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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ardler, Downfield, Dundee, Broughty Ferry, Ballumbie, Fintry, Dundee, City Centre, Dundee, West End, Dundee, Lochee, St Marys, Dundee, Stobswell, Hilltown, Dundee, Law, Dundee, Logie, Dundee, Craigiebank, Dundee, Gowrie Park, Barnhill, Dundee, Balgay, Whitfield, Dundee, Pitkerro, Menzieshill, Douglas, Dundee, Camperdown, Dundee, Charleston, Dundee, Kirkton, Dundee, Claverhouse, Woodside, Dundee, Ninewells, Balgillo, Balgowan, Dundee, Fairmuir, Dundee, Blackness, Dundee. Excerpt: Ardler is an area in the north-west of Dundee, Scotland, built on land previously owned by Downfield Golf Club. The housing scheme was completed in the late 1960s and was synonymous with the six 17-storey multi-story blocks that formed the northern part of the scheme, and which were demolished between 1993 and 2007. This was the most dramatic part of a major programme of regeneration due to finish in 2011. However, while the multis were the most obvious part of Ardler both in their lifetime and their demolition, one former resident and participant in a local historical research programme stated that people should know that "there s more to Ardler than the multis." (I Lived in Gleneagles court from 86' to 93' And in the walkups till' 96' I am positive that the demolition began in 1993. The first to go were "Wentworth, Troon, Scotscraig" History Before the housing scheme The origins of the name Ardler are unclear, and certainly not to be confused with Ardler near Coupar Angus in Perth and Kinross, just 15 miles north-west of Dundee. The name can be found on maps in the 18th century as Airdlaw, which could mean that it was the settlement of the Aird family. On the other hand, aird or erd is Scots for earth, so could simply relate to the fact that where the housing scheme is now was once farmland. Ardler C...
