THE ARCHIVES

100 years ago

Lance-Corporal William High, Black Watch, son of Mrs High, West Path, Carnoustie, was presented with the Military medal, on the Carnoustie Links yesterday. Lance-Corporal High, who is 24 years of age, comes of a military family. His grandmother’s seven sons were all soldiers, his mother’s five brothers were Queen’s men, while his own nearer relatives are serving their country. He was mentioned in despatches for bravery in carrying wounded within 25 yards of the German guns.

50 years ago

The Yorkshire Cricket Club committee are to meet in Leeds on Friday to discuss their proposed tour of Rhodesia. The club’s secretary, Mr JH Nash, said last night: “I hope to have more information by Friday about who is actually inviting us to play. So far all we have is the telegraphic address: ‘Cricket Salisbury.’” The proposed trip has been “deplored” by the Commonwealth Office, who said in Whitehall it would amount to “offering aid and comfort to an illegal regime.” The players have said they’d like to go.

25 years ago

A farm building was badly damaged and 50 tonnes of straw destroyed in a blaze last night. The alarm was raised around 6.45pm when the fire was spotted in a steading at Pepperknowes Farm near Glencarse, five miles east of Perth. When firemen arrived at the scene they found the building well alight and had to call for assistance from Perth and Dundee. At the height of the fire a pall of smoke was visible from some distance away. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

One year ago

ScotRail has called time on an Angus rail station’s historic clocks. The timepieces have been decommissioned after decades spent hanging from the roof in Arbroath. The old station clocks have hung above each of the platforms but were struggling to keep accurate time due to their age. They will remain in place as part of the 168-year-old station’s heritage, with both hands turned to 12. As part of ScotRail’s operating guidelines all clocks in a station must display a common source of time.