Dumfries and Galloway

Whitesands, Dumfries.

Tennent Caledonian Breweries, as is their custom, sponsored a race at the Ayr Meeting in July 1970, in connection with which they ran a competition in which entrants had to place the first four horses in the correct order of finishing.

The competition was won by Mrs Helen Rogerson, wife of the proprietor of the Dumfries Arms. In the picture above she is seen receiving her prize, 24 paddock tickets for the meeting at Ayr on September 19 1970, from Bill MacIntyre, area sales manager, Tennent Caledonian Breweries.

In addition, Mr Rogerson received a challenge cup to be retained in his premises for 12 months.

English Street, Dumfries.

A new licensed restaurant, the Capri opened in English Street, Dumfries, under the joint management of Mr Giovanni Visca, proprietor of the Windsor Restaurant, Dumfries and Mr Kenneth Walker, formerly chef at Gleneagles Hotel and the North British Hotel, Edinburgh. The restaurant had accommodation for 40 people and the emphasis will be on Continental dishes. 1970.

Wigtown, Owner dies in hotel blaze. Mr Hamish McLauchlan, owner of the Grapes Hotel, Wigtown, died in 1970 in a blaze which swept through his premises. He was alone at the time of the blaze.

The alarm was raised at 3.30am by Mrs Mary Ferries, who lived next door to the Grapes Hotel. After smelling smoke she woke up her husband, Alfred, who called the fire brigade. The hotel was badly damaged. Mrs McLauchlan was spending the week-end with relatives in Newton Stewart.

Capri.

Dumfries Arms, Whitesands, Dumfries.