Bygone News - 25 to 50 years ago
July 1987
Dundee Prepares for a Tourist Invasion
Dundee is standing by for a tourist invasion following the arrival of the luxury cruise liner Astor, which was due at 3 a.m. today. Read more......
June 1987
Tay Bridge Foils the C.N.D. Supporters
A bid by hundreds of Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament supporters to form a human chain across the River Tay on Saturday was foiled by the sheer length of the Tay Road Bridge. Read more......
May 1987
Biggest Jazz Festival Yet
Dundee’s latest jazz festival to be held at the Rep Theatre between June 3 and 6 is the biggest yet.
The main draw will be saxophone player Courtney Pine, who has taken the music scene by storm over the last few months. Only 23, London-born Pine’s latest album, “Journey to the Urge Within” – has so far outsold any other jazz record in the UK. Read more......
April 1987
Question Mark Over Bear Cubs
The lives of two European brown bear cubs could be hanging in the balance if Dundee District Council decides not to stand by a verbal agreement made with the Zoological Society in Edinburgh. Read more......
March 1987
A Tannadice Fiesta
It was fiesta time for home fans at Tannadice last night when Dundee United gave the Senors of Barcelona a lesson in chance-snapping to take a 1-0 lead to Spain in two weeks time. Read more......
February 1987
‘Yes’ for Library Video Lending
A warning was given last night that jobs could be lost in the private sector of the video hire market because of competition for a proposed video lending service at the central library in the Wellgate Centre. Read more......
January 1987
Dundee Jobs Blow
Dundee suffered another jobs blow at the weekend with the news that 78 workers at the Meri-Mate factory, Wester Gourdie industrial estate, are to be made redundant. Mr Ibrahim Okhai, chairman at the Okhai Group which operated Meri-Mate subsidiary had been making a loss for the past two years, and added “As a group, we cannot afford this loss forever. Read more......
December 1986
Ticket Bonus for A-ha Fans
There was a renewed ray of hope yesterday for teenage female fans in Dundee who thought Friday’s Caird Hall concert by Scandinavian pop heart-throbs A-ha was a sell-out. Some 150 of those who missed out when the majority of the tickets went on sale earlier this year could strike lucky. Read more......
November 1986
Magical Moment at the Square
The heart of Dundee will be the place to be next Thursday, December 4. That’s the big switch-on night for the town’s festive lights, with 6.25 p.m. as the magic moment at City Square.
This year too, you’ll be able to make that evening trip to town worthwhile, for the shops and stores are to remain open till 9 o’clock - as they’ll do on every Thursday right up to Christmas itself. Read more......
October 1986
Swimming in October!
Summer in October, that’s the way it was at the weekend. Saturday’s weather was almost too good to be true and while Sunday and Monday were overcast, the temperature was still high enough for many outdoor activities. Read more......