Curling Club Prize-giving 1980
Nursery school photograph of the morning group at Tayfield Nursery, 1985.
Bi-annual school photograph, P5, 1988.
School photograph, P3, 1988
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. ...
Two stained glass panes from the staircase window in Netherlea House, demolished in 2019.
Wormit Boating Club Mirror Class sailing championships at Woodhaven Pier in July 1989.
Rev Andrew Stevenson was Minister of Wormit Church from 1983 until 1993. He was the first Minister of the new joint charge of Wormit Church with Balmerino joined with Gauldry.
An explanation of the origins of Wormit Boating Club. Note that the club moved to Woodhaven in 1971, with the new clubhouse being built the following year.
I've always found this mural on the blocked up gable window of the house at the bottom of James Street rather intriguing. I've now learned that it was done around 1975 by four-year-old Boo Paterson (now a successful artist) and her older brother who lived in this house. They collected sea glass from the shore ...
Newspaper article from 2008 noting the death of Sandy Rankine of Woodhaven. Noted for his knowledge of the local area, Sandy was involved almost all his life with the family joinery business. After World War II Sandy helped maintain close links with the Norwegian servicemen who had been based at Woodhaven.
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.
Curling Club prize-giving in Blyth Hall c. 1980
Steele and Brodie premises on Kilmany Road 1983.
Some of the beeswax candles made by Steele and Brodie, a sideline of their bee supplies.
The story of Wormit's Steele and Brodie beehive works from Brian Nish.
Newport School P1 1984 - 1985
Wormit Church Women's Guild 1987
Article from Mars Mainsheet, Wormit Boating Club’s newsletter, about the raising of the Mars mooring anchor.
Wormit Playgroup has been based in the West Hall on Bay Road since 1972. These photographs show playgroup activities in 1989.
Wormit branch of Tufty Club in 1982. Squirrel Tufty taught children road safety.
Newscutting showing the children of Wormit playgroup in 1980 after they were given a bottle of pennies towards their funds. The bottle had been donated by the Sandford Hotel.
A framed aerial view of Woodhaven Farm taken in 1986.
During World War II King Haakon of Norway visited the Norwegian forces based at Woodhaven three times. At least once he was accommodated at Dunvarlich on Riverside Road, one of several houses in Newport that were used for military purposes during the war. Prior to that visit a period en suite from the 1930s was ...