Diesel Train at East Newport 1960s.
Diesel Train at East Newport 1960s. Two coal merchants' depots clearly visible.
Dundee-bound diesel train at East Newport Station.
Diesel train at East Newport station, seen through the footbridge.
Passengers ready to board diesel train at Wormit Station as it leaves the tunnel and approaches the platform.
Diesel train leaving Wormit station heading for Newport. 1960s.
Diesel train on Tay Rail Bridge c. 1960s. Wormit Station very neat.
Two views of the dilapidated platform shelter on the 'up' side of the line, a couple of years after closure.
Two views from 1971 of a very dilapidated station building at East Newport, two years after its closure in May 1969.
A well-attended dinner in the Blyth Hall, probably around 1970. Unfortunately occasion unknown - at the moment!
A photograph of dinner ladies at Wormit school with the Headteacher, probably taken just after the new school opened in 1978.
Photograph shows the disused and fairly derelict Wormit station being carefully dismantled in 1980. The Scottish Railway Preservation Society had bought it and moved it to Bo'ness where it was rebuilt and is still part of the society’s working steam museum.
A photograph of the doctors's inspection of the Mars boys on their arrival at the granary at Elie harbour in 1912.
One of five siblings, William was the son of John Doig whose father William had started a chemist business here in Newport in 1876. The shop was run by the family until the 1950s, and their shop in Robertson Place (Cupar Road) featured on many old postcard views. The family lived at 4 Struan Place. William ...
Dr John Stewart was Newport's first general practitioner and was recommended to the people of Newport by Professor Simpson of chloroform fame. Lovaine was built on Cupar Road for Doctor Stewart, and he used it as his surgery and residence.
Dr Thomas Stewart, "Docy Tom", succeeded his father Dr John Stewart as Newport's general practitioner. He lived and worked at Lovaine on Cupar Road, and was assisted by the apparently rather flamboyant Dr Montague Rust.
We don't really know much about this lovely photograph. We do know it's taken outside the Blyth Hall probably around 1930. 2nd from left in front row is Gertrude (Bunty) Irons. Irene Williamson is back row 2nd left. Middle row 1st left is Margaret McEwan, and possibly Barbara Baxter and a Powell somewhere. Which show is ...
Postcard showing Dundee fire brigade arriving by ferry at Newport Pier.
Eager crowds waiting by Trinity Church to welcome the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on the occasion of the royal visit in 1958.
A photograph of East Newport, taken while the road bridge was under construction. Note the wooden temporary bridge, and pre-fab houses in Kerr Street and Tay Terrace.
Good clear view of East Newport from the pier, probably around 1900. The gasworks chimney was removed in 1905 after the gasworks had moved in 1903 to their new location on the Tayport Road.
Quite an unusual view towards East Newport, as it focuses on the most easterly stretch of the Braes. The houses on Tay Street between Robert Street and James Street can also be seen. Most interesting however, is the white cottage on the cliff at the left of the photograph. This is Kempstane, a small croft ...
Good clear view of the area around the old pier around 1900. On the extreme left are the washing lines for the flats in the old granary, and the gasworks chimney dominates the scene. McKellar the painter's name is easy to see from the Fifie, and going towards the west, first Chapel House, then Seamills ...
Looking from the shore at West Newport, towards the pier and East Newport.