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.
Two photographs of the Newport Playgroup which met in the Blyth Hall probably from around 1970 until it disbanded in the early 2010s. The playgroup catered for children aged 3-5. These photographs are from 1975-1976.
A group of staff who helped run the Rio Youth Club in the 1970s. Read the memories of one of these staff members.
These members of 1st Newport Boys' Brigade were drafted into the army. They helped to form a troop of hussars in The Gipsy Baron by Johann Strauss, which was performed in 1979 by the Thomson-Leng Musical Society in the Whitehall Theatre, Dundee.
These photographs show three more Newport Police Burgh boundary stones discovered in Spring 2021. The first split one is on the left grass verge of the track up to Causewayhead, and has probably been moved from the field next to it. The second photo shows the stone, in excellent condition, which is in the field ...
Newport Boys' Brigade c. 1975.
An aerial view of the Steele and Brodie premises on Kilmany Road.
The story of Wormit's Steele and Brodie beehive works from Brian Nish.
Eddie Grimes had his joinery workshop here on West Road in the 1960s and 1970s. For such an unassuming building, 35/37 West Road has an interesting history. The building started its life as the chapel for the Congregational Church, and it fulfilled this purpose from probably around 1822 until 1868 when their new church was ...
June Turner’s memories of the Rio Youth Club, as told to Wendy Irons on 19th September 2020. “I was working as a youth leader in a school in Dundee in the evenings. A young woman knocked at my house door in Newport one evening and said that Newport needed a youth club. I can’t remember her name. ...
A construction worker on the temporary bridge ignores a passing Fifie.
A close-up photograph of the Scotscraig with the new road bridge under construction in the background.
A fund-raising pet show organised for the Red Cross in 1970, possible held in the Rio.
Pet show held in Newport in aid of the Red Cross.
The viaduct that carried the railway line through the Tayfield Estate comprised four spans on three columns. It was removed soon after the line closed. Picture 1 shows the series of supports that carried the viaduct, 2 the present day retaining wall at the other side of the gap, and 3 is a rare view ...
To celebrate their 10th anniversary as a youth club, the Rio held a week of activities. They included the women's football match at Waterstone Crook.
Newport Football Team 1978. Photograph taken at the new Waterstone Crook sports centre.
Brig o' Tay Ladies Football Team, 1977.
Article from the Dundee Courier about the raising of the Mars mooring anchor in 1975.
Article from Mars Mainsheet, Wormit Boating Club’s newsletter, about the raising of the Mars mooring anchor.