Bygone News - All News
July 1960
Dundee Air Service
A regular air service between Dundee, Liverpool and London will start on October 10 - provided the Air Ministry Advisory Council gives the all clear. Starways, Ltd., a Liverpool airline, have made an application to run the service. Where the planes will land has not yet been finalised, but it will either be Leuchars or Errol. Read more......
June 1960
Ten Tremendous Years in Jute
According to the British Jute Trade Federal Council, output per worker in Dundee's yarn spinning industry has risen by 61 per cent in the past 10 years. Read more......
May 1960
Lord Provost McManus
The appointment as Lord Provost of ex- Bailie Maurice McManus was confirmed at last night's meeting of Dundee Corporation. Lord Provost McManus, ex-miner, and now sales representative with the Hydro-Electric Board is 54 and a grandfather. He and his wife, Lillian, have three sons, two daughters and two grandchildren. He is a Roman Catholic. Read more......
April 1960
New Lifeboat for Broughty
A new 47-foot Watson lifeboat, driven by two 60 h.p. engines, which is now being built at Littlehampton, Sussex, has been allocated to the Broughty Ferry lifeboat station. Lifeboats of this type now cost £35,000 each. The name of the new lifeboat has not yet been chosen. Read more......
March 1960
Service at Wishart Arch
By the light of a single street lamp the Rev D.P. Thomson conducted a memorial service at the Wishart Arch, Dundee on Tuesday night on the anniversary of the death of George Wishart. One of the leaders of the Reformation in Scotland, Wishart was burned for heresy at St Andrews on March 1, 1540. Read more......
February 1960
New N.C.R. Factory
A new factory is to be built for the N.C.R. by Scottish Industrial Estates, Ltd. It's going up immediately behind the Block 4 building and is expected to be ready in 18 months. Read more......
January 1960
Lifeboat Disaster - The Official Verdict
All eight members of the crew of the Broughty Ferry lifeboat Mona lost their lives because the lifeboat capsized. The disaster occurred on December 8. And yesterday the official report of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute said "The capsize was almost certainly caused by the lifeboat being thrown off course and across the sea." This probably happened in shallow water just to the south of the entrance to the Tay. Read more......
December 1959
They're Just Wild About Cliff!
Never have there been such "screaming scenes" in Dundee's Gaumont Theatre as those which greeted Wednesday night's performance of teenage idol Cliff Richard.
Two young women must have been really "sent". They lay on the road under the wheels of a private car that was blocking the rock star's intended hasty retreat at the end of the performance. Read more......
November 1958
Craigard River is Now a Road
Tenants in new houses in the Craigard Road district of Camperdown are amazed at the difference in the state of their road and drying greens. Read more......
November 1959
Pigeons Upset the Old Steeple Clock
Dundee's Old Steeple clock needs an extensive overhaul. Much of the trouble has 
been caused by pigeons.
This week the Works Committee had a recommendation from Mr Robert Brown, who looks after public clocks, that the windows giving access to the mechanism be cover with wire netting to keep them out. Read more......