Enter history quiz to win book on Perth

Nov 21 2008 by Our Correspondent, Perthshire Advertiser Friday

A WIDE-RANGING account of Perth’s recent past has just been published by Perth author Jeremy Duncan.

“Perth A Century of Change, The Fair City 1900–2000” features over 200 archived photographs and vivid newspaper reports – many from the Perthshire Advertiser – and Duncan escorts the reader on a fascinating journey into Perth’s past.

The PA has ten copies to give away.

Once you have answered the ten questions below, send your entry coupon to Perthshire Advertiser, History Competition, 58 Watergate, Perth, PH1 5TF. Closing date is Friday, November 28, 2008, and the first ten correct entries drawn at random will win a book.

1. What year did the Victoria Bridge open?

(a) 1900

(b) 1910

(c) 1912

2. Perth suffragettes burned down which sporting club in April 1913?

(a) Perthshire Cricket Club Pavilion

(b) Dunkeld Road Swimming Baths

(c) Muirton Park grandstand.

3. ‘The Saline Murderer’ Edward Johnstone – convicted of cutting the throat of the young woman he was living with – was executed in which year?

(a) 1908

(b) 1918

(c) 1928

4. In 1922, which newspaper claimed that the Perth folk were “a strange people”?

(a) The Courier

(b) The Press and Journal

(c) The Perthshire Advertiser

5. Which firm was described by the Perthshire Advertiser in 1929 as “the most famous firm in the city and the best known cleaning and dyeing works in the world?

(a) North British Glass Works

(b) Pullars of Perth

(c) Macdonald Fraser

6. Which jewellers in St John Street dates back to 1869?

(a) Cairncross

(b) TB Mitchell

(c) Timothy Hardie

7. Which street was created by the 1893 Perth Improvement Act?

(a) George Street

(b) North Methven Street

(c) King Edward Street

8. Which nightclub building was once the spiritual home for Gaelic speakers in the city and could hold 800 worshippers?

(a) The Ice Factory

(b) Bliss & Envy

(c) Sportsters

9. The little-known Korean War memorial can be found in a close off which Perth street?

(a) Old High Street

(b) South Street

(c) Watergate

10. A newly-enlarged Perth Museum and Art Gallery was opened in 1935 by which royal couple?

(a) Duke and Duchess of York

(b) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

(c) Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

‘Perth A Century of Change The Fair City 1900-2000’ is available to buy now priced at £14.99 from the AK Bell Library and Waterstones.