IT EMERGED in dreich Dundee like a beacon. As the lights were turned on, and the parabolic arches began to glow their golden hue, a modest shopfront in the City of Discovery became the first place in Scotland to experience one of the most potent symbols of globalisation.
Twenty years ago today, McDonald’s made its arrival in Scotland. China In Your Hand, by T’Pau, fronted by Carol Decker, was at number one, Baroness Thatcher was preparing to welcome Mikhail Gorbachev on a state visit to help end the Cold War arms race, and High Streets had yet to become the procession of chain stores that we know today.
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