THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

The price of first-grade butcher meat in Dundee is to be advanced by 3d per lb tomorrow. Owing to the enhanced market value of cattle, retailers contend that they cannot continue to sell at the existing rate and that was the decision come to at the weekly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Dundee Master Butchers’ Association. It was pointed out that, whereas during control butchers paid a maximum price of 88s per cwt for first grade cattle, the average price at markets yesterday was 121s compared with 114s last week.

50 years ago

After sitting out all night in cold, rainy weather it would have seemed natural for a 1936 green and black Morris 8 car to have been reluctant to start promptly yesterday, but the sturdy little vehicle owned by retired master joiner William Blackhall of Stonehaven, didn’t let him down. He pulled the starter to send the engine instantly into life – and this after a mere 200,453 miles. At 81 years of age and with a 49-year trouble-free driving record, Mr Blackhall is still an ardent motorist. The car cost him £76 in 1936.

25 years ago

A small community on the other side of the world is celebrating its 100th birthday this year and remembering its Scottish founding fathers who christened it Dundee. Elinor Weir, who has lived in Seattle for nearly 35 years, but originally hails from Dundee, Scotland, came across the tiny farming community when visiting a friend earlier this year, Dundee, Oregon, was named in 1895 when two Scots adventurers tossed a coin to see whether they should name their discovery Angus or Dundee.

One year ago

A radical redesign of one of Perth’s busiest streets has been described as a “worrying prospect” by a UK sight loss charity. Perth and Kinross Council wants to create a new “shared space” zone on Dunkeld Road. The local authority has applied for funding from Sustrans to create a cycle-friendly area near the Asda roundabout. But campaigners fighting for improvements on recently redeveloped Mill Street have urged council chiefs to ensure the new design does not discriminate against disabled pedestrians.