The police keep the excited crowd in order before the arrival of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, 1958
Large crowds at East Newport Station waiting for the return train to Dundee after picnicking at Windmill Park.
Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, visited Newport in 1950, and is seen in this photograph greeting local people.
Children lined the route for the Queen's visit in 1950. This photograph shows the local cubs.
Lovely clear view of Cupar Road from early 1900s. On the right, Wallace's shoe shop, which was in that location from 1890s until 1960s. Doig the Chemist on the left was there from 1901 until 1950s. His pestle and mortar sign is above the shop. Two bay windows above the shops where now in 2020 ...
A busy day on Cupar Road early 1900s. Almost traffic jam conditions with three horse drawn carriages in view. On the left are the familiar shops of Robertson Place - Mathewson the greengrocer, Doig the chemist, Mackay the painter and Kirk and Coutts the ironmonger. On the right is the delivery wagon belonging to Robert ...
A painting by Helen Wallace of the railway bridge over Cupar Road just before the small turn-off leading up to dual carriageway. The bridge carried the line from East Newport into Tayfield estate, and it was demolished in 1980s.
A photo of the shops in Cupar Road (formerly St Phillan's Place) probably taken around 2005.
A photo of the shops in Cupar Road (formerly St Phillan’s Place) probably taken in 2015. Amy's Flower Shop, which was on the corner, closed in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.
Photo of Cupar Road, Newport, looking towards Hillside Place. Probably early 1960s. Spire of St Fillan's Church, William St. can be seen in background.
Two postcards of this version of this much photographed view of Cupar Road. This was sometimes St Fillan's Place and sometimes St Phillan's Place. Wallace's shoe shop on the right was there from 1900 until the 1960s. On the left, worth noting, are the two upper bay windows, and the flagpole. The upper building here ...
Curling on the top pond in Tayfield 1950s. Small clubhouse on lower pond in the background. Newport plumber John Barlow, and Mrs Barlow, at left of photograph.
These five pictures show members of the Newport Curling Club on the curling pond at Tayfield, probably in the 1970s. Outdoor curling at Tayfield continued occasionally until the 1980s, with the last occasion probably being in January 1985.
Two photographs of curling at Tayfield, probably in the 1960s. Newport Curling Club had two ponds in the Tayfield grounds.
Curling Club badge, showing a game in progress on the lower pond, plus the little clubhouse.
Board used to alert Curling Club members that the ice at Tayfield curling ponds was firm.
The menu and programme for the Curling Club centenary dinner in 1958. Inside is a lovely wee caricature of the club council members, drawn by Jack Morton, burgh surveyor for 26 years.
The toast list from Curling Club dinner in 1892.
Curling Club dinner in Blyth Hall. Dinners were held annually in The Blyth Hall, the Newport Hotel, Tayside Tearooms, or the Seymour Hotel. In the second photograph, John Barlow, Newport plumber, is 3rd from right, and next to him is Bill Grieve.
Curling Club Prize-giving 1980
Curling Club prize-giving in Blyth Hall c. 1980
A photograph of customers participating in events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the village grocer's store in 1984.
Cutting the first sod for the new Scout hut at Waterstone Crook in 1986.
A rare old photograph of Angie Livingstone's grandfather, later plumber Jack Barlow, on his daily swim with his dog Billy, from the old pier to Big Rock. Would love to know who took the photograph. Jack was born in 1906 so this probably dates from 1920s.