THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

The community need have no fear with regard to food supplies. The different classes of retailers hold good stocks, while a scheme of transport for conveying food stuffs to the city will be inaugurated today. Housewives were getting a bit excited over the matter and grocers were receiving big demands for goods, far in excess of normal times. Householders should note that the Food Hoarding Order is in operation and it is an offence for any householder to acquire more than one week’s supply of any foodstuffs.

50 years ago

A four-year-old girl died as gale-force winds swept Scotland. Sharon Seath, of Leven, died as part of a wall of a house under construction at a building site fell during the high winds. Elsewhere, trees were blown down, caravans were plucked up and the roof of a school lifted off and sheered through power cables blacking out part of the village of Portlethen. The accident to Sharon, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Seath, happened on the Broom housing site about 100 yards from her home. She was taken to Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy.

25 years ago

The long-term future of Dundee’s showpiece cancer research centre, established in part by a £1 million public appeal, was under a cloud after the Imperial Cancer Research Fund announced major cuts in research support. The Ninewells Hospital centre, which receives ICRF and Cancer Research Campaign funds, is understood to be facing “significant cutbacks” due to a downturn in charitable donations. Professor Roland Wolf, who runs the centre, was last night unavailable for comment.

One year ago

Kirkcaldy is pitching for its own “V&A moment” as it bids to secure next year’s Scottish International Airshow. Tens of thousands of plane enthusiasts from across the world could descend on the town for the one-day extravaganza sometime between June and September if organisers can reach an agreement with Fife Council. Kirkcaldy’s mile-long Esplanade is considered an ideal viewing platform from which to watch fast jets such as the Red Arrows, as well as classic and vintage planes.

£23,128

The amount raised by participants in Arbroath’s Relay for Life.