THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

The Dundee Select Choir (augmented) gave a Scottish concert in the Kinnaird Hall last night. This choir does much to keep alive the interest in our national music, which, particularly in these strenuous times, should not be allowed to wane, and it was good to see the hall so well filled as it was last night, and to hear the music received with such appreciative enthusiasm. The augmented choir numbered about a hundred voices, fairly well balanced, if not very full, in tone.

50 years ago

A warning that food prices will rise after the budget came from the National Grocers’ Federation. Its secretary, Mr Leonard ReevesSmith, said that by increasing the selective employment, vehicle and petrol taxes, the Chancellor had “effectively determined that the retail prices of food will rise dramatically.” And Mr John Annets, chairman of the National Association of Iron and Steel Stockholders said the Budget would increase stockholders’ costs by about 3s 9d per ton.

25 years ago

There is good news for the unemployment blackspot of Arbroath. The Japanese-owned firm Alps Electric (Scotland) Ltd which opened its plant at Kirkton Industrial Estate, part of the town’s enterprise zone, around two years ago is to recruit 30 to 40 workers. The firm, with a labour force of around 80, manufacturers tuners for TV and video sets for customers all over Europe. Production is now around 6,000 tuners per day but the firm aims to increase production by 75% by June.

One year ago

Boy racers who churned up pitches at an Angus sports club have been branded “mindless hooligans”. Youngsters in Arbroath were “heart-broken” to find deep gouges on their training fields. The facilities at the town’s community sports club are regularly used for football by children aged between nine and 12. Paul Gray and his under-11s team found the damage when they turned up to train on the pitches. He said: “It’s saddening that people think that’s OK to do – this is where kids play.”