Newspaper article containing an interview with Andrew Mylius, owner of St Fort farm. Mr Mylius is the great-great-grandson of Henry Stewart who built St Fort House.
A line drawing of St Fort station by Keith Robson, drawn in 1989. St Fort station opened in 1878 as the only station on the line between Leuchars and the new rail bridge. To the south of St Fort there was a large triangular junction linking the lines to Leuchars and the Tay bridge with ...
The magnificent walled garden and glasshouses, on left hand side of road driving from Forgan roundabout to Five Roads.
The stunningly beautiful interior of St Mary's Episcopal Church on the steps between Kilnburn and the High Street.
A history of the Church of St Thomas of the Seamylnes, written by Fraser Ritchie in1983. It covers the period from the planning of the church in the late 1860s until its union with St Fillan's Church in 1978 and with Forgan Church in 1981, thereafter becoming Newport-on-Tay Church of Scotland.
The story of Wormit's Steele and Brodie beehive works from Brian Nish.
Suppository Makers from Doig's chemist shop.
It's reassuring to see how sturdy the replacement bridge looks beside the remains of the first one. The second bridge has stood the test of time.
News article from the Courier in 2012. Network Rail's chief engineer claims that the bridge's fine construction, combined with ongoing maintenance and strengthening, has made it a 'feat of engineering'.
This is a Victorian bee house, beautifully restored in 2020. It is one of only five known in Scotland, and probably the only wooden one. It has now been listed as a building of historical importance. It is believed to have been brought to Tayfield by boat around 1850. The actual hives were on shelves ...
These two photographs show some of the house staff at Tayfield House around 1900, and a page boy from around 1870. Until World War II a large staff would help to run the house.
The viaduct that carried the railway line through the Tayfield Estate comprised four spans on three columns. It was removed soon after the line closed. Picture 1 shows the series of supports that carried the viaduct, 2 the present day retaining wall at the other side of the gap, and 3 is a rare view ...
Drawing of Tayport station by Keith Robson done in 1988. Tayport Station is worthy of including here as it was the terminus for the Newport railway. But although the Newport railway opened in 1879, Tayport station had opened as early as 1848 because in that year a line had been built to Tayport from Cupar, ...
One of the small signs (totems) from Tayport station.
Photograph of the Berry Family tree, 1725-2016.
The Mars boys in the classroom on board the Mars.
Lovely clear shot of the Dundee leaving Newport, with the rail bridge visible in the distance. The Dundee operated on the crossing 1875 until 1917. This photograph probably dates from the early 1900s.
A reprint of a newspaper article from 1902 describing the extension to St Thomas' Church, and the background history to the need for an extension.
Two versions of the same postcard view of the ferry Dundee approaching Dundee. The Dundee was in operation on the crossing from 1875 until 1917.
Photograph of a watercolour of the Mars from the east
The Mars Training Ship, extracted from A History of Newport by J S Neish (1890).
The Newport Club has a long and interesting history, dating back to when the first railway bridge was being built.
A Cynicus postcard of the Newport Railway. Cynicus was the pseudonym of Martin Anderson, an artist, political cartoonist, postcard illustrator and publisher. His career took him all over the UK but he eventually built Castle Cynicus, high on the hill above Balmullo, and from 1902 onwards produced thousands of comic postcards from his publishing works ...
Map showing route of the Newport Railway, and other transport links.
