The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
THE ARCHIVES
100 years ago
Mr J. M. Mitchell, clerk, at a meeting of the Fife and Kinross Joint Sanatorium Board at Cupar, reported that the Scottish Board of Health had refused to give a further grant towards the capital cost of the sanatorium at Glenlomond. The estimates, consequently on the high costs, had been increased by about £5,000. The grant received amounted to £8,030. The Board would be allowed half the debt charges for the purpose of the grant. The grant had been based on a cost of £60 per bed, but that had been very much exceeded.
50 years ago
Architect Sir Robert Matthew criticised the standard of design of houses built by private developers in Scotland at the presentation of the Saltire Housing Awards in Edinburgh. Sir Robert, who is professor of architecture at Edinburgh University, praised the housing associations who from the start had recognised their obligation to create a high standard of design, not only of building but of landscape and lay-out. Unfortunately, the same could not be said about the private sector.
25 years ago
The lone attendant at a 24-hour filling station was threatened with what seemed to be a gun yesterday morning. Shortly before 3am, a man entered the filling station on Edinburgh Road, Perth, across from the prison, and presented the weapon, demanding that Bruce Adam empty the till. The raider, who got away with a small amount of money, is described as being in his 20s, about 6 ft tall, with short dark hair and of muscular build. He made off on foot towards the South Inch.
One year ago
A pair of town centres in Courier Country are in the running to be named Britain’s best. High streets in Newport-on-Tay and Kirriemuir have been shortlisted in the Great British High Street Awards. They are finalists in the champion category of the competition run by the UK Government’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Newport High Street is also in the rising star category, recognising the most ambitious high streets. Newport Festival was credited as a key to its success.