A closer view of St Fillan's Church on the corner of William Street and King Street.
Coloured drawing of St Fillan's Church done by Harry Vincent in 1978.
St Fillan's Church. A more unusual view from William Street. During World War Two, the church spire was used by Norwegian pilots to align their Catalinas on the correct flight path for landing at Woodhaven, following their secret missions over enemy-occupied Norway.
St Mary's Church choir in 1970s with Rev Rodney Stone. Rev Stone was at St Mary's from 1973 until 1991.
The memorial window in St Mary's Church. The window commemorates C Douglas Mitchell of Kirk Road, West Newport who died, aged 20, on 26 March 1918.
St Mary's Church then and now. The early photograph gives a wonderful view of the fairly new St Mary's, built 1886 - 1887. Older neighbours the Congregational Church (1868), Newport School (1879) and the tower of St Thomas' (1870) are just visible behind, while Tayfield Estate office can be seen on the right. There's just ...
The stunningly beautiful interior of St Mary's Episcopal Church on the steps between Kilnburn and the High Street.
A history of the Church of St Thomas of the Seamylnes, written by Fraser Ritchie in1983. It covers the period from the planning of the church in the late 1860s until its union with St Fillan's Church in 1978 and with Forgan Church in 1981, thereafter becoming Newport-on-Tay Church of Scotland.
Two drawings showing plans for the extension to St Thomas' Church in 1902. Plans were drawn on 24 May 1901. As can be seen on second drawing the area of the church would be more than doubled, from a very simple rectangle shape to a building with increased seating in new transepts, as well as ...
Two views of St Fillan's Catholic Church, Newport-on-Tay, one from King Street, one from Queen Street .
Those of a certain age will remember using these old stamp machines. You popped in your penny, or two or three (old pennies of course, pre-decimalisation of 1971), and out came your stamp. In the days when snail mail was the only form of communication, these machines were lifelines when the post office was closed. ...
Steele and Brodie workshop, Kilmany Road, Wormit.
The story of Wormit's Steele and Brodie beehive works from Brian Nish.
An aerial view of the Steele and Brodie premises on Kilmany Road.
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 newscuttings looking at the first rail bridge and the disaster of 28 December 1879.
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.
