THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

Another of Dundee’s soldier sons has achieved the honour of gaining a Russian decoration in the person of Lance-Sergeant J. Clark Mininch, Black Watch. Lance-Sergeant Mininch, who has had considerable service, has had the intimation that he has won the St George’s Cross for meritorious service in the field. A native of Dundee, he enlisted six years ago in the same regiment in which his father had served. He was one of the original members of the Indian Expeditionary Force in France.

50 years ago

The 16-year-old boy who liked his bed so much that he would not get up to go to work or see a probation officer, broke down in tears yesterday when magistrates at Wolverhampton Juvenile Court sent him to an approved school. Sobbing, he told the court that he would try harder in future if he could be given another chance, and begged them not to send him away from home. However, the magistrates told the boy approved school was the only sensible course of action open to them.

25 years ago

The childhood dream of a Dundee woman was fulfilled recently when she was married beneath the dome of Magdalen Green bandstand in a romantic open air ceremony. Lynn Hogg decided when she was just eight that her wedding would take place at the historic bandstand in its attractive West End setting overlooking Riverside Drive and the Tay. At the weekend, some 24 years later, the fairy tale came true when she tied the knot with sweetheart Roddy Duncan, watched by family and friends.

One year ago

Fife students are planning a demonstration against a decision to axe their course. The group, which has already launched a petition, will declare their objections to the controversial move during action outside Fife College’s Dunfermline campus next month. It follows a ruling by the college to cancel its full-time automotive programmes, which include lessons on vehicle maintenance and body repair and can lead to apprenticeships or fulltime work in the industry. One student launched an online campaign.