Those of a certain age will remember using these old stamp machines. You popped in your penny, or two or three (old pennies of course, pre-decimalisation of 1971), and out came your stamp. In the days when snail mail was the only form of communication, these machines were lifelines when the post office was closed. ...
Advertisement for sheds and poultry houses made by Steele and Brodie. In the inter-war years the company branched out into offering other joinery work. However from the 1930s bee-keeping as a hobby grew in popularity and the company concentrated on their bee-keeping supplies. During World War II and the immediate post-war years there was a ...
Steele and Brodie workshop, Kilmany Road, Wormit.
The story of Wormit's Steele and Brodie beehive works from Brian Nish.
Suppository Makers from Doig's chemist shop.
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'.
View of the Tay Rail Bridge from above the tennis courts on Bay Road.
Plans for a road bridge over the Tay had been considered for many years, but it was only in the 1960s that these plans would become a reality.
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 ...
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.
The Tayside Laundry on the Tayport road was in operation from 1906 until the 1950s.
Photograph of the Berry Family tree, 1725-2016.
Postcard view of the Braes, probably in the 1920s. The Braes are busy with people watching the activity down at the swimming and rowing clubs.
A view towards West Newport past the brig Francis Molison. The ship was used by the boys of the Mars Training Ship to learn seamanship skills. Castle Brae climbs the hill on the left and on the right are the houses of Westfield Terrace.
The Mars boys in the classroom on board the Mars.
Photograph of a watercolour of the Mars from the east
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.
A History of the Yellow Castle on West Road.
Photograph of Thomas Halliday, designer of Newport-on-Tay coat of arms. At the time of his death in 1998 he was Scotland's oldest working artist, sculptor and stained glass artist.
Toy car lent to exhibition 2016. Label reads: "Toy car which belonged to John Berry. Made in woodwork shop under the direction of Mr Burns of the Mars Training Ship. The ship was anchored off Woodhaven, Newport and provided training for the Merchant Navy for underprivileged boys until 1929, when the ship was towed away and broken ...
