Editing Forfar (section)

===Modern history===
In 1911 more than 20% of workers in Forfar were employed in the [[jute]] industry. Employment levels in this industry generally dramatically declined in other parts of [[Angus, Scotland|Angus]], including Dundee, during the next four decades. Notably in Dundee, the centre of the British jute industry, more than 40.4% of the working population had worked in the jute industry in 1911, but by 1951 this had fallen to just 18.5%. In Forfar, however this trend was not followed as percentage of the workforce employed in the jute industry had actually risen to 24.4% by 1951.<ref name=Carstairs>{{cite book|last=Carstairs|first=A. M.|title=The Tayside Industrial Population 1911–1951|year=1974|publisher=Abertay Historical Society|location=Dundee|pages=33–34}}</ref>

In the town there is a metal plaque to [[Władysław Sikorski|General Sikorski]] and the Polish troops commemorating the visit of King [[George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] to the town on 7 March 1941. The plaque is located on a wall on Market Street below [[Forfar Sheriff Court]]. It was here on 7 March 1941 that the royal couple, along with General Sikorski, took the salute in the march past of the Polish troops.<ref>{{cite web|title=Polonica in Scotland, Forfar, Angus|url=http://www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk/PolonicaForfar.html|publisher=ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk|access-date=11 June 2012}}</ref>

Queen Elizabeth II and the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]] visited the town and surrounding area in 2004 (the first time in around 30 years) and again in 2011. HRH Prince Charles, the Duke of Rothesay, visited the town in April 2012 to take the salute of the Black Watch during the regiment's homecoming parade, marking its return from a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.