THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

Local services for delivering milk during wartime are revised and new schemes are proposed as people become dissatisfied with the existing service. As young men are sent to the army, older men are asked to work harder to make up for the loss. It is also proposed that a single retailer should deliver milk to a single area or street as opposed to two or three retailers. Retailers and the public are requested to share the workload and those who left for war should be allowed to keep their customers on return.

50 years ago

Montrose Tourist Office encouraged children to keep the town clean in preparation for Miss Anti-litter, drama student Julia Garvie’s arrival. The tourist office asked children to collect as much rubbish as they could in one hour into a bag for the chance to win a prize. Miss Anti-litter’s visit was part of a campaign sponsored by the government to promote clean and tidy streets and roads. “A prize goes to whoever collects the most rubbish,” said the town’s publicity officer Mr JC Boston.

25 years ago

Horror struck at Kelty’s annual gala when a young girl fell from a fair ride. Thirteen-year-old Stacey Turner was at the gala with her friends, enjoying a chairoplane ride, when she was suffocated by a safety chain. Stacey struggled to breathe as she tried to attract the ride attendant’s attention before falling 15 feet to the ground. Once free from the chain, she fell and landed on her back. Before long paramedics arrived, fitted her with a neck brace and carried her off on a stretcher.

One year ago

New traffic control measures were put into place in Dundee’s Kingsway area. Drivers are concerned about the instalment of two pedestrian crossings at Graham Street and Mains Loan. The council request that they be patient as the signals are added to the dual carriageway. City development convener Lynne Short reassured motorists stating that the signals would only operate should a pedestrian make it happen. She stressed the importance of not rushing things.