THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

An interesting personality in the business life of Dundee has been removed with the death of John Dow, which took place at his residence in West Newport. Mr Dow’s connection with Dundee dated from 1849, when he left his birthplace, Kirkmichael, and became an apprentice with James Deuchars, Seagate, who ultimately managed the Tay and Thames Shipping Company. Some years later he joined Thomas Nicoll, iron merchant, and travelled over Forfarshire and Fifeshire.

50 years ago

The culmination of Dundee’s long struggle for the direct air service to London was marked yesterday when a party of 77 London journalists flew from Luton Airport, London, to Leuchars on a special pre-inaugural flight. The Fleet Street men were shown how Dundee’s forthcoming Leuchars to London air service will operate. And they all voted it a real eyeopener. The flight was made on a 86-seater BAC 111 jet airliner, one of three coming into operation on the new route later this year.

25 years ago

Campaigners have called for the introduction of European time in the UK – less than two days before the clocks go forward an hour with the start of British Summer Time. The pressure group Daylight Extra said Central European Time (CET), which would give an hour’s extra daylight in the evenings throughout the year, would reduce road deaths and injuries. Chairman Angus Crichton-Miller said research had shown accidents were more frequent in the late afternoons and evenings.

One year ago

Fife’s streets are still flooded with “legal highs” despite a Government clampdown, a leading figure in the fight against drugs has warned. Ian Sloan, of Fife Alcohol and Drug Partnership, says while high street sales of what are termed New Psychoactive Substances have been curbed by laws introduced by the UK Government last year, online sales are still rife. Particularly popular among teenagers, internet searches reveal an abundance of retailers willing to sell chemical concoctions.