The Arran Banner celebrates 40 years as your community newspaper this month.
Throughout March we will be looking back over the last four decades at the news, events and changes that have taken place within the paper and on the island.
Our features start with a look at some of the stories that made the headlines in 1974.
See the Arran Banner edition of March 1 2014 for our two-page spread – also available on line at www.arranbanner.co.uk/digital