Newspaper account of the boys on the Mars training ship, printed in 1989 on the 60th anniversary of the ship leaving the Tay.
Traditional Remembrance services were cancelled in November 2020 due to Covid19 restrictions. Newport Primary school however were keen to record their own remembrances. The pupils in P6 and P7 decorated stones to their own designs. Some took names from the panels on the Newport war memorial, while others feature the easily recognised poppies. These photographs ...
This is the Rev Patrick Brady, Priest of St Fillan's Roman Catholic Church from 1901 until 1910.
Newscutting photograph of Rev Henry Coulter, minister of St Thomas' from1914 until 1919.
Rev Thomas Munn, minister of Forgan Church from 1891 until 1922.
An imaginative plan for a road bridge over the Tay in 1917.
The youngest son of Mrs J G Robertson, a widow who lived at Union Terrace, Union Street, East Newport, Andrew had attended Newport school and worked for Kirk and Coutts, a fireplace firm in Dundee who also had an ironmonger’s shop in Newport, before enlisting. His elder brother was also killed during WW1. He was killed ...
One of three brothers, whose family home was at Hollybank, 51 West Road, Newport, his father was a Dundee clothier. He was married with two children. He was killed at Loos, France on 25th September 1915, aged 28, and his name is recorded on the Loos Memorial to the Missing. The Battle of Loos claimed six ...
The elder brother of Andrew Robertson, who was killed a few months after him, his family home was at Union Terrace, Union Street, East Newport (where Dental Plus now stands). He had emigrated to Canada as a very young man, and had married Christina fourteen months before his death. He was killed 1st April 1917. He ...
William was the fourth in a family of ten children, and grew up at Strathview, Maryfield Terrace, 8 Queen Street, East Newport. His father was an upholsterer in Dundee. Two of his brothers also served in the war. He died at the age of 23 on 31st July 1917, in the early stages of the Battle ...
For almost 100 years the old Royal Buildings were a landmark on Tay Street.
Salmon fishing was carried out all along the Tay estuary. The main stations in Newport were at Craighead, below the road bridge, and at Woodhaven. Fish were sold in Dundee market or shipped on ice to London.
Sandford Cottage as originally built in 1902 with red brick walls and thatched roof.
Since 1879 Newport School has fulfilled the educational needs of the village, first on the site in Blyth Street, then from 1977 on the outskirts of the village on the Cupar Road.
Wormit School opened in 1896 on the Main road through the village. In 1978 it was replaced by the new school on the hill.
The family home had been at 2 Linden Avenue, Newport. He attended Clifton Bank private school in St Andrews, at which the most famous former pupil was Douglas Haig, later Earl Haig of the poppy fund. James studied agriculture at Edinburgh University, before going to Canada as a farmer. He enlisted in Winnipeg, Ontario in ...
Scouts and Cubs have been active in Newport and Wormit for over 100 years.
Seacraig Tennis Club East Newport. This was the other Newport Tennis Club! Early in the 20th century they had a court laid out on land in the grounds of Seacraig House between King Street and Union Street.
Sketch of Newport School after closure in 1977. The image was used on a greetings card.
He was the only son of Alexander and Georgina Smith, of Morig, 7 Albert Crescent, Newport. He had been a member of St Fillan’s Boys’ Brigade and volunteered early in the war. After serving as a driver with the Army Service Corps, he was invalided home and subsequently commissioned in The Black Watch. Harold was killed ...
He was married with two children, and had previously worked as a ploughman at Morendy Farm, which is on the road between the Five Roads roundabout and Pickletillum. At some point the family had moved to Royal Hotel Buildings, East Newport. He was killed on 5th April 1916 at Ypres, Belgium, aged 38. He is buried ...
Article from the Courier dated 3 August 2020 featuring the Newport Braes. It highlights the water sport activities, as well as showing the Blyth Fountain.
News article from the Courier dated 6 April 2020 featuring East Newport, West Newport and Wormit stations.
An account from Historic Scotland explaining the background to the building of St Fillan's Catholic Church in Newport. The church, a most unusual style, was opened in 1893.
