The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Festival Of Sport
Jim Howie of Broughty Ferry sent in the photograph of the programme on the right and says: “The Festival Of Sport was held in Dundee-Angus Ice Rink for a week in June 1951 and featured experts in different sports, who gave coaching to local children.
“Some of the sportspersons appearing were – Helen Elliot (world table tennis champion), Cathie Gibson (British Empire swimming representative), George Young (Rangers and Scotland football captain), Bobby Boland (Dundee’s contender for the British Bantamweight Championship), Mrs R. T. Ellis (ranked world No 1 in 1947 and British hard court and USA champion), Mr J. O’Brien (Scottish individual gymnastic champion), Vic Garland (International table tennis and lawn tennis champion, Peter Mackay (Dundee United centre forward who was Scotland’s highest goal scorer), Elspeth Hay (Scottish Ladies 100-yards champion) and Miss K. Buchanan (world champion Highland dancer).
“The week ended with a Sportsman’s Ball with cabaret. Music was provided by The Black-Out Scandals Band. Tickets for dancers cost 2/6d and, for spectators, one shilling.” witches was marched to Abernethy Hill to be burned to death.
“As a child, I remember regularly walking the Castle Law paths and visiting the Witches Cave where it was assumed the coven convened, or maybe met their fate. The photograph, taken in the 1950s, shows the cave, with Eileen and Jean Henderson posing for the camera.”