Two photographs of the TAMS Production of Merrie England in 1962.
These photographs show just some of TAMS productions: 1965 Song of Norway; 1961 Gipsy Princess; and 1961 Goodnight Vienna.
A framed list of fares for crossing the Tay on the ferry from 1961.
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'.
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.
Construction work started on 29 March 1963. After considerable upheaval on both land and water the project was completed in August 1966.
Three photographs showing off the unique design of Willie Logan's columns.
Courier article from September 2024 about construction of the Tay Road Bridge. The latest technology has been employed to colour the photos used to illustrate the article.
Construction of the Road Bridge. Excavation within the coffer dam at pier number 2 looking downstream.
Construction of the massive Fife abutment, built above the Tayport road, just visible in the photograph.
For almost 30 years from the 1960s until the 1990s a tall lemon tree grew beside the Tay road bridge - or so it seemed! Early in the bridge's history, the toll collectors started to hang Jif plastic lemons on a tree growing close to the collection booths. Each year the lemons were carefully hung ...
Memorial in the Tay Road Bridge south car park to the five men who lost their lives during bridge construction. The tablet reads: IN MEMORY OF A M KEIR J T LENNIE D ROSS B P BOWNESS J S MCQUEEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAY ROAD BRIDGE
An aerial view of the temporary bridge reaching out into the river.
What a stroke of brilliance it was for contractor Willie Logan to decide to build the bridge from a temporary bridge underneath, and not from floating barges as was more normal. This would allow working in almost all weather and tidal conditions. Our photographs show the temporary bridge taking its first steps out into the ...
Not Newport, but worth showing. The construction area in Dundee as work starts on the Tay Road Bridge in 1963. The sheer scale of disruption is evident. In the distance the clock tower of West Station, which would be demolished in 1965. Towards the Caird Hall, the Royal Arch still stands, built to commemorate the ...
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.
Photograph showing temporary bridge now halfway across the river. Photograph taken from the deck of the Fifie.
Photograph of the Berry Family tree, 1725-2016.
Poem about the Fifie from an unknown source.
The Fifie viewed from the deck of the temporary bridge. During construction the temporary bridge caused considerable disruption to ferry services. Crossings had to be halted at low tide as the bridge prevented the ferries from slipping far enough down river to avoid the sandbanks.
Out on deck as the Fifie heads for Newport.
Three photographs from some of the Green Room Club's productions. The Green Room club rehearsed in their premises in the old Royal Buildings before performing many of their shows in the Rio. In addition, in November each year, they hired the Byre Theatre in St Andrews for a week and put on five performances there. They ...
