A photograph of Sandy Rankine at Woodhaven Pier, with the Mars in the background, 1926. Sandy's family owned the joinery workshop above the pier (now known as Old Boathouse) and he lived in a cottage right on the Woodhaven bend until the 1990s.
Kenneth Hart recalls travelling on the school bus from Wormit to Madras in the 1950s. "In my day the school bus going to Madras was run by Gordon Ogilvie from Balmerino. From my home in Newton Park (it will never be Kilmany Road to me) I could see the bus coming down the Gauldry road so ...
Workers at the Scottish Sand and Gravel Company at Newton Quarry, just outside Wormit. Possibly around 1950.
Kenneth Hart recalls his happy days in the Scouts in the 1950s. "I joined the Scouts at 11 years of age. I had tried the Cubs but did not enjoy them. Ronald Pringle persuaded me to go to the Scouts with him and I enjoyed several years of Scouting. My first patrol was the Lion Patrol ...
Scroggieside farm was almost opposite the bottom of Birkhill Avenue. This view dates from c. 1892.
Scroggieside Farm buildings on Riverside Road, Wormit c. 1892. The farm stood opposite the bottom of Birkhill Avenue.
A set of photographs showing the construction of the replacement rail bridge between 1880 and 1887. The final photograph shows the crowd of onlookers on the Esplanade at Dundee as the bridge is load-tested. Note several bare-footed children.
A Norwegian on sentry duty at the top of the road leading down to Woodhaven pier. During World War II there was strictly limited access to the pier, as explained clearly on the sign post.
Sgt. J Bruce Lindsay of Wormit, who was seconded to the SOE to train troops in the Cairngorms. He was parachuted into the north of Norway in 1944 to aid the Norwegian resistance. Unfortunately the mission failed as one of the team was injured in the drop and captured. Sgt. Lindsay escaped with the help ...
Many events were held locally to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary. They included a baking competition, and here we have a second prize certificate for girdle scones, awarded to Mrs D McLaren of Mars Gardens, Woodhaven.
For the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth in 1977, celebrations were held all over the country. This newspaper cutting shows a group at the party held at Woodhaven Farm.
Wormit Boating Club was always a great place to socialise. These two photographs are from the late 1940s.
In 1953 the previously defunct Wormit Tennis Club was re-formed. Our photograph shows an excellent turn-out of spectators to watch the reopening ceremony.
A postcard of St Fort dairy, around 1900. This very unusual little building with its encircling verandah is still visible from the main road today. Its thatched roof is supported by these wooden props. The verandah was beautifully tiled and the windows were of leaded glass. The creamery supplied milk, butter and cream to the ...
This building was originally the St Fort Estate granary. It was used as accommodation for some of the men building the Tay Rail Bridge, then from 1883 onwards it was used as a hospital for the boys on the Mars training ship. Now known as Rock House, it is divided into flats.
Station-master's cap from Wormit station.
Changing times as the old and new pass at Wormit station.
Wonderful colour photograph of engine 64547 at Wormit Station.
Lovely view of a steam train powering past Birkhill Avenue, Wormit in the 1950s.
Steam engine 80123 pulling passenger train through Wormit Station in 1958. Willocks' carpet beating establishment down below on Bay Road.
Colour image of steam train arriving at Wormit station from the bridge.
Steam train approaches Wormit over the rail bridge.
Steele and Brodie premises on Kilmany Road 1983.
Advertisement for sheds and poultry houses made by Steele and Brodie. In the inter-war years the company branched out into offering other joinery work. However from the 1930s bee-keeping as a hobby grew in popularity and the company concentrated on their bee-keeping supplies. During World War II and the immediate post-war years there was a ...