Obituaries for Shops
The Spare Hour, South Street (1998 – 2026)
Sold the extra hour from the clocks going back. Sold out last Sunday. Has nothing left until March.
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Obituaries for Shops
Petite Pastries, Atholl Street (2011 – 2026)
Sold the smallest sausage rolls in Perthshire. Could not survive news of the largest.
Local Characters · Scone
Meet the Scone Man Who Owns 212 Ties and Has Worn Precisely Four of Them, All to Weddings or Court
Derek Gow, 66, has been given a tie every Christmas and birthday since 1971. He hears America has declared them dead.
Local Characters · Letham
Meet the Letham Gran, 72, Who Has Played Sweeper Keeper at Walking Football Since 2015 ‘Before It Was Fashionable’
Isobel Kerr comes off her line every time, and says Saints' manager has 'finally caught up'.
Local Characters · Craigie
Meet the Craigie Man Who Has Kept the Same Unlit Sparkler Since Bonfire Night 1989 ‘for a Special Occasion’
Graham Doig, 61, says he's never quite found the right moment. He's had several very nice moments, but not the right one.
Local Characters · Bridge of Earn
Meet the Bridge of Earn Woman Who Changed Her Clocks Back a Week Late and Has Been an Hour Early for Everything Since
Elsie Patterson, 74, turned her clocks back this morning. She says she's 'never been so punctual in her life'.
Local Characters · Blair Atholl
Meet the Struan Man Who Has Measured Every Sausage Roll in Perthshire Since 1994, and Has Had to Buy a Longer Tape Measure This Week
Hamish Brodie, 68, keeps a notebook of every roll, by length, flake and 'meat-to-pastry ratio'.
Roadworks · Kinross
A922 Convoy at Muirs Continues at 10mph Until Friday; Kinross Walkers Say It’s the First Time They’ve Overtaken a Car
Resurfacing work with convoy working runs until 6 November. Pedestrians are enjoying the novelty.
Roadworks · M90
Friarton Bridge Works Will Pause Every Winter Until 2030; Perth Hails ‘the Most Polite Roadworks in History’ That Wait for It to Stop Snowing
Lane closures for edge beam replacement are planned from April 2027, with a moratorium from November to March. Drivers are touched.
Roadworks · A9 Dualling
A9 Dualling Lights Between Dalguise and Ballinluig to Run Until January 2029; Local Toddler Expected to Pass Driving Test Before They’re Gone
Overnight traffic signals for the dualling work continue. Perthshire families are planning around them like a school timetable.