The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
THE ARCHIVES
100 years ago
A search for beautiful women is at present being made by Mr E. Easton Taylor, whose exhibition of portraits of beautiful children has just closed at a London gallery. Mr Taylor is calling on the powers of advertisement to aid his search. “The women that I want are the best and most wholesome types of British womanhood. I do not want dolly prettiness; I want faces with expression, character and soul, though, of course, regularity of feature and good colouring are also essential,” he said.
50 years ago
A Perthshire burgh went thirsty yesterday, due to a crack in the pipe which supplies the town with its water. The pipe, 12 inches in diameter and reckoned to be around 50 years old, burst open at midnight. The pressure went down immediately and Crieff was left without water. News of the dry-up arrived at the East of Scotland Water Board’s headquarters at Bullion House, Invergowrie, at 6.30am. Workmen were sent out and water began trickling through the taps at the bottom of the town at around 4.30pm.
25 years ago
A gang of mini-pirates took over the Unicorn on Saturday, staging a parade on the top deck. The Young Pirates Fun Day has become an annual fixture on the vessel which is berthed in Victoria Dock, Dundee. There were eye-patches, cutlasses and tattoos aplenty, a bouncy castle on the top deck and a prize for the best-dressed pirate, with face-painting and other stalls. Unicorn general manager Andrew Fox said the aim was to encourage young people to visit the Unicorn.
One year ago
An explosive inferno sent plumes of black smoke across the
Fife skyline as it engulfed a taxi firm premises. Bosses at the Cowdenbeath Taxi Service, also known as Wullie’s Taxis, confirmed they were still open for business despite its base at Woodend Industrial Estate being gutted after fire broke out in its workshop, igniting gas canisters and causing loud bangs which rattled windows. All three employees who were at the site escaped injury. Linda Russell, office manager, described the blaze as “a nightmare”.