Spotlight on fountains

The fountains in Dundee’s City Square have seen various guises over the years and have provided a focal point in front of the Caird Hall.

Our selection of photographs today takes a look at events over the years.

The picture below was taken on March 25 1989 and shows the City Square fountains switch-on. Quite a crowd gathered to watch the pipe band and the subsequent ceremony.

The picture, bottom right, doesn’t actually show the fountain covered in snow. Instead, in November 1991, a prankster put bubble bath in the fountains in City Square. The strong winds swept the bubble bath throughout the city centre.

At the beginning of 1991, the fountains served as a meeting point for those celebrating the start of the New Year, as well as marking the beginning of a year of events for the Dundee 800 celebrations.

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Quite a crowd gathered for the ceremony to switch on the new fountains in Dundee’s City Square. The event took place in 1989.

Merry-making marks the New Year and also the beginning of the Dundee 800 celebrations in 1991.

Fancy a dip? Some prankster filled the fountains with bubble bath in 1991 and this was the result.