On May 20th 1980, the press made a plea to the ‘underworld’ to help solve the murder of Dr and Mrs Woods. Reported in the Glasgow Herald, Detective Chief Superintendent James Cameron appealed to thieves and housebreakers in the area as the motive for the murders was thought to be theft. He hoped that local […]
Dundee’s Royal Arch was erected in 1853 to commemorate the Royal visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1844, the first visit to the city by a monarch since the 17th century. The Queen often visited Dundee which was on her way to Balmoral. The Arch was commonly known as Victoria Arch to Dundonians, […]
Whether any of the parties were found guilty, we don’t know, having not looked at the court records. But back in the 1980s there were just as many suspicions, and likely backhanders and deals going on. So much of the corruption and greed that went on from our elected officials we will never know, but […]
It is the party season, and while family gatherings can be joyous occasions, sometimes we don’t get on with our family. Things can quickly take a turn for the worse when alcohol is involved, and on this day in 1974 Daniel Flanagan was sentenced for the culpable homicide of his brother, and assault for stabbing […]
Found this video online from The Courier’s YouTube channel of the moment the roof collapsed under the weight of the snow at RG Consort, a garage in Dundee, on this day in 2010. Disaster! It was also this day in 2010 when the snow caused my holiday to be cancelled before it had begun – […]
The Glasgow Herald ran this story on Nov 25th 1989, in the midst of the Gordon Johnston murder trial, where Ryan Monks and Paul Mill stood accused. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19891125&id=2DNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UFkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4317%2C2186038 News report mid-trial during the Gow gun shop murder. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19891125&id=2DNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UFkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4317%2C2186038
Today in 1977 was a far more dramatic crime day, when the Chief Constable of Tayside was held at gunpoint! Read this story from The Glasgow Herald: *** ***
An unusual story in Dundee’s papers about a woman who died on 27th October 1912, warning readers not to fall foul of the same fate – and to watch out for false teeth! Full story below: Warning from a Tragedy A Lochee woman met her death under tragic circumstance on Tuesday, expiring after swallowing her […]
On this day in 1861, newspaper ‘The Gleaner’ published a story about a Dundonian woman who visited Egpyt and was made an ‘interesting’ proposal! Read the story below to find out more. We wonder who this lady was? *** ***