ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN

The A92, as it went through Inverkeilor, used to be well known for one thing – traffic accidents

In the village of Inverkeilor, the A92 has always been challenging. Camperdown Bend, Big Tree bend and the railway bridge were all notorious for the number of lorries that came to grief – none of them losing their cargo in a Whisky Galore way, alas. In the first picture a Leyland artic from Cambridge fell over – it doesn’t look over height, so speed might have been an issue.

Below left, it wasn’t the lorry that was too high, but the digger it was carrying. If lorries can dance, that chassis was doing the twist.

Finally, the village was bypassed in 1999 and Big Tree Bend eliminated a few years later. But the rail bridge still leaps out to bite the tops of the heads of innocent motors.

If you think the bridge should be eliminated from this route to Aberdeen, or if you have other thoughts on the A92, please email craigie@thecourier.co.uk

Excitement ran high in the parish of St Madoes and the surrounding villages on Saturday, when a sale of work was held in aid of the renovation fund of the parish church, and enthusiastic buying and selling resulted in the sum of more than £100 being realised.

The West Carse Hall was full to overflowing when Rev J.H. Duncan introduced the Hon Mrs A.D. Murray, who, in a charming speech, declared the sale open. The stalls were four in number – and the cake and candy and produce stall evidenced little of post-war scarcity. Teas were provided – to excellent music supplied by Miss Gloag of Perth.

Firemen at the spot where a Leyland articulated lorry came a cropper.

1999, and Inverkeilor finally gets a bypass.

A lorry carrying a digger comes to grief.