Kenneth Hart recalls happy days playing at Highfield in the 1950s, the great stretch of open ground above Birkhill Avenue, an area now pretty much covered with housing. "Highfield had some importance to me growing up. My great friend Aly Wilkie lived there in one half of the solitary house which was there. This was a ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. She grew up at Woodhaven farmhouse which looked out on the Mars Training Ship, moored off Woodhaven Pier until its departure in 1929. When a squad of workers was required on the farm, ...
Willie Rankine (1890-1976) operated the family joinery business from the workshop at Woodhaven pier. His grandfather William Buist had started the business in 1875. With the death of his mother when he was an infant, Willie grew up with his grand-parents at Woodhaven. Willie had a lifelong interest in the local area and its history. ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit, dying in Newport in 1998. She grew up at Woodhaven farmhouse and moved to Naughton Road after her marriage. My parents came to Woodhaven Farm in 1907. At that time the estate was ...
My mom Jane Nicoll took over the shop from Mr Clark. I must have been 10 or 11 at the time and had the job of doing the paper rounds (2 on a Saturday evening). I used to hide from my friends under the counter when I was scrubbing the shop floor when everyone was ...
Ken Hart of Wormit remembers travelling on the train in the 1950s. "Wormit was built for trains and existed on trains. The advantages of enjoying an upbringing in a country village but only a few minutes from a busy city must have been fairly unique. It had its drawbacks of course and one of these was ...
Recollections of Ena Scott (Gleig) in 1989. After the Mars boys had gathered stones from it, the field down at Wormit Bay became Wormit Bay Golf Club. It opened in 1912, and was a very popular 9 hole course. Local people donated cups and trophies, and then a very attractive clubhouse was built where for many ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Boating Club formed in January 1911 and was mainly a rowing club. The first clubhouse was mainly just a shed at Wormit Bay, then a clubhouse and sheds were built east of ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Bowling Club started at the beginning of this century 1901 and many business men were the first members. At one time bowling was considered to be men only and it was not ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena grew up at Woodhaven Farm and started school in Wormit in 1917. I had perfect attendance at Wormit School and only once in my life did I get the strap. That was when an inspector called and the headmaster had to leave the class unattended while he ...
Written by Ena Scott (Gleig) in 1989. Wormit Lawn Tennis Club was always very popular. Gradually it changed to blaze courts. Unfortunately the 2nd World War took its toll and young men and women were called upon to join the forces. The club folded completely despite many efforts to keep it going and it was not ...
In the early 1990s you could explore the wonderful world of Miniatures and Fantasy in Wormit. This specialist shop was in the building that had earlier been occupied by John Dott the chemist, and for more than 30 years by the Dundee Savings bank. Local artist Phyllis Fenton designed and painted the sign. The shop ...
The house in Birkhill Avenue, Wormit which housed Miss Montgomery's private school. The school was in operation from around 1900 and later moved to a house on Riverside Road.
A newspaper letter about James Tait who was missionary to the boys on the Mars training ship for 48 years. It was written to the Newspaper by Willie Rankine of Woodhaven.
Model of the 'Vingtor', the first Catalina flying boat flown by Norwegian 333 Squadron based at Woodhaven during World War II. Now on permanent display at the Boyndie Visitor Centre Permanent Exhibition.
One of a family of three sons, who all played in their father’s dance band in venues like the Masons’ Hall in Wormit (above Spar shop). Jack played the fiddle. The family home was at Kintyrie, 39 Kilmany Road, Wormit. Jack was a member of the well-known Moncur family of painters and decorators who were in ...
A newspaper cutting describing the career of Mr A B Robertson, original owner of a wooden walking stick made from a luggage rack from the train involved in the Tay Bridge disaster.
Business card of Murray Russell, much respected headteacher at Wormit School 1949 - 1976 approx.
Photo of Murray Russell, head teacher of Wormit School from c. 1949-1976
Series of photographs taken during construction of new Wormit Primary School 1976 - 1978. Pictures 3 and 4 show the fire brigade attending an 'incident' on the roof, and picture 5 shows the new school in relation to the old. The new school opened in 1978.
Newport Boating Club Commodore's Cup, also known as the Leng Cup. Presented to Newport Boating Club by John Leng in 1891. With the demise of Newport Boating Club it is now in the care of Wormit Boating Club. (Wrongly labelled in photograph.)
Photograph showing the Newport Police Burgh boundary stone which marked the most westerly limit of the burgh boundary. This stone is embedded in the concrete at the base of the Tay Bridge Disaster memorial at Wormit Bay. The letters NPB can be seen clearly.
34th Fife (Newport-on-Tay) Scouts at camp in 1953.
Newscutting explaining how nearly 12 years after closure in 1969 Wormit station was saved. It was bought by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society and rebuilt as a station at their working steam museum at Bo'ness