Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) is greeted by Provost Douglas Lawson on the High Street in 1950. Occupants of the upstairs High Street flats are just visible viewing the proceedings from their vantage points.
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Newport as part of a tour of Fife on 30th June 1958. They were met by local dignitaries and cheering crowds on the High Street, then departed from the pier to the Royal Yacht Britannia which was moored out in the river off East Newport. In this ...
On 11 November 1974, David Steel, Moderator of the Church of Scotland (and father of David Steel, politician) visited Newport and was given a civic reception in the Blyth Hall, organised by the Town Council.
Cars queuing for the Scotscraig ferry at Newport pier.
This photograph shows the waiting room at Lovaine.
Norman attended Dundee High School, and was trained as a lawyer. His father, a Dundee solicitor, lived at Wingate, 8 Tay Street, East Newport. He had married Elsie Nairne Lee of Dunfermline in a very low key ceremony while briefly home on leave in the summer of 1915. Just a few weeks later on 25th September ...
A happy group on West Road. The gentleman's cycling outfit is about as far removed from today's kit as can be imagined. Meanwhile, the two ladies comply with wartime fashion rules of single-breasted coats and jackets. No fabric must be wasted, and so the skirt in the middle is fairly short and has a pleat, ...
Norman grew up with his four siblings in the family home at 24 Tayview Terrace until they were orphaned in 1900. They were then looked after by a family friend in St Phillan’s Place, Newport. Little is known about his pre-war circumstances but at some point before 1914 he emigrated to Australia. He was married ...
Army cadet inspection in War Weapons Week 1941. During the war certain weeks were allocated to advertise each of the armed services and to raise their profile among the public. This photograph, along with that of the Warships Week 1942 and RAF's Wings for Victory Week in 1943 demonstrate these campaigns in Newport. Provost Fairweather ...
The sea cadets are inspected by Alf Burgess, a local officer in charge of the cadets, during Warships Week 1942.
A close encounter with a Norwegian officer at the junction of Cupar Road and Kilnburn/Victoria Street.
Wartime motor fuel ration book.
Wartime permit allowing John Don to use his boat on the river, only during daylight hours below the railway bridge, but anytime above the bridge.
Wartime ration book for MacLure family of Maryfield Cottage, Newport.
The wedding in September 1942 of Betty Carstairs, Poplar Cottage, 19 Robert Street and Janusz Szegda from the Polish Parachute Brigade. The wedding had taken place in St Fillan's Catholic Church on King Street, and our photographs show guests making their way along King Street after the ceremony, perhaps to the Blyth Hall for refreshments. ...
1944 wartime wedding group at rear of Blyth Hall. It was the wedding of Gladys Jack who lived in Struan Street. She married Jon Roe, one of the Norwegians based at Woodhaven. Marguerite Fairweather is in Land Girl uniform centre front.
Photograph of the official opening of Waterstone Crook by tennis player Gillian Barclay in 1975. The Town Council is well represented. This was one of Provost Howieson's last official engagements before the end of the town council later that year. Also in the photograph is ex-Provost Smith.
Photograph showing the new Waterstone Crook sports hall in 1975. The first sports hall was was an air dome and although substantial looking here, it was subject to weather damage. It was in use from 1975 until the mid 1980s when it was replaced by a permanent building.
Carpet Bowls in Waterstone Crook.
Waterstone House, later the Leng Home. This was the home of Sir John Leng's son William, whose family gifted it after his death to Fife Council as a retirement home.
The brother of Frederick Watson, who was killed nine months after him, he came from a family of five brothers and three sisters. Stanley and Frederick were the two youngest sons. The family home was Norwood Cottage, 4 Wellpark Terrace, West Newport. Father Edward was a managing director of Thomas Muir, Son and Patten, a ...
He had grown up in Dundee, married Margaret Aitken and lived at Union Place, Union Street, East Newport. He and Margaret had a daughter Mary. James was in the Home Guard before joining up. He died on 16th October 1943 on the Burma to Siam railway, aged 35. He is the only one of our casualties ...
Frederick and his brother Stanley were the two youngest sons in a family of five sons and three daughters. Frederick and Stanley were both killed in the war. The family lived at Norwood Cottage, 4 Wellpark Terrace, West Newport. Father Edward was a managing director of Thomas Muir, Son and Patten, a huge coal merchant ...
Wedding ceremony in St Fillan's Church 1948. This was the first time a photographer had been allowed inside the church.