Just one of the many stunning sunsets that we enjoy regularly here in Newport.
Tayport Amateur Musical Society was founded in Tayport in 1949 but was soon equally associated with Newport as they performed their shows in the Blyth Hall. This photograph shows their 50th anniversary souvenir programme from their show Oklahoma in 1999.
TAMS (Tayport Amateur Musical Society - now TADAMS). In 1999 TAMS celebrated 50 years and at a special event the club officials of 1999 (front) welcomed nine founder members.
Two photographs of the TAMS Production of Merrie England in 1962.
Soon after the end of the ferry service in 1966, the pier and the pier buildings were purchased by Dundee University to be the location of their Tay Estuary Research Centre (TERC) until around 2000. This magazine article (c. 1990) is from Dundee University magazine Contact, and gives an excellent and interesting account of the ...
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'.
In 2016 the Tay Road Bridge celebrated 50 years. In that time there have been several changes to the appearance and the operation of the bridge.
Booklet produced in 2006 to celebrate forty years since the opening of the Tay Road Bridge.
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 column on roundabout at south end of road bridge. This memorial is in memory of the five workmen who died during road bridge construction, and of contractor Willie Logan who died in 1966 when his private plane crashed near Inverness. He never saw his bridge completed. The memorial is in the shape of one ...
Booklet produced in 1996 to celebrate thirty years since the opening of the Tay Road Bridge.
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 ...
Photograph of the Berry Family tree, 1725-2016.
Poem about the Fifie from an unknown source.
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 ...
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.
Two photographs of the Scotscraig on the river, the first approaching Dundee, the second approaching Newport.
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.
Findlay McLaren remembers the Tinkers' Wood. This is the small wood at the junction of Inverdovat and Cupar roads. It used to be used as a “tinker” encampment. The tinkers would do seasonal work and go round the doors hawking. It was said they would leave a mark to warn off their comrades from unfruitful doors ...
Traffic jams on the High Street are nothing new, judging by this view from the early 1960s. Just over the wall on the left can be seen the steep roof of the old granary building. The 'B-E' of Beatt and Tait store is just visible on the right as well as Keith's butcher shop.
