| Dundee flourished between 1700 and 1900 primarily | | | | number of people employed in the industry was small |
| because of the jute industry. At one time it was said | | | | compared to jute and journalism. As competition |
| that there were more millionaires per head of | | | | grew in the late 1900s the factory struggled to make |
| population in Dundee then anywhere else in the world! | | | | any profits. The Keillor factory was bought by the |
| At one point, jute employed more people in Dundee | | | | Okhai family in the 1980s but they were unable to |
| then all the other industries combined. Then due to | | | | make the business profitable and it eventually closed |
| competition from Asia the jute industry slowly died a | | | | down. |
| death. Now there are only a few people employed in | | | | Journalism still thrives in Dundee today. The business |
| the jute industry in Dundee. | | | | owned by the DC Thomson family created many |
| Verdant Works is a restored working museum where | | | | famous characters including Dennis the Menace, |
| jute is still produced today. You can see for yourself | | | | Desperate Dan, Billy Whiz and the Bash Street Kids. |
| how jute was manufactured and learn more about | | | | They publish The Courier newspaper, Sunday Post, |
| the rise and decline of the jute industry. At its peak | | | | Scots Magazine, Weekly News as well as the Beano, |
| over 500 people were employed at Verdant Works. | | | | Dandy. According to their own figures they publish |
| Conditions must have been tough for the workers | | | | over 200 million newspapers and magazines each |
| because the factory is not that large! | | | | year. |
| It has been said that marmalade was invented by | | | | Dundee at its peak had over two hundred thousand |
| Janet Keillor. They had ordered Oranges from Seville | | | | people living and working in the city. As the industry |
| which arrived late sometime around 1700 and were | | | | has slowly died younger people and especially |
| very bitter. Janet Keillor managed to make the original | | | | graduates are leaving to work in the larger cities. |
| recipe for marmalade. Her son then developed the | | | | Now it has a population of around a hundred and |
| recipe further and made Keillor's jams and | | | | forty thousand. |
| marmalades famous throughout the world. | | | | Dundee is a beautiful place to live sitting on "the |
| This story is probably not one hundred percent true | | | | Banks of the Bonny Bay." The Law is at the centre |
| as some types of marmalade were probably being | | | | of Dundee and was at on point an active volcano. |
| eaten in Spain and Portugal before this late shipment | | | | Now you can drive up to the top and from this |
| of bitter oranges arrived in Dundee. Marmalade is a | | | | vantage point see all the four corners of Dundee. |
| sweet sticky condiment that tastes great on toast | | | | Dundee is a great place to visit if you want to see |
| at breakfast time. It is not to everybody's liking | | | | Scotland. Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow are all |
| though with many people and especially children who | | | | within an hours reach. Perth and St Andrews (the |
| find it unpalatable. | | | | home of golf) are both within twenty minutes drive. |
| Although Dundee was famous for its jams the | | | | |