Obituaries for Shops
OBITUARY: Reel Time Video, Crieff, 1987–2026. Last Remaining Video Shop in Scotland Dies After Discovering Netflix
Shop had been unaware of the existence of streaming until a customer mentioned it last Tuesday.
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Thursday, 15 October 2026
Obituaries for Shops
OBITUARY: Duncan’s Hardware, Perth, 1952–2026. Shop That Sold Single Screws Dies, Leaving City Unable to Buy One Screw
Residents now forced to buy screws in packs of 400 from a retail park 'like animals'.
Obituaries for Shops
OBITUARY: Bargain Bonanza, Kinross, 2011–2026. Beloved Pound Shop Passes Away Peacefully After Prices Rose to £1.75
Shop was famous for selling everything, including several things no one had ever seen before or since.
Local
Dunkeld Road Pothole Granted Category A Heritage Listing, Now Officially Older Than the Fair Maid’s House
Historic Environment Scotland describes crater as 'a site of exceptional cultural and suspension-damaging significance'.
Tourism
VisitScotland Launches Official ‘Perth Cone Trail’ as Roadworks Become City’s Top Visitor Attraction
Tourists from as far as Japan and Fife flock to photograph King's Place's world-famous four-way temporary signals.
Opinion
As a 20mph Sign in Rattray, I Would Like to Address My Critics
'I did not ask to be put on a pole. But here I am, and I will not be shouted at.'
Opinion
Perth’s Roadworks Are the Only Thing That Still Brings Us Together, and I Won’t Hear a Word Against Them
In an age of division, nothing unites a city like being stuck on Dundee Road behind a multiphase signal.
Opinion
I’ve Lived in Perth 40 Years and I Still Don’t Know Which Inch Is Which
North? South? Does it matter? A personal reckoning with the city's most confusing parks.
Weather
Perth Weather Forecast Replaced With Single Word ‘Aye’ to Save Costs
Council says new system is '100% accurate, depending on tone of voice'.
Weather
Met Office Issues Yellow Warning for ‘Low-Level Persistent Damp of the Soul’ Across Perthshire
Forecasters predict 'the kind of rain you don't notice until your socks know'.