FROM THE ARCHIVES

25 YEARS AGO Several thousand Hibernian fans were locked out of Hampden yesterday while their team were beating Dunfermline 2-0 in the Skol Cup final. The Scottish Football League following several years of all-ticket Skol Cup finals involving Rangers or Celtic, decided that was not necessary for yesterday’s match. Space for 28,000 fans of the Edinburgh team Hi-Bees was available on the east terracing, part of the north enclosure, and sections of the main stand, but more than 30,000 arrived in Glasgow. 50 YEARS AGO A blanket of silence on matters affecting the Aberfan disaster which may be investigated by the Davies Tribunal has been imposed by the Government on press, radio, and television. Delivering this instruction yesterday in the House of Commons, Sir Elwyn Jones, the Attorney-General, warned that comments could constitute contempt of court. The reason has been concern about the extent to which some television programmes have been conducting their own inquiries into the causes of the disaster. 100 YEARS AGO The opening of the new Southern Fire Station in Glasgow marks a notable advance in the organisation of the city’s fire brigade. The station, at the junction of Centre Street and Wallace Street, is the first to be equipped with Siemens fire alarms, under which system the wiring and apparatus are kept under constant test, and the calls are automatically registered on a paper strip. 150 YEARS AGO “Rob Roy” was reproduced at the Theatre-Royal on Saturday evening with decided success. The house was well filled. Mr Cooke took the part of Rob, and performed it well. Bailie Nicol Jarvie was represented by Mr Campbell, who, though not the “real Mackay,” succeeded in presenting a very good picture of the famous merchant and magistrate of the Sautmarket of Glasgow.