100 years ago

The popular resident director of the King’s Theatre, Dundee, desires that his many friends should know that he is recovering from the serious illness which has laid him aside from active work for many weeks.

Mr JH Oakden expects to be removed from the nursing home of which he has been an inmate to his home within a few days, and hopes still personally to enjoy some of the very important dramatic engagements to which he has been instrumental for the King’s.

It will be pleasing to the patrons to see Mr Oakden again at his accustomed post of duty at the Cowgate venue.

LA50 years ago

eading Protestant churchmen from five continents yesterday visited St Andrews to see places associated with John Knox, when he lived there in the 16th Century.

They visited the castle where Knox was captured by the French and sent to the galleys and St Leonards’ College, where he was a familiar figure. They also attended at Holy Trinity Church, where the reformer preached a famous sermon.

St Andrews Town Council entertained the delegates to lunch. In his address, the Rev Dr Mcglashan pointed out that Knox had been much reviled, but he had preserved Christian liberty in his land.

Five years ago

Broughty Ferry business owner has claimed Dundee City Council was more concerned about an elderly woman’s parking ticket than her health after she fell on ice in a car park.

Pauline Davidson and her staff say they’ve seen “dozens” of people fall and suffer injuries on ungritted sections of the Queen Street car park through the years.

In the latest incident, she rushed to the aid of a lady who had fallen and hit her head in the car park on Friday morning. The woman also suffered a broken wrist.

Pauline said staff are on the phone every winter to warn Dundee City Council that sections of the site are covered in ice.