Newspaper article about Newport written by Sir Garnet Wilson. Garnet Wilson was born in Cupar but moved to Newport aged 9. His father was Gavin Lawrie Wilson who founded the hugely popular Dundee department store fondly known as GL's. Garnet followed his father into the business, married and lived in Newport until around 1936. He ...
Painting by Helen Wallace of the windmill which gave Windmill Park its name.
Photograph of Thomas Halliday, designer of Newport-on-Tay coat of arms. At the time of his death in 1998 he was Scotland's oldest working artist, sculptor and stained glass artist.
His family had moved to Newport to escape the London blitz, and lived at Gowanbank, 13 Wellpark Terrace. 48 Squadron operated mainly from coastal airfields like Islay and Stornoway, and later Iceland. They were attacking German coastal shipping around Norway, where he was shot down on 25th July 1942, aged 20. He had been Mentioned in ...
A very old photograph probably around 1890. Trinity Church on the right and St Mary's in the centre. The block of shop and houses next to the steps has not yet been built, allowing a glimpse of St Thomas' in the distance. The shops were built around 1891 so the photograph pre-dates that. Newport Inn ...
Framed ticket for the ferry saloon.
Findlay McLaren remembers the Tinkers' Wood. This is the small wood at the junction of Inverdovat and Cupar roads. It used to be used as a “tinker” encampment. The tinkers would do seasonal work and go round the doors hawking. It was said they would leave a mark to warn off their comrades from unfruitful doors ...
Son of Richard and Margaret Tod of Beverley House, 2 Woodbine Terrace, Newport, he was known as Dougal. He had attended Morgan Academy and had been a member of the school hockey team. He was Assistant Scoutmaster in Newport and a keen motorcyclist. He had been awarded the Royal Humane Society parchment for a brave ...
Postcard view towards East Newport from above West Newport. At the top of the hill the seven blocks of Linden Avenue are complete, but only half of Norwood has been built. The remainder of Norwood was built in the late 1890s so this dates the photograph to around 1895.
Council meeting in Newport-on-Tay in the Blyth Hall in 1971. Back Row L-R: K Pritchard (burgh prosecutor), John Herald (depute town clerk), Jack Morton (burgh surveyor), James Duncan (burgh chamberlain), David McLaren, R Paterson. Front Row L-R: Rev Robert Howieson, Alex Gilruth (town clerk), S Zimmerman (Baillie), Provost Gordon Soutar (Provost 1968-71), Randolph Webster (Baillie), Margaret McLeod, ...
A most unusual view looking up the dual carriageway from the road bridge. The road is well under construction, but the railway line to Tayport is still intact and being used. The Newport-Tayport section of the railway closed on 22 May 1966, with passengers then being taken on to Tayport by bus. Following the closure ...
Two trees planted in Tayfield in 1966 to celebrate opening of the Road Bridge. Like the bridge itself, they have flourished!
Trinity Church High Street.
Order of Service leaflet for induction of Rev J G McPhee 14 May 1988.
Order of Service leaflet for the induction of Rev John Paterson 12 January 1955.
Order of Service leaflet for induction of Rev Robert Waugh 17 January 1945.
A view of the interior of Trinity Church.
Trinity Church Kirk Session 1954. Back: John Dunn, W B Edward, John Scott, J Meldrum Smith, George Morrison, R Scott, F Honeyman. Front: William Doig, William Dunn, Rev Robert Waugh, J M Allison, F H Fairweather.
Trinity Church Kirk Session 1974 Back – L-R: D Bisset; G Scott; H Glass; C Brown; R Blatchford; J Dempster; D Smith. Front – L-R: H Latto; D Honeyman; J Rennie (Session Clerk); Rev J A Paterson; W Croll; I Dick (Treasurer); T L Wallace.
Drawing of Trinity Church at the bottom of High Street. The church was opened in 1881 and closed in 2016.
Trinity Church social event in the church hall 1980s.
Trinity Church Sundayschool annual picnic to Inverdovat Farm 1949.
Memorial plaque from Trinity Church, now located in Newport-on-Tay Church of Scotland. It commemorates all those from Trinity Church who died in WWI. John Millar Allison James Minty George William Paisley Also Alexander Fairweather 1901 the Boer War
Memorial plaque from Trinity Church, now located in Newport-on-Tay Church of Scotland. It commemorates all those from Trinity Church who died in WWII. William R Allison G Frank Brotchie Ian N Latto