Ward Road Gym Image Gallery

Extract taken from 1891 Dundee Year Book - FULL ARTICLE (PDF)

Extract taken from 1891 Dundee Year Book - FULL ARTICLE (PDF)

Ward Road, Dundee (south side) - Photograph courtesy of Dundee Central Library Photopolis

Ward Road, Dundee - Photograph courtesy of Dundee Central Library Photopolis

Gymnasium, Ward Road, Dundee - Photograph courtesy of Dundee Central Library Photopolis

Gymnasium, Ward Road, Dundee - Photograph courtesy of Dundee Central Library Photopolis

Gymnasium, Ward Road, Dundee - Photograph courtesy of Dundee Central Library Photopolis

Gymnasium, Ward Road, Dundee - Photograph courtesy of Dundee Central Library Photopolis

A photograph of the gym taken in the 1970s

Ward Road Gym Exterior

New entrance after building refurbishment in 2005

The pediment (facade) above the doorway depicts the reclining figure of mythical "Mother Dundee". The two principal reclining males, left with dumbbell and right with indian clubs are in Victorian clothes and illustrate the importance of gymnastics in Dundee during the late 19th Century. The pot of madonna lilies in the foreground is the shield of Dundee.