Local Characters
Meet the Bridgend Man, 49, Who Still Remembers Being Measured for School Shoes in 1986 and Wants to Be the First Escape Room Customer
Alan Fotheringham says the old shoe shop 'was an escape room before escape rooms existed'.
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Local Characters
Local Characters
Meet the Letham Dad Who Does a Full Audit of His Children’s Halloween Sweets Before Bed and Keeps ‘a Processing Fee’
Derek Kinnaird, 42, an accountant, says the 'Dad Tax' is 15 per cent, payable in mini chocolate bars.
Local Characters
Meet the Scone Woman Who Has Returned to Her Car With Exactly 30 Seconds to Spare, Every Time, for 22 Years
Morag Haldane, 64, has never had a parking fine. She says two free hours would 'ruin her system'.
Local Characters
Meet Methven’s Isla Rattray, 71, Who Has Practised for the Accordion Festival Every Morning at 6am Since 1981
The retired dinner lady says her neighbours 'got used to it after the first decade'. Some say they now can't wake up without it.
Local Characters
Meet the Craigie Man Who Has Worn His Christmas Jumper Since 1 October and Feels ‘Fully Vindicated’ by This Week’s Switch-On News
Gordon Brechin, 58, says Christmas is a state of mind. His family says it's a state of the washing machine.
Local Characters
Kinross ‘Heron Whisperer’ Says the Birds Have Views on the New Nature Trail, Mostly Positive
Retired teacher Margaret Bain has walked Loch Leven every morning for 22 years. She says one heron, Derek, is 'very territorial'.
Local Characters
Blairgowrie Man Has Personally Visited 312 of Perth and Kinross’s 848 Roadworks and ‘Means to Finish the Set’
Retired postman Eck Fleming keeps a log, a map and a thermos. He describes portable traffic lights as 'the real characters'.
Local Characters
Craigie Pensioner, 79, Still Goes Guising Every Year and ‘Has the Best Joke in Perth’
Isa Ritchie has dressed as a witch every Halloween since 1953. Neighbours say she's 'a legend, but takes all the Tunnock's'.
Local Characters
Perth’s Most Dedicated Flume Fan, 58, Has Been Down the Leisure Pool Slides ‘More Than 4,000 Times’
Graham 'Splash' Mackie says he'll back any pool plan with a flume. He has a laminated card of his best times.
Local Characters
Meet the Aberfeldy Man Who Has Already Bought a Stetson, a Bolo Tie and Some Boots ‘to Show Willing’
Retired joiner Wullie Grieve, 71, says twinning with Texas is 'an opportunity to finally wear a hat that means something'.
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