THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

The grievance connected with the erection of an aerodrome at Edzell found expression at a meeting of local authorities representatives. Mr William Smith said if a contractor took on an ordinary contract his profit depended on the economical manner in which he carried out the work, but in this case, the more extravagantly the work was done the more profit for the contractor. Economy was a necessity in these times and he considered it was the duty of local authorities to try to stop waste.

50 years ago

A collection of boxes, tin containers and sacks await Kincardine County Council’s flying squad of refuse collectors in the village of Marykirk. Villagers are waiting to see whether these receptacles for their rubbish will be uplifted, for when the refuse vehicle made its weekly visit last Tuesday the squad took away 14 “dustbins” classifying both contents and home-made holders as refuse. Technically speaking these containers are not dustbins, but in most cases they have been used as such for years.

25 years ago

Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused when fire ripped through four classrooms of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee. The blaze started in an unoccupied workshop at the rear of the north wing of the college’s Crawford Building, Hawkhill Place, just before 9pm. It spread quickly to an adjacent classroom before moving upwards to engulf two rooms above. Students were evacuated to the front concourse and emergency services were soon on the scene.