Bottles from William Doig the Chemist.
A group of bowlers on the Newport green in the 1990s
Board celebrating Newport and Wormit Boy Scouts who achieved the King's or Queen's Scout Badge between 1931 and 1961, and the Chief Scout's Award between 1975 and 2000.
Boys' Brigade 5-a-side football team, 1960s
The Boys' Brigade Football Team in 1900.
The Bradford and Bingley Cup. Awarded to Newport Primary School in 1990-91. Any further information about this trophy and its recipient(s) would be appreciated.
Son of Annie and the late David Brand of Bay House, 12 Tay Street, Newport. Previously he had fought in the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902), and more recently he had been employed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). David was the sixth in a family of ten children. There was only one other son. He was ...
The Brig o' Tay ladies football team from the late 1970s. On the left is their coach Frank McGrory who owned the Brig for many years.
Brig o' Tay Ladies Football Team, 1977.
Brig o' Tay staff in the 1970s. The Brig opened in 1930 as the Tayside Tearooms and was a popular destination both with locals and with those arriving on the ferry. Frank McGrory took it over and renamed it the Brig o' Tay around 1970.
At the time of George’s death, his family were living in Dundee, but they had previously lived in the lower flat of 1 Station Brae, Newport. He had trained as a motor engineer with St Roques Motor Company in Dundee. He had joined the RAF in 1937 and served in France. His was the face ...
He was the son of Charles and Jeannie Brown of 13 (now 31) Kilnburn, Newport. He was killed at sea off the coast of Algeria aboard a minesweeper, HMS Algerine, by a torpedo from an Italian submarine on 15th November, 1942, aged 34. Eighty lives were lost in this sinking but for some reason none of ...
William was the son of William Brown of Avondale, 6 Bridge Street, West Newport. He worked in the office of the Crown Insurance Co. in Dundee. He had attended Newport Higher Grade School and was a keen cricketer. William was wounded at the Battle of the Somme, 1916 and died 2nd April 1918, aged 22. He ...
Brownie picnic in Tayfield grounds c. 1950.
A group of Brownies at flagpole outside Blyth Hall, probably around 1970. Photograph taken before extension to front of hall in 1974.
This photograph shows excited brownies greeting Queen Elizabeth in 1950. Brown Owl was Nancy French.
The Brownes planted a rowan tree in Coronation Gardens to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Unfortunately that tree eventually died, but in 2013, one of those original brownies together with some current brownies and guides, planted another rowan tree to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Buffers in East Newport station in this 1968 photograph. The line to Tayport has been removed since 1966 and the sidings too have gone.
Son of Charles Buik, his family home was at Braeknowe, 9/11 Wellpark Terrace, West Newport. He had moved to South Africa for employment in 1914, but returned in 1915 and enlisted. Henry was badly wounded in 1916 but had recovered, and had several further narrow escapes. On one occasion the men on both sides of ...
Spent bullet cartridges found in Kilnburn, Newport, after a Spitfire had chased a German seaplane, forcing it down on the river.
Invitation to the Newport Burgh Golden Jubilee celebrations - 50 years as a burgh on 8 October 1937.
Photograph of Charles McLaren, burgh officer 1968 - 1975, in complete officer uniform. Note the coat of arms on the tie.
A photograph of a bus driver and conductress (known as a "clippie" because she clipped the tickets) at the pier, probably 1930s.
Cadzow on Kirk Road was home for many years to the Scrymgeour family. George Scrymgeour was Provost 1934 - 1937.