THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

Private Peter Yule, Royal Scots, eldest son of Mrs Peter Yule, Lochee, has been awarded the Military Medal for carrying in wounded under heavy shell fire under circumstances requiring great coolness and courage. Pte Yule, who joined up in January 1915, has been in France since January 1916. He was wounded in June of last year. In civil life, he was a tenter in Camperdown Jute Works, Lochee. He is one of a trio of brothers, well-known in Dundee and district football circles.

50 years ago

The 4,000-ton motor vessel Maheno was launched from the Caledon Shipyard, Dundee, where she is being built for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. She is the first of two Caledon-built sister ships which will operate a new express “roll-on, roll-off” cargo service across the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. Mr Tom Parnell, managing director of the Caledon, said the ships were the third set of twins the yard had built for the New Zealand company.

25 years ago

When the developer of a complex of luxury flats in Dundee asked Tayside Public Transport Co if they could move a bus stop from the front of the site the company obliged. However, Peter Benson of Dura Street doesn’t think kindly of TPTC. They removed the bus stop from the junction of Dura Street and Maitland Street and resited it a few yards up the road – right outside his window. “I was horrified,” said Mr Benson. He reckons the stop has knocked £1,000 from the value of his home.

One year ago

Dundee City Council has admitted it is unsure when all areas of the city will have the correct bins after the roll-out of its flagship recycling scheme caused chaos for residents. In many areas new Eurobins, part of a recycling initiative, have been left uncollected for weeks, resulting in foul-smelling rubbish overflowing into the street. The council blamed delayed deliveries of the bins by manufacturers and, when asked, were unable to give a timeline for when all areas would have the correct bins.