THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

News has come in that more enemy guns have been abandoned in what is now No Man’s Land, or at the best, in exposed positions just within the Austrian front line, whence it is impossible to remove them. The enemy’s practical loss is very far from being represented by the Italaian figures of guns captured. The Austrians seem to become more Germanised as the war proceeds. Apart from the presence of German uniforms, helmets and boots, there are everywhere signs of the German spirit.

50 years ago

The Old Course, St Andrews, had a bewildering look yesterday as “instant trees” appeared here and there on the golfing turf. The trees were really cameras in disguise – mounted on mobile platforms and festooned with camouflaging branches of Scots fir. This combination of Hollywood and Birnam Wood was brought to the town by the Shell Company who filmed a golf match between Phil Rodgers USA and Dave Thomas, Dunham Forest. There were 60 enthusiasts who were paid spectators.

25 years ago

On first sight of the structure at the entrance to Lochton Farm, Abernyte in the Carse of Gowrie, passers-by could be forgiven for thinking it was a modern windmill. But the object, in the grounds of artist Alister White’s cottage, is there “to generate interest – not electricity.” Alister, a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, took six months to build the kinetic sculpture, which turns noiselessly and perfectly in the slightest breeze. Made of stainless steel, it stands at more than 24 feet.

One year ago

People living with dementia and their carers will have extra support from a centre opened in Arbroath. Alzheimer Scotland’s Dementia Resource Centre was described as a “clear signal that people with dementia and their carers have an important place at the centre of communities.” The High Street opening took place during Dementia Awareness Week and was attended by Angus Provost Helen Oswald, Councillor Glennis Middleton, and Alzheimer Scotland chief executive Henry Simmons.