The first photograph here shows Jimmy Calder and Glen McBurnie in the camp kitchen doing a bit of housework. In the second photograph the four older boys from left to right are Harold Inglis, John Dott, Claude Taylor with his hand on the tent pole and Gavin Cairns leaning on the pole. Ken Hart tells us that ...
Local Scouts at camp in 1952.
34th Fife (Newport-on-Tay) Scouts at camp in 1953.
Newspaper cutting about Steele and Brodie.
Rankine's joinery business was situated in what is known as The Old Boathouse at Woodhaven until the 1990s. This newspaper article describes the firm at the time of its centenary in 1975.
A night out at a dance in the Blyth Hall 1950s. Vinorah Clark - Charles (Chick) Hendry - Bessie Bowman
Newport Old Folks Club outside the Blyth Hall in 1956. The club met weekly in the Blyth Hall before disbanding in 1990s.
On the see-saw at Windmill Park.
Passengers on the deck of the B.L. Nairn ferry.
Print of painting of the B L Nairn, in operation on the ferry crossing from 1929 until the service ended in 1966.
Pestle and mortar from Doig the Chemist's shop.
These were the Newport winners of the Hunter Cup inter-club bowling competition. Photo shows Charles Hendry, Ted Betsworth, George Stewart, Alex Lowson.
An aerial photograph of the centre of the village in 1957, with cars parked in Tayfield grounds for the ferry to the Royal Highland Show in Dundee. The school, Congregational church, Old Granary, remains of the old pier and J.T.Young's garage on Boat Road are all clearly visible, but now no longer there.
The train carrying Windmill Park picnickers ready to leave East Newport Station on its return to Dundee.
Set of pictures showing a way of life probably gone for ever. Summer days with picnics at the Big Rock, playing on the beach, learning to swim there, and always the Fifie in the background. No need for watches - you told the time by the coming and going of the Fifies!
This fabulous gallery of photographs was given to us by Sheila Christie. Her father Cyril Wilson, a keen amateur photographer who developed and processed his own work, took all these photographs probably in the mid-1950s. They show an incredibly busy Boat Road/pier area. We know that the pier area was indeed the heart of the ...
News article where Bill Duncan recalls his time working on the pier from the 1940s until the 1960s.
A fairly quiet day at the pierhead in 1950s.
Pill boards from Doig the Chemist's shop.
Newspaper cutting from 2004 referring to the toppling of a tree planted by King Haakon at Woodhaven in 1944. He was visiting the Norwegian 333 Squadron based there during WWII. The article explains the Norwegian arrival at Woodhaven and their activities while there. Strong links have been maintained since their departure in 1945.
Police dance in Blyth Hall.
Photograph of Provost J Douglas Lawson, Provost 1950-1952.
Photograph of Provost Richard Lowry West, Provost 1955-1957.
Provost Thomas Wishart presents gifts to the Queen for the royal children - Charles 10 and Anne 8.
