Some 60 or more years separate these two photographs taken from almost identical locations at East Newport Station, probably around early 1900s and 1970.
A derelict West Newport station after its closure in May 1969.
Series of photographs taken during construction of new Wormit Primary School 1976 - 1978. Pictures 3 and 4 show the fire brigade attending an 'incident' on the roof, and picture 5 shows the new school in relation to the old. The new school opened in 1978.
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. ...
Photograph shows the concrete foundation laid to receive pier number 42, just below the Tayport road.
Preparatory groundwork for Fife abutment.
Two stained glass panes from the staircase window in Netherlea House, demolished in 2019.
The old Newport School clock, salvaged from the demolition site after Newport School closed in 1977.
Time for the three-legged race at Newport School sports at Windmill Park early 1970s.
Long time Newport resident, Henry Burnett shares his memories of Newport and Wormit shops.
Stanley Gordon is a long-term resident of Newport and remembers many of the village shops from the 1950s .
Two photographs of the St Fillan's Church nativity play presented in the church by members of the Sunday school and Bible Class early 1970s.
Ex-Guides and Guiders gathered to celebrate 50 years of Guiding in Newport. 1973.
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.
A magazine article from 1974 noting the history of the joinery business based at Woodhaven. It was started by William Buist in 1875, continued by his grandson William Rankine after World War I, and taken over by next generation Sandy Rankine in the 1960s.
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.
In the 1970s the Blythe Players and the Green Room Club combined to become the Phoenix Drama Group. These pictures show a fashion show mounted by the group to raise funds for their productions.
A newspaper advert for the Seymour Hotel in 1975. The Seymour, now Riverview Lodge care home, operated as a hotel from 1949 until 1989. The eagle-eyed will still spot traces of the words Seymour Hotel painted in large letters along the river-facing garden wall. This ensured that all travellers on the ferry from Dundee knew ...
Sorry - a very tiny photograph of the cast of the TAMS production of Oklahoma in 1970.
1977 Junior Midlands tennis team coached by George Dignan at Waterstone Crook sports dome.
A group of Brownies at flagpole outside Blyth Hall, probably around 1970. Photograph taken before extension to front of hall in 1974.
During 2019-2020 this ground at the rear of the Newport Hotel was being cleared for possible future house building. The photographs show what appears to be extensive cellar space. These cellars would have provided storage space below the old stabling for the inn.
William Willocks had a well-known joinery and undertaker business in Newport from the 1930s with the name continuing until 1981. His main workshop was at the top of Robert Street, but he had various other premises too. He had a workshop in Wormit and for many years from the 1940s until the 1960s he operated ...