While they were visiting to learn about the historic battlefields of the area, for two Scots just being in Dundee was special.
Fred Lawson and Keith Stratton both hail from Mother Dundee in Scotland. They were fascinated to learn about the South African Dundee during their five-day stay with Royal Country Inn as part of a Springbok Atlas tourist group, with local tour guide, Anthony Coleman.
Fred, whose three grandchildren go to Dundee High School in Scotland, took a walk up to this high school where he took photographs. He also photographed and e-mailed a cutting from last week’s Courier, highlighting DHS’s recent achievements.
“The family will be very interested to read about that. I also bought a Courier. Our newspaper in Dundee is also the Courier, of course,” he said. Fred now lives in Edinburgh and is a retired chartered accountant.

Keith now lives in Elgin, northern Scotland, but he too is a Dundonian. A retired civil engineer, this is his third trip to South Africa but his first to Dundee. He too was interested to see the Courier office on Beaconsfield Street and was pleased with the other Scottish heritage names in the area: Glencoe, Tayside, Argyle Street and Morningside School. Keith says he is keen to do more research on Peter Smith, who founded Dundee, and who hailed from a farm near Dundee, Scotland.
“It is a bit like being home from home!” they commented. It is certain that these two visitors will be good ambassadors for our Dundee!.