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stories of their makers and wearers. In a new, occasional series for Times Past, we will be sharing some of those Tales From the Wardrobe. Rebecca Quinton David Kemp began by manufacturing shawls in 1832. He went on to employ 250 staff at his premises at 37 Buchanan Street, now part of the Fraser’s department store building. The premises were huge – five levels of showrooms, fitting rooms, and a factory making “mantles, costumes, millinery, lingerie, silks, dress goods, shawls...

ESSAY The Steading was a house in which Tim Stead pioneered the use of locally sourced hardwoods rather than imported timber IT was in November 2020 that Nichola Fletcher decided it was all over. After five years of trying to raise money to save for the nation the remarkable home of craftsman and sculptor Tim Stead, the last funding application had been rejected. She and her colleagues on the Tim Stead Trust had reached the end of the line. Stead, who died in 2000 aged just 48, occupies a u...

Residents in Lismore, Richmond Valley, Ballina and Byron shires will soon get their say on a new proposed water plan. It's Rous County Council's plan to secure the region's water supply without the proposed Dunoon Dam, which was shelved in December. The plan will go on public exhi ... by Georgia Schefe | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather

SCOTLAND could become top of the pops if plans for the world’s first sustainable soft drink bear fruit. It is hoped the project can also put the fizz back into Dunoon which was once home to a thriving soft drinks industry. From the late 1800s right through to the 1970s, the town was sparkling with the energy of the trade until it was hit by the rise of the supermarkets. Now it is the scene of what is hoped will be a soda revival after a new creative partnership secured funding to laun...

Rous County Council has a new plan for 2021, now that the Dunoon Dam is out of the region’s water strategy.

Families rescued by Dundee University graduate’s lockdown fashion scheme Lost Stock © Supplied by Lost Stock Lost Stock and Mallzee CEO Cally Russell. One factory worker had ‘no idea how to put food on the table’ after work dried up in March 2020. When Lost Stock launched two months later in May 2020, Cally Russell aimed to sell 10,000 boxes to help garment workers. They ended up selling over 125,000 in just eight months. “I always think about things in the scale of the place I was bro...

Five glorious Victorian piers you can still visit now From Blackpool to Brighton, Victoriana still rules the waves around Great Britain The Grand Pier sits proudly on the beach at Weston-super-Mare Credit: James D.Morgan/Getty These piers are glorious examples of how early seaside visitors left their mark and where you can sample a slice of history on your summer staycation.  Southend Pier Kicking an Essex leg out into the Thames Estuary, Southend Pier has been a big deal for a long time. ...

Paul Murton at Loch Coruisk on Skye during filming for Grand Tours of Scotlands Lochs. Picture: Malcolm Airey/Gadabout/BBC WHAT makes a good loch? Size, location, geology are all up there, but for Paul Murton none of that matters without three crucial things: stories, people and history. The presenter has newly returned to our screens with the fourth outing of the BBC Scotland travel documentary series Grand Tours of Scotlands Lochs. Making this latest instalment, though, was a different ...

  Heavy rainfall overnight has seen the State Emergency Services called out to one rescue and more than 50 jobs across the Northern Rivers. SES Northern Zone public information officer Janet Petit said members are currently working with police to rescue a woman trapped in her car at Billinudgel. "The SES along with police are currently involved in rescuing a woman in her car trapped in floodwater on Middle Pocket Rd, Billinudgel," she said. "However they have reported the woman is sa...

Premium Content Thunderstorms could be roaring across the region this afternoon according to the Bureau of Meteorology. As rain continues to pelt down across the region, BOM Meteorologist, Alex Majchrowski said a broad trough of low pressure is sitting off the northern New South Wales coast, while a high pressure system sits over the southern Tasman Sea. “This is bringing persistent rain to the northern half of the coast,” Mr Majchrowski said. “There is the chance of a Thunderstorm acros...