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Menagerie with birds and (mostly small) beasts.
Camperdown Country Park, often known as just Camperdown Park, is a public park in the Camperdown area of Dundee, Scotland. The park comprises the former grounds of Camperdown House, a 19th-century mansion, which was bought by the city in 1946. Camperdown Park is home to a wildlife centre and recreational facilities. It is the largest park in Dundee, stretching to 400 acres (1.6 km2). Over 190 species of tree are found in the park.
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Public skating and lessons most days. It's the home rink of three ice hockey teams, playing Sep-March: Dundee Stars are in the Elite Ice Hockey League, the UK top tier. Dundee Comets and Dundee Tigers play in the Scottish National League, the second tier.
A public astronomical observatory. It's not open in summer as the nights are too short for sky viewing.
9-hectare garden with tropical glasshouses.
Mostly light fare: musicals, tribute acts, light opera and comedy.
In the 19th century you just had to have jute. Curtains and carpets and blankets, hard-wearing clothing. Satchels and roof felt, ropes of all kinds, sails for ships, tents for soldiers and seasonal farm workers. The raw material is a coarse flax that grows in Bengal: it was processed here because Dundee had fast ships to import it, whale oil to make it soft and workable, flax-weaving technology, and then again the fast ships to export finished goods globally. The city's mill owners grew very rich; the mill workers didn't, nor did the Bengalis. Verdant Works, built in 1833, was one of many jute factories here. Many of them still stand, converted into offices and apartments, while Verdant was turned into a museum in 1996. Volunteers demonstrate the clanking machinery.