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5 years ago
An “invaluable” set of architectural drawings has been donated to the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) to help with the restoration of its historic fire-damaged building. The 22 drawings of the Mackintosh Building were made by Professor George Cairns, of the Queensland University of Technology, when he was studying for a PHD at the GSA in the early 1990s. He has now brought the A1-size scale drawings over from Brisbane and given them to the art school’s archives and collections department.
10 years ago
Cakes, muffins and ice cream are back on the menu in schools across Scotland’s largest local authority area, sparking a row over healthy eating. Cordia, a company owned by Glasgow City Council that provides school meals, said the new items were introduced to offer greater variety to pupils. It argued that the new fairy cakes, chocolate muffins and ice lollies all met strict new health guidelines imposed by the Scottish Government. However, parents and headteachers warned that the move sent mixed message.
25 years ago
The arts in Scotland will benefit by sharing £2m from the National Lottery — almost half which will go to the University of Glasgow, providing a new centre for its department of theatre, film, and television studies. Yesterday’s announcement came just 24 hours after The Herald revealed exclusively that Scottish Secretary Michael Forsyth, pictured, plans to approach the Chancellor in an effort to gain tax breaks for the Scottish film industry, to encourage Scottish film makers.
50 years ago
With a boom like Edinburgh’s one o’clock gun heard from Princes Street or a heavy carpet being beaten about two yards away Oban yesterday became the first town in Britain to “enjoy” the benefits of supersonic travel from the ground. Concorde passed over the town at 5.45p.m. and 20 seconds later the double boom hit the ground and rattled the windows and glass in Oban’s Episcopal Cathedral, disturbed the seagulls, and convinced quite a few household pets that there was a thunderstorm.
100 years ago
William Pattison Findlay, miner, Hamilton was charged at Hamilton Sheriff Court yesterday with having recklessly discharged a loaded revolver in a local publichouse on August 27 and injured a fellow workman in the right knee. An agent for the accused, in submitting a plea of guilty, explained that Findlay had lately returned from America and was “yearning” about that country . Drawing a revolver from his hip pocket in cowboy style, he fired at the floor. It was merely a frolic.