Tribute to woman at centre of castle war recruitment

On the home front, tribute was paid to a woman who had been at the centre of the Stirling Castle recruitment operation since the start of the war. Miss H Richardson, 9 Forth Street, Stirling, was superintending clerkess on the recruiting staff at a time when thousands of men reported to the castle for their first taste of Army life. Miss Richardson was leaving to get married and was presented with a marble clock and bronze ornaments. Recruiting officer Major RM Mann said Miss Richardson arrived at a time when he services were very much required and proved to be an efficient and capable worker.

And the Observer reported two separate accidents in which a total of seven sheep were run over by motor vehicles.

The accidents happened at a time when the Highland sheep sales at Stirling Auction Marts were taking place and large numbers of sheep were being driven through the streets of Stirling day and night.

Six were killed when a motor coach ploughed into a flock on the St Ninians-Stirling road, between Snowdon Place and the end of Melville Terrace.

The sheep were in the charge of a shepherd and lad with a lamp but the part of the road on which the accident occurred was dark and the coach drive failed to see the sheep before hitting them.

On the same evening, in Murray Place, Stirling, a stray sheep ran in front of a car and was so badly injured it had to be destroyed.

The Observer reported that Stirling experienced its first snow of the autumn.

The white stuff arrived six weeks earlier than the previous year and blanketed town centre roads as well as surrounding hills.

Much of the foliage was still on the trees and trapped the snow as it fell, imposing such a weight on branches and boughs that many snapped and had to be cleared from pavements.