THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

The cookery artist has arrived! You have met her, of course, for she is here in our midst, superintending our well-ordered homes. She is, in fact, the thrifty, thoughtful housewife of today. She boasts no school of cookery certificate or diploma, but she is a cookery artist for all that. For with over three years of war and consequent highpriced and sometimes scarce commodities she has gained much valuable experience in culinary arts. Old-time recipes are given the go-by and new ones evolved.

50 years ago

Vandals rampaged through Blackshade Infant School, Dundee, at the weekend leaving a trail of destruction. The building was entered after two windows had been smashed. The first led into one of the main passageways, the other into the caretakers’ room. The raiders concentrated on the rooms filled with school supplies. The caretakers’ room had towels, hundreds of straws and toilet rolls strewn over the floor. Cupboards and drawers had been pulled open and emptied.

25 years ago

Dundee electronics firm Discus has won a contract worth more than £100,000 for its Times Frame games computers. Time Frame is a wall-mounted device which allows pool players to compete against each other and against the clock with a built-in handicapping system. Now Bass Leisure, with links to thousands of pubs, has agreed to buy up to 90 of the computers for use in a trial in their pubs. A representative of the firm said ithe computer would get a fair test in Bass pubs.

One year ago

Europe rallied from a disastrous morning whitewash – their first since the present format was adopted in 1979 – to give them some hope for the 41st Ryder Cup on a fluctuating first day at Hazeltine National. Not since 1975 had the opening morning foursomes session been swept, and it was a devastating early setback for the Euros with a ferociously partisan home crowd and an accomplished home team smelling blood. However in the fourballs the Europeans came back strongly.