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.
Two photographs showing storm damage at the pier in the 1990s.
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.
Photograph of the Tay Rail Bridge and Tay Bridge South signal box. Photographed sometime after the closure of the Newport Railway. The signal box sat in the junction of the two lines.
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.
Photograph of the Berry Family tree, 1725-2016.
The Newport Club has a long and interesting history, dating back to when the first railway bridge was being built.
For more than 25 years from the early 1980s until 2007 hundreds of local youngsters showed off their skills in some spectacular TNT shows. TNT was one of the earliest youth theatre groups, and certainly the first in this area. Sadly it ended in 2007. Our photograph shows their remaining funds being donated to Tearfund, ...
The complete run of TNT programmes from 1982 until 2002.
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.
Two trees planted in Tayfield in 1966 to celebrate opening of the Road Bridge. Like the bridge itself, they have flourished!
Trinity Church High Street.
A view of the interior of Trinity Church.
Drawing by Keith Robson in 1986 of Trinity Church at the bottom of High Street. The church was opened in 1881 and closed in 2016.
Between 1983 and 2007 highly successful Arts and Crafts exhibitions were held annually in Wormit. They were organised by members of Wormit Church to raise funds for the West Hall where the exhibitions were mounted. Fife Council matched the money raised. Previously Wormit Church had organised annual Flower and Bulb shows. When these came to ...
