The Olympia Swimming Centre

The Olympia Swinming Centre was without a doubt one of the most popular attractions in Dundee, particularly at the weekends. It had about 4 pools altogether, it had the main pool, baby pool, diving board pool and another pool which was used for tournaments and for lane swimming. There was a gym which was very popular and a cafe/bar which had windows that overlooked the whole pool.

There was also another tiny pool which connected to the main pool and was called the rapid river and would send you round in a circle because the water was so strong, and had a little island type thing in the middle where you could sit.

I have some great memories in this place that I'll never forget, here's a wee reminder of what the place looked like!

The old Olympa was closed down on the 9th of June 2013 and the new Olympia was opened up in the same month.

I love the new Olympia, it looks visually stunning and really modern compared to the old one which looked a bit worse for wear in it's final years.

Olympia & Tayside House Tunnel

As a child, I used to love the two tunnels which ran above the busy South Marketgait dual carriageway.

The red tunnel took you from the train station to Union street. I remember you could get into the Nethergate Centre through the same tunnel; although the place was pretty much a white elephant and most people used it as a shortcut to get out onto the Nethergate.

The blue tunnel took you from Tayside house through to the Olympia. I remember in the 90s both these tunnels would be very busy, and was always a great busking spot.

The red tunnel was first to go, about 07/08, and the blue tunnel has just recently alongside Tayside house been demolished.