The sea enriches : a Gable Enders's trawl through time

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Subject: The sea enriches reveals aspects of the history of the Royal Burgh following its progress from a small fishing/trading settlement to a prosperous burgh run by local merchants who were often ahead of their time regarding improvements for the town. The local newspaper, The Montrose Review, has been recording the story of Montrose since 1811 and, for almost 70 years, has run a feature by different witers under the byeline 'Gable Ender'. Some of the current Gable Enders's columns, based on the Review's files and earlier sources, are gathered here to give a flavour of the town's past. Subjects include: the first lunatic asylum in Scotland; the first lifeboat in Scotland if not the UK; flirtation with renewable energy during the 1920s; the connection to the Tay Bridge disaster; piracy and the murder of a local crew in Brazil; and women's lib 17th century style - to a visit by the iron lady herself.