What was happening in the Courier 25, 50 and 100 years ago?
Sayings and doings of 25 years ago.
IT WAS the end of an era in Wallyford, reported the East Lothian Courier on April 5, 1996. Wallyford’s long-standing association with greyhound racing finally came to end last Friday when Wallyford Dog Track held its last meeting prior to the site being taken over by Morrison Homes. Racing has taken place there since 1937, and for the last four years Mary Robertson and her husband Hugh have been running the track on a month-to-month lease. However, when owner Norman Henderson decided to let the land go for housing, the couple were left with no choice but to pull out.
When the girl told him she was only 13, he said: “Age doesn’t matter.” Brian Brand, 34, now of Balburne Rise, Glenrothes, appeared for sentencing for a series of offences, admitted previously at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. On May 21 last year, at Burgh Court, Lochgelly, when living there, he shouted, swore, made an offensive remark and threatened to set fire to a property. On June 30, at Burgh Court, he acted aggressively and kicked a door repeatedly. On July 23, at Burgh Court, Lochgelly, he made threats of violence repeatedly to two females. On September 21, at a street in Dunfermline, he conducted himself in a disorderly manner, approached a girl aged 13, made indecent comments and suggestions to her, causing fear and alarm, and committed a breach of the peace.
TIGHT security at a rugby match was front page news in the March 1, 1996, edition of the East Lothian Courier. There was tight police security when Peter Phillips, 18-year-old son of the Princess Royal, played rugby at the Pennypit, Prestonpans, on Wednesday night. The area was thoroughly searched before the floodlit game began and four uniformed officers were on the touchline. Security around all members of the Royal Family has been tightened since plans of royal residences were found in the home of the IRA man who died when the bomb he was carrying exploded on a London bus. Peter Phillips has donned the Scottish jersey twice for Scottish Schoolboys and was one of five pupils from Gordonstoun School who turned out for a Heriot’s Development XV against a Preston Lodge Development side for the match, which PL won 34-13.
Sayings and doings of 25 years ago. IT WAS unclear if departing Post Office owners would send back a letter from America, reported the East Lothian Courier on January 26, 1996. Thursday was a red letter day for Ross and Louise Searle when they arrived in Aberlady to stamp their mark on village life. The Searles, from Glamis in Angus, have taken over the local Post Office from the previous owners of three years, Derek and Gloria Hutchinson – who now plan to travel the globe. The Hutchinsons are taking early retirement as they both near 60 and aim to start their voyage in America, and work their way from West to East, dropping in on friends who are scattered around the world.