Take a stroll down Memory Lane with Gordon Cook

By The Newsroom
Published 7th Sep 2024, 13:00 BST
​This undated aerial view of Arbroath was taken after the Abbeygate and Safeway had been built, but before industrial buildings had been demolished for Morrison's. The gas holders at the top left had not been knocked down, and the public road through the Abbey still existed. And the roundabout leading Burnside Drive into the road to Montrose was still a sensible size.​This undated aerial view of Arbroath was taken after the Abbeygate and Safeway had been built, but before industrial buildings had been demolished for Morrison's. The gas holders at the top left had not been knocked down, and the public road through the Abbey still existed. And the roundabout leading Burnside Drive into the road to Montrose was still a sensible size.
​This undated aerial view of Arbroath was taken after the Abbeygate and Safeway had been built, but before industrial buildings had been demolished for Morrison's. The gas holders at the top left had not been knocked down, and the public road through the Abbey still existed. And the roundabout leading Burnside Drive into the road to Montrose was still a sensible size.
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Another chance to see a selection of pictures from our archives and what was making the pages of the local newspapers back in the day