The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
THE ARCHIVES
100 years ago
While the ports on the west coast of England are facing a critical situation on account of congestion at the docks, Dundee is confidently looking forward to an increase in its sea trade. At the present moment, the city’s harbour presents a fairly busy appearance, and there are bright prospects of the reopening of the “regular” trade soon. Dundee stands in a very favourable position. There has been an enormous increase in shed accommodation at the harbour within the past 10 years.
50 years ago
An organisation grouping 44,000 of the world’s airline pilots said yesterday it would call a 24-hour strike of its members if the remaining two Israeli passengers of the hi-jacked TWA jet, now detained in Syria, were not released by next Monday. Ole Forsberg, president of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations, said the decision followed a meeting of the association’s executive committee. It was called into urgent session after the hi-jacking of the Tel Aviv-bound plane.
25 years ago
Search teams last night recovered the bodies of the two-man crew of an RAF jet which ploughed into a Perthshire hillside. Flight Lieutenant Peter Mosley, 31, the pilot, from Torquay, and Flight Lieutenant Patrick Harrison, 33, the navigator, from Ayrshire, were found in the wreckage of the RAF Tornado. This suggested they had no time to eject. The GR1 bomber, based at RAF Marham in Norfolk, went down in an area used for low-flying. It crashed in hill country near Glenogie, strewing wreckage over a wide area.
One year ago
Rat runners using a historic Perth graveyard as a shortcut have been blamed for gates being locked. One of two entrances to Jeanfield Cemetery has been blocked to drivers to stop them speeding through while people grieve. Senior Perth and Kinross councillor Angus Forbes confirmed the vehicle entrance at Rannoch Road will be locked to protect pedestrians. “It shows a marked lack of respect and is not an appropriate use of the cemetery,” he said. Jeanfield Cemetery is home to hundreds of historic war graves.