The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
THE ARCHIVES
100 years ago
The writer of the anonymous letter in June last to Rev George Blair, Uddingston, who had accepted a call to Chalmers Church, Anstruther, but who withdrew on account of the letter, has been “spotted.” The announcement has created no little sensation in Anstruther. Writing experts were engaged and both are of the same mind as regards the specimens of the writing of the alleged culprit which had been obtained and compared. The tendency, however, is to let the matter die out.
50 years ago
Glasgow police seeking the killer of Mrs Helen Puttock (29) want to interview a smart, red-haired man named John, who talks of the Bible. She was found in an alley near her home in Earl Street, Scotstoun. She was dancing the night before at Barrowland Ballroom. Police believe that the man attends the ballroom regularly and travelled out of Scotstoun at 1am. He may refer to a strict religious upbringing and make references to the Bible. “He is quite well-spoken, probably with a Glasgow accent,” they said.
25 years ago
A joyrider got the shock of his life in Perth early yesterday when a man who had been sleeping unnoticed in the back of the stolen van awoke and let out a yell. The driver braked sharply and ran off into the night. But while the rudely awakened occupant was heading back across town to report the van was safe, it was stolen a second time. Three hours after first being taken from outside the Café Kamran in York Place, the van was found undamaged in George Inn Lane. The saga began around two o’clock in the morning.
One year ago
Dundee pie lovers have joined forces to call for a U-turn on a city council decision to refuse plans for a new Clark’s bakery outlet. The renowned city bakery, which operates half a dozen outlets in Dundee had submitted an application to open a new portable unit near the Myrekirk roundabout at Kingsway West. Council officers however said the plan, which would see two converted shipping containers placed on a site near a new Starbucks, would be “detrimental” to the area’s character.