dundee.cfm   (469 words)

  
 Dundee, New York NY, village profile (Yates County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Dundee, NY Dundee is a village in Yates County.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Dundee was $14,858, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Dundee, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $303.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=543   (476 words)

  
 Dundee, Illinois IL, township profile (Kane County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Dundee, IL Dundee is a township in Kane County, in the Chicago metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Dundee was $22,780, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Dundee, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $633.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6079   (549 words)

  
 Dundee : Introduction | Frommers.com
The old seaport of Dundee, on the north shore of the Firth of Tay, the fourth-largest city in Scotland, is now an industrial city.
When steamers took over the whaling industry from sailing vessels, Dundee became the home port for ships from the 1860s until World War I. Long known for its jute and flax operations, Dundee is linked with the production of rich Dundee fruitcakes and Dundee marmalades and jams.
Dundee has only minor attractions itself, but it's a base for exploring Glamis Castle (one of the most famous in Scotland) and the little town of Kirriemuir, which Sir James M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, disguised in fiction as the Thrums.
www.frommers.com /destinations/dundee/2073010001.html   (295 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Scotland | Tayside and Central | Dundee set for major games events
The city of Dundee has been gearing up for the launch of two major events which aim to boost the profile of the computer industry.
Dundee is seen by many IT gaming companies as a prime recruiting ground.
Another Dundee event, the Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, is to be staged in Dundee in June, attended by a number of international experts.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6385539.stm   (297 words)

  
 Dundee FC - MacKinnon Starts To Tick List
Alex Rae was named as the new Dundee manager on Thursday after Alan Kernaghan's contract was terminated before the season finished.
Some SPL teams receive around the same so this is brilliant for Dundee in the 1st Division.
I'm told there is an outstanding crop of kids here and I want to bring in people who can help them fulfill their potential.
www.dundee.vitalfootball.co.uk /article.asp?a=20028   (559 words)

  
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The development of a number of 'enterprise zones' and 'technology parks', and in particular the arrival of a number of call centres led to a period of economic optimism.
Dundee was the first city in the world to have electric street lights, employing bulbs designed by James Bowman Lindsay.
James Chalmers is recognised as having invented the modern postage stamp in Dundee.
www.experiencefestival.com /charter   (1115 words)

  
 Battlefields: Dundee, South Africa
Nestling in a valley of the Biggarsberg mountains, Dundee was originally a farm owned by Peter Smith, who in 1882 named it after his Scottish hometown.
Dundee is surrounded by evocatively-titled peaks - Indumeni (Where the thunder rolls), Mpati (Place of good waters) and Talana (Shelf for precious items) rich coal deposits attracted merchants and fortune hunters.
Smith floated the Dundee Coal Company on the London Stock Exchange in 1899, and Dundee soon emerged as a boomtown graced with stately homes and the first theatre north of Port Natal-Durban.
battlefields.kzn.org.za /battlefields/about/9.html   (245 words)

  
 Dundee Bancorp Information | Business.com
Home > Directory > Financial Services > Investment Banking & Brokerage > Dundee Bancorp Inc.
The Group's principal activities are to provide investment management, portfolio management and administrative services.
Find information on Dundee Bancorp Inc. with operations and products, financials, officers, competitors and more at Hoover's.
rd.business.com /index.asp?epm=s.1&bdcq=Dundee&bdcr=2&bdcu=http://www.business.com/directory/financial_services/investment_banking_and_brokerage/dundee_bancorp_inc/index.asp?partner=2662601&bdcp=&partner=2662601&bdcs=nwuuid-2662601-ACEA9285-B179-DD09-00BE-DA825525C347-ym   (106 words)

  
 Crocodile Dundee (1986)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The bug was caught once again in 1986 when "Crocodile Dundee" roared at the box office and with the critics.
Then after the story is complete, she decides to bring Hogan back to the states with her with hilarious results.
He probably could have done his routine by himself and the picture would not have been much different than it is. Followed by two meaningless sequels.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0090555   (421 words)

  
 Dundee, Michigan 48131
Dundee is located in western Monroe County, at the junction of US-23 and M-50.
Its economy is supported primarily by travelers through it, as well as by small business and manufacturing.
In 1836, Scottsman Alonzo Curtis became the second postmaster and decided to move the post office to the town, renaming it Dundee, after his ancestor’s village in Scotland.
www.infomi.com /city/dundee   (263 words)

  
 Dundee FC - Steven Craig signs for Livingston
Steven spent two years at Pittordrie with Aberdeen after signing on a free transfer from Motherwell in June 2004 before leaving for Dundee at the start of last season.
We at Dundee Vital would like to wish Steven well at Livingston and hope he has success just not against us.
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www.dundee.vitalfootball.co.uk /article.asp?a=21816   (192 words)

  
 Baha'is of Dundee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Since then, many Baha'is from Dundee have 'pioneered' to other towns and cities in the U.K., and to other countries throughout the world.
We also hold regular Devotional meetings in Dundee and Angus: each meeting consists of a short programme of music and inspirational readings, specially chosen to uplift the heart and refresh the spirit.
The city of Dundee has been promoted by Dundee City Council as the 'City of Discovery', as it was here that the RRS Discovery was built for Scott's trek to the Antarctic.
website.lineone.net /~dunbah   (385 words)

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