THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

It was reported to the half-yearly meeting of Forfar Savings Bank yesterday afternoon – Provost Moffat presiding – that the sums received from depositors in cash for the six months ending May 20 were £16,234 9s 6d and the sums paid to depositors in cash £17,640 11s 11d. Transfers to other banks amounted to £250 1s 6d and transfers from other banks to Forfar were £141 6s 10d. The sum of £674 18s 2d was credited to other accounts as interest on Government stocks.

50 years ago

A 24-year-old Dundee housewife won the Miss Arbroath title yesterday for the third time, repeating successes of last year and the year before. Cathy Thomson, Arklay Street, came out top of an entry of five. She has two children, a boy aged eight and a girl aged five. Cathy refused a challenge by publicity officer Mr John Chisholm to add another £1 to her £10 prize by swimming a breadth of the outdoor pool – she can’t swim. Runner-up was 19-year-old Alison Clark from Grangemouth.

25 years ago

Perth and Kinross District Council’s proposals to demolish most of the listed buildings in the disused Stanley Mills complex were partly achieved late at night when fire gutted the North Range. The blaze, which was seen for miles around, prompted about a dozen calls to Tayside’s fire brigade and kept firefighters busy until dawn. It has also rekindled fears in the community about the danger the derelict, but historically important buildings pose to young people who use the site as a playground.

One year ago

A lightning strike knocked out power to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee on Saturday. The hospital was hit during a dramatic thunder and lightning storm that caused flash flooding across many parts of Tayside and Fife. Although power was quickly restored it disrupted the IT network and digital systems. It meant patients could not phone the hospital and more than two dozen outpatients had scheduled MRI scans postponed. No inpatient services were affected by the power outage.