Memorabilia relating to the last train 3 May 1969. Two tickets for the last train, intimation of Gala Day at Tayfield and Scotscraig Round Table In Memoriam card with poem.
Newscutting giving details of the last train journey from Newport to Dundee. It describes the 'funeral procession' and their actions.
Rail passengers arrive at East Newport by bus from Tayport. In May 1966 when the dual carriageway was being built to the road bridge the railway line to Tayport was breached and closed permanently. Passengers were taken to and from Tayport by bus..
The B L Nairn in mid-river heading for Dundee. The B L Nairn was in operation from 1929 until 1966 when the ferry service ended.
An evening crossing by the Fifie, quite probably the B L Nairn.
Last crossing made by the Scotscraig on 18 August 1966. The ferry is packed with passengers and just visible at the left of the picture is the new road bridge, opened earlier that day.
A queue of cars on Newport pier as the Scotscraig approaches.
Pennant for the Newport branch of ATC 1969. Athletics.
Kirk Session and congregational board of Wormit Church probably around 1960. Back Row L-R: Grant Balfour; ? ; Malcolm Currie; Carsewell Jones; Mr Hain; David Young; Peter Hirst; David Thomson. 2nd Back Row L-R: Iain McFarland; Ralph Millar; ? ; Bill Irons; Ron Stevenson; ? ; Sgt Alan McGonigle; Sandy Rankine. 2nd Front row L-R: Alan Wheen; J ...
Group of players on the balcony of the new Wormit tennis pavilion which was opened in 1961.
New pavilion at Wormit Tennis Club, opened in 1961.
Newport ATC glider training. Proficiency badge attained in 1968.
Poster from 1966 for the Wormit Boating Club regatta. The regatta would be held at the Mars Pier at Woodhaven.
Ice hockey team playing on the frozen pond at Tayfield c. 1966.
A painting by Helen Wallace of the railway bridge over Cupar Road just before the small turn-off leading up to dual carriageway. The bridge carried the line from East Newport into Tayfield estate, and it was demolished in 1980s.
Kinbrae House, the home of Sir John Leng. Kinbrae was built by 1870 and was demolished around 1960.
View down Station Brae. Before World War II this ground had been a putting green, but during the war it was dug up and used for allotments as part of the Government's Dig For Victory campaign. The allotments were maintained after the war until the town council built houses there for the elderly.
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 ...
Three Newport butcher shops.
Newport Masons around 1960.
Newspaper article from 18 August 1966 reporting on the last sailing of the Fifie that day.
In 1964 Forgan WRI entered the Top Town national drama competition.They reached the final and eventually won. The final was hosted by Inverurie Musical Society. This was the programme for the event.
In 1964 Forgan WRI entered the Top Town national drama competition.They reached the final and eventually won. The final was hosted by Inverurie Musical Society. This photograph shows the successful team.