THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

A batch of Dundee shipyard workers, who were working in Monfalcone, Austria, when war broke out, and have suffered internment in various camps in Austria and Hungary for 51 months, arrived home from Southampton, where they landed. Numbering seven, the party included two brothers, William and Archibald Smith, who live at 89 Arbroath Road. Relating their experiences, the brothers said they were placed in an Austrian prison with convicts and malefactors.

50 years ago

The future of the Glenrothes Festival is in doubt again – for the fourth time in as many years. As yesterday’s annual meeting – attended by around 20 people – only five name were forthcoming for committee posts. Further moves to get a committee are likely to be made at an extraordinary meeting after talks with Glenrothes District Council and the development corporation. But it is almost certain that a move will be made at that meeting to wind up the festival society.

25 years ago

Just one day after the certificate of completion for the £500,000 Dundee City Churches facelift was signed many of the newly laid paving stones lie crumbling and cracked. The improvement scheme, which took a year to complete, was designed to improve walkways round the churches and enhance the amenity of the area which adjoins the Overgate shopping centre. Some shoppers are concerned to see cracked slabs, but this is considered as a problem to be fixed by the contractors.

One year ago

A multi-million-pound expansion plan for a Perthshire landmark could be derailed in a row over red tape. The businessman who is behind the Crieff Hydro Hotel transformation says that he is prepared to walk away unless Perth and Kinross Council can prove to him that it has a “hunger” for the scheme. Stephen Leckie fears his plan to build hundreds of holiday lodges, a care home and assisted living accommodation at the venue will not make it off the drawing board.