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Wallace Street, DUNDEE, DD4 6AN

This view of the city over the Firth of Tay was taken from a layby on the B946. The wooded hill in the background is Dundee Law.

Built in 1835, Halley’s Mill (Wallace Craigie Works) was once a prestigious icon of the Dundee’s world-leading jute industry. At its height in the late 19th century, Dundee boasted around 60 jute mills and more than 50,000 workers were employed by Dundee’s jute industry, leading to the city being branded as ‘Juteopolis’. As one of the biggest mills in the city, Halley’s employed hundreds of people and outran many of its competitors to become the last working, independently-owned mill in the city. William Halley and Sons Ltd continued as a family firm based at Wallace Craigie Works until its closure in 2004, since which time the complex has been vacant. The building currently looks very dilapidated and it is on the Historic Scotland Buildings at Risk Register (HS Reference No 25132 http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/912065) but plans have been put forward to transform it into 175 modern apartments (http://dundee.stv.tv/articles/299126-halleys-jute-mill-wallace-craigie-works-redeveloped-into-100-flats/ STV) which will save the Mill facade, including the instantly recognisable gold lettering on red brick. It is a Category B listed building (LB25132 http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB25132 Historic Scotland).

With Trinity Congregation Union Church (NO404308) in rear right.

Derelict jute mill.

Built in 1835, Halley’s Mill (Wallace Craigie Works) was once a prestigious icon of the Dundee’s world-leading jute industry. At its height in the late 19th century, Dundee boasted around 60 jute mills and more than 50,000 workers were employed by Dundee’s jute industry, leading to the city being branded as ‘Juteopolis’. As one of the biggest mills in the city, Halley’s employed hundreds of people and outran many of its competitors to become the last working, independently-owned mill in the city. William Halley and Sons Ltd continued as a family firm based at Wallace Craigie Works until its closure in 2004, since which time the complex has been vacant. The building currently looks very dilapidated and it is on the Historic Scotland Buildings at Risk Register (HS Reference No 25132 http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/912065) but plans have been put forward to transform it into 175 modern apartments (http://dundee.stv.tv/articles/299126-halleys-jute-mill-wallace-craigie-works-redeveloped-into-100-flats/ STV) which will save the Mill facade, including the instantly recognisable gold lettering on red brick. It is a Category B listed building (LB25132 http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB25132 Historic Scotland).

My Favourite Dundee street name. In the background is the old Halleys mill.

Trinity Parish Church is so named because of the joining of three churches - Wallacetown, St. Matthews and Baxter Park. The congregation came together in Wallacetown Church and St. Matthews and Baxter Park churches were demolished

This is my favourite Dundee street name. At the top of the lane is Halleys Mill, which was a working jute mill when I lived nearby in the 70s.

Looking downhill from the road junction with Victoria Street to the right and Arbroath Road to the left, the tenement flats and shops showing the steep drop in level down towards the city centre. The Kingdom of Fife is visible as a grey wash in the background, separated by the silv'ry Tay.