Bygone News - 75 to 100 years ago
February 1935
Dundee Jute Works Dispute
South Anchor Works owned by South Anchor Jute Works (Dundee), Ltd., West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee, were closed on Tuesday following a dispute in which 400 employees are affected. The dispute arose the previous day, when complaints were received regarding the quality of the yarn supplied to the weavers. Read more......
January 1935
Welcoming 1935 (from the Bellman's Budget Page)
A huge crowd gathered in the City Square on Hogmanay to greet 1935, but nobody knew the exact moment when 1934 finished and the New Year began. No bells chiming the hour of midnight could be heard, and all the sirens were silent. Read more......
December 1934
Big Jute Cargoes
The seventeen jute shipments which are due to be landed at Dundee Harbour during December show a good average so far as size is concerned. Only three of them are below 3000 bales, and there is one shipment of nearly 21,000 bales. The biggest load landed so far this winter was the 15,000 bale cargo which arrived in October by the liner Nirpura. Apart from a 21,000-bale load the December load imports will include one shipment of over 19,000 bales and two over 15,000. Read more......
November 1934
Unemployed Men as Polling Clerks
Presiding Officers, polling clerks and enumerators for Dundee municipal elections on Tuesday were sworn in by the town clerk (Mr W.H.Blyth Martin) in Marryat Hall yesterday afternoon.
The polling clerks, of whom there will be 117, are all taken from a list of unemployed supplied by the Employment Exchange. Several people selected sent work that they had got work, and their places were filled by others on the list of unemployed. Read more......
October 1934
Tay Ferries Timetable Upset
The gale on Monday made the River Tay alarmingly choppy and wrought havoc with the Tay Ferries timetable. The 8.30am steamer from Newport to Dundee was over half an hour late, and great difficulty was experienced in bringing her along side Craig Pier owing to the heavy seas. Read more......
September 1934
Terrific Downpour in Dundee
A terrific rainstorm descended on Dundee last night. Shortly after half-past five the sky became overcast and a fierce hailstorm began. The hail quickly followed by torrential rain, which filled the gutters and on the sloping streets ran down like rivers. Read more......
August 1934
Belated Newport Church-Goers
The folk across the water who worship in Dundee were late for the church on Sunday forenoon. Workmen were engaged replacing the points at the Fife end of the Tay Bridge, and when the "kirk train" reached Wormit at 10.35 it was held up. As the minutes passed the travellers became rather anxious, but they had just to possess their souls in patience. Read more......
July 1934
Giant Flying Boats
Three giant triple-engine flying-boats which have arrived at the R.A.F. anchorage in the Tay attracted much attention on Tuesday. The machines, which belong to the "Perth" class, dwarfed the five "Southampton" flying-boats which have already put in a weeks training in bombing and other manoeuvres at Tentsmuir. The giants will remain in the Tay for a fortnight or three weeks. They came from Plymouth. They will be the largest visitors during the training session. Two other squadrons have still to come, but it is expected that they will consist of smaller "Southampton" machines. Read more......
June 1934
Millions More Passengers for Dundee Trams and Buses
Dundee trams and buses carried 2,489,530 more passengers in the last year than in the previous year. The tramcar service figures alone show an increase of 710,639 passengers, despite the fact that the Arbroath Road system, on which there were 490,385 passengers for the year 1932-33, has gone over to motor transport. Read more......
May 1934
Tackling Dundee Moral Menace
The publicity given in Dundee to the state of affairs existing at the Law has not been in vain. The matter is down for consideration at the meeting of the Parks Committee of Dundee Town Council on Monday night, when a motion is to be made by Convener John Adamson that the Parks Department should appoint a male ranger for the purpose of supervision. No provision has been made for this in the estimates for the ensuing year, and it will mean an additional expenditure by the department of at least £130. Read more......