Netherlea was a large family house standing between Newport and Wormit.
Two stained glass panes from the staircase window in Netherlea House, demolished in 2019.
A newspaper article from 1984, with photographs of the staff of the shop, describing Beatt and Tait's history and anniversary celebrations.
Newport Boys' Brigade outside the Blyth Hall in the 1940s. Note the war-time brick blast walls built to protect the Blyth Hall windows
Newport Brownies on a Camp holiday.
For over one hundred years four chemists served the pharmaceutical needs of the village.
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.
Newport Girls' Training Corps in the 1940s outside the Blyth Hall. The GTC was set up during the war and trained girls for a future in one of the services. Leader Miss Bette Farmer Back row L-R: Elizabeth Smith, Sheila Cunningham, Jean Knox, Betty McGregor, Netta Watson, Alice Paul, Helen Moncur. 2nd row - Ann Patrick, Peggy Hart, ...
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.
A brief outline of Newport's development over the last 200 years.
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.
Newport School: class group from mid 1940s. Back Row L-R: Sandy Lowson; Jack Stark; Sandy Edgar; Miss Livingstone; Ian Fleming; Bobby Dick; ? Inglis; ? . Front Row L-R: Reggie Easton; David Watson; Linda Rizza; Isobel Gordon; Margaret Bain; June Barlow; Ian Fearn; Peter Willis.
Newport School 1945 - 1946
Newport School: photo from c. 1947 Dennis Millar - back row, third from right. Dorothy Howitt - front row, centre.
Photographs from the leavers' class of 1975 at Newport School. A reunion was held in the Brig o' Tay in June 2023 to celebrate 60 years since most of the class were born! See the class in P1 and in P7.
The old Newport School clock, salvaged from the demolition site after Newport School closed in 1977.
Newport School early 1950s. Janitor and dinner ladies. Dave (Sarge) Smith, the 'janny', with dinner ladies Bessie Bowman, Meg Craig, Gladys Lowson and Ella Brown.
