For over one hundred years four chemists served the pharmaceutical needs of the village.
Two programmes from the Newport Choral Society in 1896 and 1909. They held rather grand events in the Blyth Hall at which evening dress was encouraged! Their ambitious shows and concerts earned them glowing reports in the press. Sadly, the departure of many of the male singers on the outbreak of World War I led ...
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.
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 ...
Newport on Tay Parish Church. An extract from Places of Worship in Scotland, a survey undertaken by Scottish Church Heritage Research.
Newport Parish Church (St Thomas') held a four-day fund-raising Grand Bazaar in Kinnaird Hall in Dundee. The aim was to raise money to extend the church, build a manse and install an organ. A total of £4,500 was raised and all three improvements carried out. Read the bazaar programme.
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.
An article from the Dundee Year Book of 1910 in which an elderly visitor recalls his earlier years in Newport.
Class group at Newport School early 1900s.
The old Newport School clock, salvaged from the demolition site after Newport School closed in 1977.
Newport School group from around 1907. The teacher on the left is A S Neill who would go on to become an internationally acclaimed educationist, with the school that he founded, Summerhill, now over 100 years old. He taught in Newport School from 1906 until 1908.
Newport School: photo from the early 1900s
Newport School: photo from the early 1900s.
Newport School: photo from the early 1900s.
Newport School: photo from the early 1900s.
Newport School: photo from the early 1900s.
Photo of Newport School pupils in the early 1900s
