Indoor bowling in Blyth Hall late 1950s. Back: Margaret Smart - Bessie Bowman Front: Belle Harley - Ann Harley - Jessie Betsworth
Interior view of St Fillan's Catholic Church in King Street, Newport-on-Tay.
Not exactly sure what the function of this object was, but it certainly advertises the wares at Jannetta's Pierhead Cafe. The Jannetta family had operated their restaurant business on Boat Brae since the early 1930s. By the 1960s and 1970s it was affectionately known for some reason as Stinky's, and for the youth of Newport ...
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.
During World War II King Haakon of Norway visited the Norwegian forces based at Woodhaven three times. At least once he was accommodated at Dunvarlich on Riverside Road, one of several houses in Newport that were used for military purposes during the war. Prior to that visit a period en suite from the 1930s was ...
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.
Newport Life Boys enjoying a sausage sizzle to the west of the rail bridge in the late 1950s. Leaders are Ron Caird, Dorothy Howitt and Rosemonde Morton. The Junior Section of the Boys' Brigade was previously known as Life Boys.
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).
Memories of East Newport station from David Sutherland. Living in Norwood, we looked out on the station – it was often interesting, and noisy, especially in the time before diesel replaced steam. Most of the trains were pulled by BR 2-6-4 tank engines. My dad taught in Dundee art college, and often gave evening classes, so he made good use ...
Kenneth Hart recalls happy days playing at Highfield in the 1950s, the great stretch of open ground above Birkhill Avenue, an area now pretty much covered with housing. "Highfield had some importance to me growing up. My great friend Aly Wilkie lived there in one half of the solitary house which was there. This was a ...
Memories of Kinbrae House from Stanley Gordon. In the 1950s, some of my school chums and myself would explore the derelict Kinbrae House. What with its massive structure and baronial appearance, it always made me feel as if we were in a Famous Five adventure when we gained access through a broken kitchen window. Magnificence The upper floors ...
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.
Newscutting from 2022 in which Stanley Gordon of Newport recalls happy childhood summers, much of his time being spent on the Newport Braes.
