See also: https://madeinperth.org/suffragette-movement-in-perth/ Preface This piece draws upon the newspaper reporting of the time to describe the Suffragette events that occurred in and around Perth in 1913 and 1914. Just before the First World War, Perth became the centre of attraction in Scotland for the political rights actions of Suffragettes […]
A Highland Scotland gas driven bus demonstrated at Perth, filmed by British Pathé. Various shots of an ordinary looking bus. Various shots of engine and mechanisms inside bus. The bus is unusual as it is powered by gas produced from coal (“anthracite”). The coal converted into gas inside the bus. […]
The First Kay Gyroplane (Type 32/1) was designed by David Kay of Blackford and John Grieve of Scone. (Kay was, with his brother Andrew, partners in Kay’s Garage, located in Moray Street, Blackford.) The gyroplane was built at Shields Garage on Perth’s Dunkeld Road and was powered by an ABC […]
Perth Fields at the uppermost section of Necessity Brae – Woodhead of Mailer Farm and Windyedge Farm – hosted in the early 1930s at least 4 impressive ‘Air Circuses’ by competing air display businesses. The first of the aerial circuses to call on Perth is likely to have been Captain […]
The co-operative movement in Perth and its relationship with the labour movement, 1871-1918
Perth Silver Band was formed in 1861, /previously known as: Perth Masonic Band and Perth Trades Silver Band. Perth Silver Band, Pictures courtesy of Ken Bruce Bottom row, on the far right is my uncle, Ronnie Spiers, next to him my father, James (Jimmy) Bruce (died 1964). Behind the bandmaster […]
Strathallan Airfield lies some 14 miles west of Perth near the village of Auchterarder. It was established in 1966 by brothers William and David Roberts as the base for their aviation company, Strathallan Air Charter Ltd. (Strathair), which provided private charter, air freight and aircraft maintenance services. (Strathallan Air Services […]
On Friday 5 September 1919, for two days, a year after the Great War ended, Perth’s North Inch hosted an Air Carnival event with two Avro 504K biplanes. The Perth Burgh Town Provost Charles Scott C.B.E., Baillie Macfarlane, Convener of the Inches Committee, and the Earl of Kinnoull were the […]
On Monday 5 September 1905 quite an amazing one-day-only event took place on Perth’s South Inch. Custer’s Last Stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was faithfully re-enacted at the much-anticipated spectacular event of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Performances were at 2pm and again that same night at […]
This story is of Bessie Bell and Mary Gray, “who beautiful in their lives, in death are not divided.” These beauteous lassies were said to have charmed the heart of all the local laddies. They are still fondly remembered to this day, in song and by the naming of hills […]
