On this day in 1964 the Forth Road bridge was opened to the public.

Construction had began in 1958, and at 6,156 feet long, with a centre span of 3300 feet, the suspension bridge spanning the River Forth at South Queensferry outside Edinburgh was the longest in Europe at that time.

On a rainy night on the 4th September 1962, the last of the famous green and yellow tramcars ran in Glasgow. The final scheduled tram ran from Dalmuir to Auchenshuggle in the city's East End, and marked the demise of a transportation system dating from August 1872. More than 200,000 Glaswegians turned out to bid a poignant farewell to the trams.

Today's recipe: impress your guests with this sophisticated starter of curried scallops with black olive, almond, apricot and lime.