Down Memory Lane
25 Years Ago
despite requests by Carluke Community Council, the town was not to get ‘Welcome to Carluke’ signs. Community councillors had asked Clydesdale District Council for extra signposts for approach roads, welcoming visitors. However, the council replied that there was no chance of Carluke getting the signs until “a visitor destination is available to receive the visitor numbers you would seek”.
* former Manchester United manager Tommy Docherty was pictured looking a bit apprehensive as he tried out a fitness testing machine at Carluke Recreation Centre. The Doc was on call at the centre to open the first-ever Clydesdale Sports Fayre.
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Hide Ad* that Sunday would see the 10th anniversary of Crossford Raft Race. The race had become a popular annual event and gala day for the rafters themselves, as well as the hundreds of spectators who lined the banks of the River Clyde, “bombing” the rafts with flour, water, ripe tomatoes and rotten eggs.
* carluke police believed an “out of town” gang had been behind a recent spate of car cassette thefts in the town. And they had appealed for extra vigilance from motorists and local residents. The latest outbreak of thefts had occurred in the early hours of Monday morning when a total of seven cars, parked in various locations throughout the town, were broken into.
* the newly-opened Silver Bell stables on the outskirts of Carluke had a distinguished lodger – when world famous racehorse Red Rum made an overnight stop at the Waygateshaw complex. The triple Grand National winner, the star attraction at the opening of a new bookmakers’ in Coatbridge, was given a warm reception by staff at the centre, including trainer’s wife Liz Semple.
* new proposals being drawn up by the government would make local authorities responsible for action on litter. The proposals would give councils the power to employ litter wardens – similar to traffic wardens – and issue £10 fixed penalty tickets to those dropping litter. The maximum fine for littering would be increased from £400 to £1000.
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Hide Ad* lanark golfers Craig Urquhart and Kenny McKenzie were on course for a crack at one of Britain’s top amateur titles. For the local pair had scored a memorable victory in the South of Scotland final of the Famous Grouse Shotgun Foursomes. They would play the national final at St Andrews’ famous Old Course on October 10.