THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

A hearty welcome is to be extended by the congregation of Mains and Strathmartine Church to their new minister, the Rev R.J. Martin. A meeting of the Congregational Committee and lady collectors was held in the church on Saturday to arrange for a congregational welcome. Mr W.T. Hoy, session clerk, said that, as the Presbytery had unanimously sustained the call to Mr Martin, the proper thing to do was to make arrangements for extending a cordial welcome to their new minister.

50 years ago

Mrs Dorothy Langridge (43), her husband complained, was more attracted to their large Labrador dog than to him, or indeed their three children, said Mr Justice Karminski in the London Divorce Court yesterday. The husband, William Langridge (44), assistant manager of a grocery store, was not an enthusiastic dog lover. What he particularly disliked was a dog sleeping in the bedroom and getting on the bed. Mrs Langridge eventually took herself to another room and the dog went too.

25 years ago

The mystery surrounding settlement of the dispute over ownership of the famous Abernethy Tay Pearl was resolved when Mrs Flora Rennie, chairman of Cairncross, the Perth jewellers, revealed that she has bought the gem for an undisclosed sum. While agreeing with a vaulation of around £60,000, Mrs Rennie fielded questions on the details of the transaction, saying it was a “private agreement” between herself, pearl fisher Bill Abernethy and James Cairncross.

One year ago

A Glenrothes “rat run” will be even busier after plans for a Markinch housing estate were approved, a local councillor has warned. Ross Vettraino says that more vehicles will take to Alburne Park after councillors granted permission in principle for up to 300 homes to be constructed at Sappi Road, which straddles the border of the two towns. A residential route that already links the north of Glenrothes with its neighbouring town, Alburne Park is used by drivers wanting to avoid the A92.