Two photographs of the Newport Artillery Volunteers at Inverdovat, pre World War I. The Volunteers were formed in 1860.
Funding for the 'Newport Fife No. 4' biplane was raised in Newport-on-Tay. It was in action on the Western Front against German troops from 1917 until it crashed in 1918.
This smart group of young footballers dates from around 1910 with some recognisable old Newport names. In the back is Mr Dow. Back row - W Bruce, W Young, A McFarlane, W Doig, ? Thomson, B Scrimgeour. Middle row - ? Thomson, A Peebles, D Mitchell, D Shepherd. Front row - D Ross, L Honeyman, J Ferrier, P Niven. The ...
Newport Brownies on a Camp holiday.
For over one hundred years four chemists served the pharmaceutical needs of the village.
Display board showing the Newport Club presidents from the founding of the club in 1871 until 2022. The first-named president, Albert Grothe, was engineer on the ill-fated first rail bridge.
Newspaper reporting the AGM of the Newport Cycling Club in March 1912. The meeting was chaired by J T Young, a keen cyclist himself, having operated a successful cycle repair business before moving on to his motor and garage business on Boat Road. The newscutting reports that the Cycling Club had been founded in 1881, ...
Newport football team 1913 photographed outside the pavilion at Windmill Park. Back row L-R: J G Spark; A S Cram; R Wali; W Rankine; J Dunlevy; J R Niven. Front row L-R: W Tait; T W Scroggie; I W Fairweather; S R Low (Capt); J Wannan; W Crighton; W R Brown; H H Smith (Secy & Treas).
A photograph of the men's hockey team outside the pavilion at Windmill Park either before or after their match against Bell Baxter High School FPs on 2 March 1912. Back Row L-R: Jack Hodson; Tom Scott; Bob Lindsay; Herbert (Heb) Geddes (Wormit); Fred Burns (Dundee); J G Cram (Referee). Middle Row L-R: Elliot Paisley; S C Wilson ...
During 2019-2020 this ground at the rear of the Newport Hotel was being cleared for possible future house building. The photographs show what appears to be extensive cellar space. These cellars would have provided storage space below the old stabling for the inn.
We are fortunate to have in our collection the minute books of both the Newport Literary Society and the Newport Literary and Debating Society. The Literary Society was founded in 1879 and continued until 1909, holding their meetings in the small Blyth Hall. It featured talks, discussions, debates and literary criticism. Meetings often involved lively ...
Newscutting reporting on the formation of Newport's Local Defence Volunteers in 1914. In WWII the LDV would become the well-known Home Guard.
During World War I moss was collected locally and sent to the battle fields where it was used as dressing for wounds.
Newport on Tay Parish Church. An extract from Places of Worship in Scotland, a survey undertaken by Scottish Church Heritage Research.
A brief outline of Newport's development over the last 200 years.
Framed painting of the pier smiddy.
Photograph showing the Newport Police Burgh boundary stone at the junction of Kirk Road and Cupar Road. It may have been moved from the other side of the road.
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.
Three photographs showing Newport Police Burgh boundary stones which marked the boundary of the burgh. These three stones are in the field above Kirk Road. The letters NPB are clearly seen and two of the stones are in remarkably good condition.
These photographs show three more Newport Police Burgh boundary stones discovered in Spring 2021. The first split one is on the left grass verge of the track up to Causewayhead, and has probably been moved from the field next to it. The second photo shows the stone, in excellent condition, which is in the field ...
Two photographs showing the Newport Police Burgh boundary stone which marked the eastmost limit of the burgh boundary. This stone is near the shore beyond the road bridge. The letters NPB can just be deciphered.
The photograph shows a match in progress at the Newport Quoiting Club in 1913.
An article from the Dundee Year Book of 1910 in which an elderly visitor recalls his earlier years in Newport.
Newport School group from 1918. The young lady arrowed is Lillian Knight who is about 8 in this photo. Lillian lived in Robert Street in the old Royal Buildings. When she left school she worked in Newport post office where her father was a postman. The photo was sent to us by Lillian's grand-daughter.
