If you’ve been on our Worst of the Worthies tour, you will already have been introduced to one of Dundee’s worthies in the form of Blind Bob, who was a poor soul, originally having hailed from Aberdeen but had lost everything he ever cherished over the years and fell into a spiral of alcoholism and […]
In 1870, Margaret Murphy ended up in Dundee Police Court after throwing a bucket of dirty water over an auctioneer who kept turning up at her shop asking for money, then allegedly taking a swing at him with a poker when he still wouldnae leave. The best part is half the courtroom could barely keep a […]
On Friday 13th March 1914, Agnes Culley, resident at 248 Hilltown, Dundee, took her husband of 24 years to Court for an action of separation and aliment at the rate of 6s per week. Her husband, James Culley, who was resident at 10 Isla Street in Dundee did not appear and was not defended. Agnes […]
On Friday 7th June 1878, The Dundee Evening Telegraph reported on a man from whom, they felt, had fallen foul of a hasty marriage: “A HASTY MARRIAGE AND ITS RESULTS. AN UNHAPPY HONEYMOON. A young man named William Ballantyne, described as a chemist or commercial traveller, residing in Thorter Row, Dundee, was brought before Baillie […]