THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

After missing a year, the members of the Dundee Arts Society have once more given us a fine art exhibition in the Victoria Art Galleries and following their attractive custom, have arranged for a series of concerts, the first of which was given yesterday afternoon. Owing to lighting restrictions, the concerts this season will be given on Wednesday afternoons instead of evenings. The fault of yesterday’s programme was an unusual one – that of brevity. We could have done with more fine music.

50 years ago

Twenty-one people were in hospital after incidents at Anfield during the football match between Liverpool and Celtic. More than 100 casualties were treated by ambulance men. Liverpool won their way into the final of the European Cup-Winners Cup by beating Celtic 2-0 in the second leg. The aggregate score is Liverpool 2 Celtic 1. Some injuries were caused by flying bottles when more than a hundred rained down on to the pitch after Celtic has been disallowed a goal three minutes from the end.

25 years ago

A secret family recipe handed down through the generations, aided by a dram of a famous Scottish liqueur, has won Britain the International Best Black Pudding Championship for the first time. The coveted title has been lifted by Kirkcaldy butcher Fred Stahly and his family at a competition in France. Fred, who has returned to his Whytecauseway shop with the trophy, said that he was “delighted” at his success. He sells several tonnes of black puddings around the country every week.

One year ago

A cavalcade of spectacular bygone motors roared into Perthshire yesterday. More than 100 vintage vehicles, worth around £25 million in total, arrived at Scone Palace as part of a 750-mile rally. The seventh annual Flying Scotsman event began in Leeds, with overnight stops at Newcastle and Edinburgh, before arriving in the Fair City. Drivers and their navigators made it to the finishing line at Gleneagles Hotel later in the afternoon. The event was organised by the Endurance Rally Association.