20 YEARS AGO

More than 760 people signed a petition against car parking charges in the town centre.

SNP councillor Archie Buchanan garnered the views of motorists in the West car park over a two-hour period. Drivers said charges would be madness, particularly for those coming from outwith the town.

Thieves who stole around £4000 worth of aluminium signs from Kelvin Industrial Estate were being hunted by police.

The ambitious burglars used cutting equipment to remove secen for sale signs and to let signs.