Bygone News - 100 years ago and over
September 1911
Flower Show Success
The luck of the Dundee Horticultural Society changed on Saturday. Indifferent weather conditions on the first two days of the show were followed by a period of brilliant sunshine, and the fete closed under most happy and successful auspices. It was estimated that between 15,000 and 20,000 spectators visited Magdalen Green on Saturday and consequently the somewhat serious loss resulting from last years exhibition will be considerably reduced, if not entirely wiped out. Read more......
August 1911
The Strike in Force - 200,000, Men Out
Though the men's leaders and the Labour MP's accepted the appointment of the Commission, as intimated by Mr Lloyd George, and acquiesced in delaying the strike, the orders that had gone forth on Thursday night were all over the country obeyed by the men, and on Friday morning it was estimated that some 200,000 railwaymen had struck work.Passenger traffic throughout the day on the English lines was almost at a standstill and goods traffic likewise suffered severely. The N.B. and the Caley in booking travellers for south of Carlisle are issuing a warning that at that town the danger zone is entered and no guarantee can be given for the further stages of their journey. At Carlisle on Thursday night the only railmen on duty was the Stationmaster. Other important stations in England are depleted to almost as great an extent. Read more......
July 1911
Addition to Museum
Some time ago enthusiastic Aberdeen naturalist (Mr Wm. Dow) visited the museum in Dundee, and noticed particularly that the collection was rather deficient in the matter of British sea shell and crustacea. As he had a very extensive collection of specimens, precisely of the kind that were lacking, he most generously sent his treasures as a free gift to Dundee and these, from their extend and variety, must be of considerable value. Read more......
June 1911
The Coronation – A Big Programme
The Dundee programme for the celebration of the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary on Thursday 22nd June, is ambitious, showing that the members of the Town Council and others associated with them in completing arrangements are determined to make the day memorable as well as enjoyable for old and young.There will be something to attract and to amuse every section of the community from morning until late at night, and careful attention having been paid to details, all that is necessary to make the celebration a complete success is good weather. Read more......
April 1911
Dundee's New Goalkeeper
The injuries sustained by Philip against Rangers and Arbroath made it necessary for the Dundee officials to find a new goalkeeper for the Northern League match with Montrose at Dens Park today. They have signed George Laburn, late of Arbroath and Forfar, who had a short tern across the border. Read more......
March 1911
Caledon Secure Two Large Contracts
Greenmarket F.C.
The Greenmarket football team appeared on new ground on Tuesday, when eleven in a row, they were lined up before Bailie Paton at the Police Court on a charge of playing their game to the annoyance of the public. The Bailie remarked that the accused must be an "eleven" and the boys did not object to the designation. Two of the older lads had been previously convicted, and they were ordered to pay half a crown, or go to prison for 12 hours. Five of them were fined 1s, with the alternative of six hours' imprisonment; while the other four were admonished. Read more......
February 1911
St Andrews Parish Church
Recreative Club Tableaux Vivants and Dramatic Entertainment in Foresters' Large Hall On Wednesday and Thursday 8th and 9th February at 7.30pm each evening Soloists - Miss Charlotte Craig, Miss Jessie Ayre, Mr A.L. Mackie, Mr James Bowman and Mr Robert C. Bisset. Dramatic Sketches:- "Rough Diamond", and "Romeo and Juliet" Orchestral Accompaniments. Admission, 6d and 1s. Read more......
January 1911
5000 Scots to Emigrate
Fortunes to be made in British Columbia Between 4000 and 5000 Scotsmen are- according to a Canadian report - going out to work on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in British Columbia. At the London headquarters of the Railway Company it was learned that the men will go out in batches during the next few weeks, and their work on the railway will bring them an average pay of 12s per day. The work on the railway in British Columbia will be completed by 1914 and it is probable that the majority of the men will then settle in the districts, which will develop along the line. The official said that the best workers out on the railway were, in order of merit, Scotsmen, Irishmen and Scandinavians. Scots were an easy first and made the best settlers. Read more......
December 1910
Mutiny on Dundee Steamer
Thirteen of the crew of the Dundee steamer 'Auldmuir' were brought before a special sitting of North Shields Magistrates on a charge of disobeying the orders of the master, and ten of them were sent to prison for fourteen days. Read more......
November 1910
Congestion of Potatoes at Harbour
Unless the heavy stocks of potatoes stored up in the sheds at Earl Grey Dock are relieved at an early date something approaching a serious congestion will occur. Every day wagon and cart loads of tubers are dumped down at the harbour, and the bags are piled in the sheds almost roof high. Although the supplies are coming in with perfect regularity, however, the exporters are experiencing difficulty in chartering vessels to carry them off. Read more......