For over 100 years two families in particular dominated the joinery business in Newport and Woodhaven.
Kinbrae House main entrance gate.
A slightly less imposing view of Kinbrae House than some others. Although the main driveway to the house came up from West Road, this main door was to the rear, looking towards what is now Kinbrae park. This entrance takes visitors straight in to the main floor of the house which is actually the middle ...
A view of the front elevation of Kinbrae House.
Kinbrae House, the home of Sir John Leng. Kinbrae was built by 1870 and was demolished around 1960.
Kinbrae House from south.
Kinbrae House from the south in snow.
Six views of the rather grand-looking Kinbrae House lodge, which stood on West Road beside the entrance gates to Kinbrae House. The lodge traditionally housed the gardener at Kinbrae House and, like the house, was demolished around 1960 to make way for the new housing of Kinbrae estate.
Detail of the ceiling in the Leng Chapel.
Leng Chapel Inscription Panel. The Memorial to John Leng's first wife Dame Emily Leng, and also remembrance of his second wife Mary.
The Leng Chapel at Vicarsford Cemetery, two miles south of Newport. Built on a hill, the chapel is a memorial to John Leng's first wife Emily.
Three Newport butcher shops.
This house was built for Dr John Stewart in the 1870s, and used as a doctor's residence and GP surgery for over 100 years. From the 1930s, Lovaine was occupied by Dr Taylor, who was later succeeded by three generations of Drs Mackintosh. It was last used as a surgery by Dr Macleod, until purpose ...
The general practice surgery was at the rear of the building, entered through the back yard.
Map showing the original four ferry crossings on the Tay: Dundee-Balmerino; Dundee-Woodhaven; Dundee-Seamills (Newport); and Broughty Ferry-Ferryport-on-Craig (Tayport).
This photograph shows the sheds at Woodhaven Pier that were built and fitted out by the Mars boys, and used as workshops. They were used by the Scouts in the 1930s and briefly after the war, and used by the Norwegian soldiers during the war as a cookhouse and for accommodation.
Two photographs of the Newport Tennis Club masked fancy dress balls in late 1940s. These balls were an annual event and always well supported.
One of five brothers, Walter was educated at Morgan Academy and was a trainee chartered accountant with Moody Stewart and Robertson in Dundee. His father was minister at Balmerino Church and the family home was at Hillpark, 7 Viewmount Road, Wormit. He was treasurer of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association. He was in the volunteer reserve ...
News cutting containing the very clear memories of Frances Wishart (nee McMillan) who grew up in Newport in the 1940s and then lived in Wormit.
In the 1990s Mrs Allison (nee Swan) of Gauldry shared her memories of growing up at St Fort. "I lived at St Fort from age 3 in 1928, latterly at Flass farm where my father was manager, and until my marriage in 1949. The Pilkingtons lived in the big house. (Miss Pilkington’s sister is Mrs Wilson ...
Willie Rankine (1890-1976) operated the family joinery business from the workshop at Woodhaven pier. His grandfather William Buist had started the business in 1875. With the death of his mother when he was an infant, Willie grew up with his grand-parents at Woodhaven. Willie had a lifelong interest in the local area and its history. ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit, dying in Newport in 1998. She grew up at Woodhaven farmhouse and moved to Naughton Road after her marriage. My parents came to Woodhaven Farm in 1907. At that time the estate was ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Boating Club formed in January 1911 and was mainly a rowing club. The first clubhouse was mainly just a shed at Wormit Bay, then a clubhouse and sheds were built east of ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Bowling Club started at the beginning of this century 1901 and many business men were the first members. At one time bowling was considered to be men only and it was not ...
