A bricklayer, he came from Derby. In the Royal Engineers, he came to work on Woodhaven Pier and to build the anti-tank landing blocks at Tayport, and while here, met Jean whom he married in 1941. They lived at 20 Mars Gardens, Woodhaven. Douglas was stationed in Italy and was apparently involved in the construction of ...
Photo of a service battalion of the Highland Light Infantry parading in front of the beer cellar and the cookhouse at Highfield, Wormit in 1917, before leaving leaving for the Western Front. This battalion was raised by conscription, which had been introduced in 1916 as numbers of volunteers were insufficient.
A postcard of Hill Crescent, Wormit, showing Alexander Stewart's distinctive sunrise design above the windows.
Hillpark Terrace in Wormit, wrongly named Newport Road.
A magazine article from 1974 noting the history of the joinery business based at Woodhaven. It was started by William Buist in 1875, continued by his grandson William Rankine after World War I, and taken over by next generation Sandy Rankine in the 1960s.
Stop Me and Buy One. Finest Cream Ices from the Pierhead Cafe. Ice cream cart (and dogs) outside Sandy Rankine's cottage immediately above Woodhaven Pier. From the 1930s until the 1970s the Pierhead Cafe, now 1 Boat Brae, was run by the Jannetta family.
The work done by the boys from the Mars was greatly admired.
Newspaper cutting from 1990 describing the events to celebrate the 70th birthday of joiner Sandy Rankine. The party took place in Sandy's 191-years-old workshop at Woodhaven pier. Sandy's great-grandfather William Buist started the joinery business here in 1875. Originally the building served as the pack-house for the Woodhaven ferry, where taxes and dues were paid ...
Photograph of Wormit School children ready for the hat parade to celebrate the Queen's Silver jubilee, 1977.
An ex-pupil of Dundee High School, William lived at Bonawe, 35 Riverside Road, Wormit. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, France, 1st July 1916, aged just 21. On this day, the British Army suffered 60,000 casualties, 20,000 of whom were killed. By November only six miles of ground had ...
During World War II King Haakon of Norway visited the Norwegian forces based at Woodhaven three times. At least once he was accommodated at Dunvarlich on Riverside Road, one of several houses in Newport that were used for military purposes during the war. Prior to that visit a period en suite from the 1930s was ...
Newspaper article describing how King Olav of Norway had been happy to sign a book for Willie Rankine. During World War II Willie had been a real friend to the Norwegian servicemen based at Woodhaven, and that friendship continued long after the war had ended. One of the men had presented this book on Norway ...
Lady Bluebell Walker, whose husband Sir William Walker was serving in the forces, provided a place of rest and recreation for the Norwegian servicemen at Sandford House. She is buried at Monimail Cemetery.
The youngest of a family of four, his family home was Helen Villa, 49 Bay Road, Wormit. He had worked as a teller at the British Linen Bank in West Port, Dundee, and was one of the first Wormit men to enlist at the outbreak of war. He was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s despatch ...
Newport Life Boys enjoying a sausage sizzle to the west of the rail bridge in the late 1950s. Leaders are Ron Caird, Dorothy Howitt and Rosamunde Morton. The Junior Section of the Boys' Brigade was previously known as Life Boys.
His widowed mother lived at 12 St Fort Road, Woodhaven. He had two brothers, and a sister who died as a child. He was initially in the infantry, and was severely wounded, then subsequently joined the Royal Flying Corps. In April 1918 the RFC merged with the Royal Naval Air Service to become the Royal ...
The brother of Frederick MacKenzie, he was the younger son of Frederick Thomas Mackenzie and Annie Sang Mackenzie, of Riverview, 35 Naughton Road, Wormit. John had graduated from St Andrews University. He was killed in action on 27th May 1918, aged 27, just two months after the death of his brother, and his name is recorded ...
One of two brothers both of whom were killed in WW1, his family home was at Riverview, 35 Naughton Road, Wormit. Frederick had attended Morgan Academy, followed by Oxford University. He had won numerous medals and awards both at school and university. He had been in the OTC at Oxford University and had subsequently been ...
Maharajah of Kallimpoor (Call him poor) arrives at Wormit Station in 1933.
Article from the Dundee Courier about the raising of the Mars mooring anchor in 1975.
Framed view towards Woodhaven with Mars boats in foreground. Rock House stands on the shore beside the harbour. This was originally the granary for the St Fort Estate. While the Mars training ship was anchored offshore, the building was used as a hospital for the boys, and during World War II it housed the officers of ...
An action view of the Mars boys aboard small boats at Woodhaven pier, with Rock House in the background. This old granary building was used as a hospital for the Mars boys.
A photograph of Mars boys in the joinery workshop under the watchful eye of Alexander McDougall, ship's carpenter.
The boys from the Mars building and fitting out the workshops at Woodhaven