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Things you probably didn't know about Dundee
Jute, jam, journalism — and comics.
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1938 — fact 1 of 4
The home of the Beano
DC Thomson has published the Beano in Dundee since 1938; Dennis the Menace followed in 1951.
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1901 — fact 2 of 4
Scott’s Discovery was built here
The RRS Discovery, the last wooden three-masted ship built in Britain, was constructed in Dundee in 1901 for Captain Scott.
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Fact 3 of 4
Jute, jam and journalism
The three Js built Victorian Dundee: jute mills, Keiller’s marmalade and DC Thomson’s publishing empire.
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2018 — fact 4 of 4
A design museum on the water
V&A Dundee, Japan’s Kengo Kuma’s first UK building, opened on the regenerated waterfront in 2018.
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Our Dundee collection is part of a growing local-history library — more cities and facts are being added.