Each week, we will take you on a trip back in time with a selection of photographs picked from DC Thomson’s vast archives. This week, the focus is on Brechin.
Our first image shows a view of Brechin Bridge with a small group of people looking over the edge. It was taken on March 2 1935.
In the second, rather atmospheric image, Brechin Castle stands proud on a massive bluff of rocks above the banks of the River South Esk. The picture is undated but we think it may be from the 1950s.
The third photo, from March 27 1983, shows a procession of children enacting the roles of Jesus and the disciples during Brechin Cathedral’s family Palm Sunday.
The fourth image, from July 29 1985, is of Brechin City Football Club players. We’re loving the hairstyles and moustaches!
The ancient art of stack-building was alive and well at Unthank Farm, just outside Brechin, in the fifth image, from September 14 1977. Farmer Fred Paterson, right, is seen building a corn stack with John Drummond forking. One of the main reasons for building the stack was that all the straw was sent to England for the making of archery targets.
The final image shows a scene from the town centre on October 4 1969.
