Our pictures show Jan Martin's dance classes in the 1980s. The classes, for youngsters and for adults, were held in the Rio Community Centre.
In the early 1980s a youth theatre was held in the Rio Community Centre. Our photographs show an outdoor show Ferries and Trains in 1984.
Jim Smith was born and bred at Tayfield, and spent his whole working life there. In his final year in 2002 he looked back on his life and shared his memories with Gordon Small, who recorded them all. We are fortunate to have this astonishing record which covers everyday life on the estate to events ...
After the closure of Wormit Station in May 1969, it gradually became quite derelict. Eleven years later however, a reprieve came for Wormit station when it was purchased by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society. The station was carefully dismantled and removed to Bo’ness where it is still part of the society’s working steam museum. These two photographs show ...
Wormit Church Girls' Association was formed in 1919. This photograph shows Rev Andrew Stevenson at a reunion in the 1980s of members from 1939. See the girls in 1939. Back Row L-R: Paddy Shuckburgh (Hutton); Esther Regan (Clink); Jean Melrose; Jean Davidson/Winnie Wallace/Chrissie Douglas?; May Walker; Jean Davidson/Winnie Wallace/Chrissie Douglas?; 7 Mary Milne (Lillie); Middle Row 1-4: ...
Wormit Church Girls Association was formed in 1919. This photograph shows the reunion of members from 1939 - see 1939 photo. L-R: 1 Jean Davidson/Winnie Wallace/Chrissie Douglas?; 2 Betty Kenworthy (Callighan); 3 May Walker; 4 Jean Melrose; 5 Esther Regan (Clink); 6 Paddy Shuckburgh (Hutton); 7 Betty Dow (Rankine); 8 Eileen Swan; 9 Jean Davidson/Winnie Wallace/Chrissie ...
Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Bowling Club started at the beginning of this century 1901 and many business men were the first members. At one time bowling was considered to be men only and it was not ...
Newport Playgroup in 1983. The playgroup met in the Blyth Hall probably from around 1970 until it disbanded in the early 2010s. The playgroup catered for children aged 3-5.
Display board showing the Newport Club presidents from the founding of the club in 1871 until 2022. The first-named president, Albert Grothe, was engineer on the ill-fated first rail bridge.
The stunningly beautiful interior of St Mary's Episcopal Church on the steps between Kilnburn and the High Street.
A poster advertising a weekend of events in celebration of the church's 150th anniversary. The church had opened in 1870 so in fact the celebrations were three years late, with all events having been delayed by the Covid pandemic.
Newport School 1982 - 1983 P1
These five pictures show members of the Newport Curling Club on the curling pond at Tayfield, probably in the 1970s. Outdoor curling at Tayfield continued occasionally until the 1980s, with the last occasion probably being in January 1985.
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 ...
Newport-on-Tay Round Table 956 was established in 1967 and included Scotscraig in their name in the hope of attracting membership from Tayport too. It was a hugely popular and very active organisation throughout the 1970s and well into the 1980s. Thereafter its membership dwindled leading to its demise around 2002. Round Table catered for men ...
Board celebrating Newport and Wormit Boy Scouts who achieved the King's or Queen's Scout Badge between 1931 and 1961, and the Chief Scout's Award between 1975 and 2000.
Photograph shows the first houses of Netherlea Place being built in the mid-1980s. The name Netherlea is a reminder of the nearby Netherlea House which was demolished in 2019.
Junior prize-giving at Wormit Tennis Club. This was probably in 1982 and could have been the North Fife Junior Tournament.
Wormit Ladies' Group was a social group for women in Wormit, thought to have been a follow-on from an earlier baby-sitting group. They met regularly once a month in the West Hall, Wormit. It probably started around 1970 and functioned until 1983. Members enjoyed a varied programme of events with visits to local places of ...
A selection of prize-winning tickets from Wormit Church Flower and Bulb shows. These shows, which included sections for home-made produce and baking, took place annually in the 1970s and 1980s.
Syllabus cards for Wormit Church Women's Guild from 1973 until 2020.
Ministers of both Wormit Churches from 1898 until 2020.
Information leaflet produced by WRAG, the Wormit Railway Action Group. The group, led by John Rundle, campaigned vigorously throughout the 1980s to have a railway station or halt reopened at Wormit.
These newspaper cuttings refer to the 1980s campaign by the Wormit Railway Action Group, headed by John Rundle and ultimately unsuccessful, to reopen Wormit station.