THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

A pathetic scene was witnessed at Nottingham Assizes when Annie Waldrom, a woman who had lost the sight of both eyes through vitriol-throwing, was led into the box to give evidence against Thomas Radford (37), a collier. She had cohabited with him, but through his brutal treatment left him, obtaining work as a female shunter on the Great Central Railway, Nottingham. He waylaid her at her lodgings and threw vitriol in her face. Sentence of 20 years’ penal servitude was passed.

50 years ago

Mrs Nanette Hanson, the 26-yearold needlework teacher who died in Dundee Royal Infirmary after being shot in her classroom at St John’s RC School, is to be buried at her home at Ilkley, Yorkshire, on Monday afternoon. Her parents, George and Mary Hall, were in Dundee yesterday after travelling overnight from their home and return home today. Mr Hall is a former police superintendent at Bradford. Dundee Town Council last night observed a minute’s silence at their meeting.

25 years ago

A planned eight- foot high sculpture for Dundee’s Murray gate will stand as tribute to the designer whose proposal was accepted the day before he died. If planning permission is granted, the bronze sculpture of a dragon, designed by Duncan of Jordanstone lecturer Mr Alastair Smart, will have a prominent place in the refurbished Murraygate. Mr Smart died suddenly at the age of 55 after learning his design had won a competition for a piece of imposing public art.

One year ago

Fife’s GP crisis has deepened with the revelation that almost a quarter of the kingdom’s practices cannot take on new patients. Every practice in Kirkcaldy is full, as are others in Rosyth, Dunfermline and Leven. In total 13 practices – 23% of those in Fife– are full. GP shortages are having a knock-on effect for patients who are unable to get appointments. Fife MSP Willie Rennie said: “We have been highlighting this problem for some time but the situation is not getting better.”