Cissie Stewart competed in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
Sarah ‘Cissie’ Stewart was the first Dundonian to win an Olympic medal, against all the odds and with no coaching.
When she stepped up her training before the 1928 Olympics she was reprimanded by the Dundee Baths manager for using her season ticket twice a day!
He made her buy additional tickets to complete her training before she travelled to Amsterdam with the Team GB squad to take on the world’s best.
Cissie, then 17, won silver in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay and finished fourth in the individual 400m final despite suffering from an arm injury.
Kirkcudbright residents fear being cut off if bridge closes for repairs
Work needs to be carried out on the crossing and any closure would force locals into a lengthy detour
Kirkcudbright bridge. (Image: Jim McEwan)
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Kirkcudbright Rotary Club volunteers do their bit for environment by planting saplings in Gartshore Park
The green initiative came after the Borders Forest Trust offered organisations across the south young trees free of charge
Kirkcudbright Rotary Club volunteers planting saplings in Gartshore Park.
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Dumfries and Galloway councillors urged to oppose controversial plans for overhead Stewartry power line
The planning applications committee will vote next week on SP Energy Networks’ scheme for a pylon chain from Glenlee to Tongland.
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Galloway Without Pylons co-ordinator Paul Swift. (Image: Jim McEwan)
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