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On 28 December 1879 the Tay Rail Bridge collapsed whilst a train was crossing it, leading to the deaths of over 75 people on board. This event was commemorated in verse by the famous Scottish poet and tragedian [[William Topaz McGonagall]]
On 28 December 1879 the Tay Rail Bridge collapsed whilst a train was crossing it, leading to the deaths of over 75 people on board. This event was commemorated in verse by the famous Scottish poet and tragedian [[William Topaz McGonagall]]
Controversy was caused in 2006 when Hasbro, the manufacturers of British versions of the board game [[Monopoly]], proposed replacing the Go to Jail square on the [[Aberdeen]] version with a Go to Dundee square. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/5153684.stm</ref>. The plan was later dropped.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6069164.stm</ref>
People from Dundee are officially known as Dundonians but are colloquially known as 'Cogies' which is a reference to the one time lack of sanitation in the city (''cogie'' is the [[Scots]] word for bucket) . The population of the city is a rapidly shrinking 120,000.
People from Dundee are officially known as Dundonians but are colloquially known as 'Cogies' which is a reference to the one time lack of sanitation in the city (''cogie'' is the [[Scots]] word for bucket) . The population of the city is a rapidly shrinking 120,000.
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[[Category:Scottish Towns and Cities]]
[[Category:Scottish Towns and Cities]]