THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

Captain Talbert Stevenson, MC, one of Dundee’s most popular and gallant officers, has made the supreme sacrifice. Deceased was the only son of Francis Stevenson, 10 Dudhope Terrace. He was at college in Manchester when hostilities broke out, but came to Dundee and received a commission in The Black Watch. His popularity with the rank and file, which was marked ere the battalion crossed to France, was intensified in the fighting zone because of his fearless and unselfish spirit.

50 years ago

A public-house chargehand would almost certainly have been buried under tons of rubble if fog had not delayed his arrival at work. And because his brother, the bar manager, had handed over the keys at the weekend when he felt unwell he too escaped when tons of masonry from part of a threestorey tenement being demolished next to the pub in Partick, crashed on to the cellar adjoining the lounge bar. James Blair , 36, is the chargehand and his brother John, 38, is the manager.

25 years ago

The Queen and Duke of York helped save hundreds of art treasures as flames engulfed their Windsor Castle home. Hundreds of firefighters battled into the night with a blaze that was still burning fiercely late lastnight in the historic castle which houses one of the greatest privately-owned art collections in the world. The Duke of York said: “Her Majesty is absolutely devastated. She is inside the building helping to take stuff out – works of art and other things – as a precaution.”

One year ago

Andy Murray stood proudly on top of the tennis world last night after beating Novak Djokovic to win the ATP World Tour Finals and clinch the year-end world no 1 ranking. It has undoubtedly been the finest season of Murray’s career but it would have had a bitter ending had he not walked away with the trophy at London’s O2 Arena. Instead, he defied the tiredness he must have felt to stamp his authority on proceedings against the man who he overhauled two weeks ago and win 6-3 6-4.