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The photographs in this week’s trip down West Fife’s Memory Lane look at one of Dunfermline’s family-owned businesses, Ian Brown Motor…

1823: Capt. Daniel Patterson of the US Navy arrived at Key West to begin a formal survey of the island and its harbor Patterson was sent by Navy Secretary Smith

A BRAND NEW Old Dunfermline show called Old Dunfermline in Colour, narrated by Dunfermline actor and presenter Tomm Campbell, will take place in…

Updated: January 27, 2021, 10:21 pm © Michael McCosh A mock-up of Freds Shed - a shelter erected at the Spittal of Glenshee by police inspector Fred MacAulay in the 1980s. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A shelter named after police inspector Fred MacAulay – the father of the comedian of the same name – was once located in...

Glenshee: The mystery of Fred MacAulay’s vanishing shed © Michael McCosh A mock-up of Freds Shed - a shelter erected at the Spittal of Glenshee by police inspector Fred MacAulay in the 1980s. A shelter named after police inspector Fred MacAulay – the father of the comedian of the same name – was once located in the heart of Glenshee. Gayle Ritchie questions what became of “Fred’s Shed”. In the frozen winter of 1984 after a dramatic snowstorm hit Glenshee, a small corrugated iron sh...

Bound, gagged and beaten: Brutal Perthshire murder remains unsolved after 50 years © Supplied James Keltie was found bound, gagged and beaten at the Muirton House Hotel in Blairgowrie on January 11 1971. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Blairgowrie hotel boss James Keltie was found partially clothed, bound, gagged and beaten on...