Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.
More
Home Past Times

10 from 10 — A look back at photos from our news pages 10 years ago this week

By Mark Asquith
Crispin Sinclair, the son of inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, was in Dundee offering a Sinclair C5 electric vehicle to prospective tenants of a refurbished office at Dundee’s City Quay. A collector’s item, the C5 was to be handed over with the keys to one of the new units.
Crispin Sinclair, the son of inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, was in Dundee offering a Sinclair C5 electric vehicle to prospective tenants of a refurbished office at Dundee’s City Quay. A collector’s item, the C5 was to be handed over with the keys to one of the new units.

The Courier photo archives contain a goldmine of images recording events both great and small in Tayside, Fife and beyond.

In our regular ’10 from 10′ series we’ll bring you 10 photos that were in the news exactly 10 years ago.

Crispin Sinclair, the son of inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, was in Dundee offering a Sinclair C5 electric vehicle to prospective tenants of a refurbished office at Dundee’s City Quay. A collector’s item, the C5 was to be handed over with the keys to one of the new units.
Four unusual ducklings needed to be care for by the Scottish SPCA in Fife. It is rare for ducklings to be born in autumn or winter, but a brood of mallards hatched late into October in Perth.
Dancers from The Space in Dundee took part in a production called ‘It's a Sin’.
Also dancing that week were members of Dance Generation here photographed during their rehearsal for Independence to be staged at the Whitehall Theatre in Dundee.
Langlea Nursery in Broughty Ferry held a Halloween party.
Staff and pupils of Claypotts Primary School in Dundee dressed up in period costumes for the formal opening of the school.
Then Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was in Glenrothes with Peter Grant a SNP candidate in the forthcoming by-election.
Rearing rare pigs may not be the first job that springs to mind for a professional dancer but it’s what Bonnie Blair-Imrie chose to do. Bonnie swapped her dancing shoes for wellies when she opened Lunan Life which provided camping, an art gallery, a shop and grazing on which to rear free-range pig breeds such as the Large Black and Berkshire.
TV presenter and Deacon Blue star Dougie Vipond was drumming up support for Fife Council's latest drive to get more people recycling paper and cardboard. The campaign was aimed at increasing awareness of exactly what paper and cardboard materials can be recycled in blue kerbside bins.

More from Past Times

The animal kingdom: Meerkats and Cupar mercat cross. Image: Charles Bradbury
Meerkats help writers turn pages of history in book on Tayside and Fife mercat…
Dundee Keiller Centre front entrance in November 1979. Image: DC Thomson.
Dundee Keiller Centre opening in 1979 was 'heart transplant' for city
2
Big Country's Bruce Watson (right) with his son Jamie. Image: Swilly's Photographic Services
Bruce Watson of Big Country on 40 years of Steeltown, Stuart Adamson’s legacy and…
Groups of individuals enjoying the sun at Broughty Ferry beach, with some on a concourse next to the beach and some on the sand
Broughty Ferry in 1999 captured in gallery of nostalgic images
Raymond van Barneveld surrounded by fans at the Angus Darts Academy in Arbroath in 2012.
Pictures of Arbroath darts across the decades with amazing amateurs and tungsten titans
Paul Hegarty leads out his United team out the tunnel in 1979.
Paul Hegarty signed a blank contract for Jim McLean - then wrote himself into…
Dundee University students John Holland and Andrew Cameron in a survival tent in 1981.
Nuclear shelters, the Stasi and David Hasselhoff - Dundee during the Cold War and…
Dundee's new Overgate Centre is yet to be built as a former London bus heads through the city centre for Fintry.
Why Dundee was often the last stop for London buses
5
Charlie pictured with members of the 5-11 club beside a field at Kinloch Rannoch in 1981.
Fintry Clubbie pictures show Dundee centre was 'home' of the community
A train passing Magdalen Green in Dundee in 1949. Image: DC Thomson.
Dundee's Magdalen Green Station brought Buffalo Bill from the Wild West to the west…