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 ...
Not exactly sure what the function of this object was, but it certainly advertises the wares at Janetta's Pierhead Cafe. The Janetta family had operated their restaurant business on Boat Brae since the early 1930s. By the 1960s and 1970s it was affectionately known for some reason as Stinky's, and for the youth of Newport ...
This house was built for Dr John Stewart in the 1870s, and used as a doctor's residence and GP surgery for over 100 years. From the 1930s, Lovaine was occupied by Dr Taylor, who was later succeeded by three generations of Drs Mackintosh. It was last used as a surgery by Dr Macleod, until purpose ...
Photographs of the triumphant BB football team in 1978, one taken outside and one inside the William Street church hall where the group met. The match was the final of Fife BB Under-14 Football Cup and was held in Methil on 16th May 1978. In the final, the boys were never behind and defeated 1st ...
Our photograph shows the officials of the Newport Bowling Club on the occasion of the opening of the clubhouse extension 1 February 1975. Back row L-R: N McLeod; G Moncur; R Patterson; P Russell; M. Fenton; J Matthew. Front row L-R: W Coss; A D Forrest (Honorary President); W Leslie; R Smith.
Mr Bain the Grocer on the right. Bain's shop was at James Square on the corner of Gowrie Street and King Street from 1947 until 1974, and is fondly remembered by many.
Until fairly recently the building at 1 Gowrie Street was always a shop. For most of its life it was a grocery store, but in its earliest days in the 1850s and 1860s it appears to have housed a bakery. Our photographs date from the 1970s and 1980s when it was run under the Spar ...
Pony rides at Tayfield Nursery in 1971.
Photo of the original Wormit School which opened in January 1896 following the rapid growth of the village after the opening of the Tay Bridge and Wormit Station. It accommodated 133 children, but three more classrooms were added in 1899, allowing for more than 200 children. A gym hall and dining room were added much ...
A hockey match held in 1976 or 1977 between members of the Ladies' Circle and the lady members of TAMS. Our photograph shows the TAMS team members outside the Blyth Hall.
Carolyn Morton's ballet class outside the Blyth Hall late 1970s.
Newspaper article about the Provost's Ball on 1 February 1974, held to mark the re-opening of the Blyth Hall after its extension and modernisation.
Invitation/programme for the Provost's Ball, held on 1 February 1974 to celebrate the reopening of the refurbished Blyth Hall.
Miss Pilkington was one of only two people to become Honorary Burgesses and to be awarded Freedom of the Burgh. She was given this honour by Provost Soutar on 9 October 1970. Miss Pilkington lived latterly at Whincraig, Norwood, but from the 1900s to the 1940s the Pilkington family lived at St Fort House. The other ...
Miss Pilkington died on 14 January, 2002 at the age of 100. She was given the Freedom of the Burgh in 1970.
Four amazing photographs showing the real Blyth Hall roof. In 1974 a false ceiling was installed in the hall, which no doubt helped with heating, but it hid this magnificent roof. Architect Robert Lorimer, designer of the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle, and of our own Newport memorial, described this ceiling as one ...
A closer view of St Fillan's Church on the corner of William Street and King Street.
Two views of St Fillan's Catholic Church, Newport-on-Tay, one from King Street, one from Queen Street .
Council meeting in Newport-on-Tay in the Blyth Hall in 1971. Back Row L-R: K Pritchard (burgh prosecutor), John Herald (depute town clerk), Jack Morton (burgh surveyor), James Duncan (burgh chamberlain), David McLaren, R Paterson. Front Row L-R: Rev Robert Howieson, Alex Gilruth (town clerk), S Zimmerman (Baillie), Provost Gordon Soutar (Provost 1968-71), Randolph Webster (Baillie), Margaret McLeod, ...
Dancers in Tams Old Time Music Hall show in 1975.
Coloured drawing of St Fillan's Church done by Harry Vincent in 1978.
St Fillan's Church. A more unusual view from William Street. During World War Two, the church spire was used by Norwegian pilots to align their Catalinas on the correct flight path for landing at Woodhaven, following their secret missions over enemy-occupied Norway.
An analysis of Trinity Church written in 1995 by student Helen MacGregor.
Trinity Church Kirk Session 1974 Back – L-R: D Bisset; G Scott; H Glass; C Brown; R Blatchford; J Dempster; D Smith. Front – L-R: H Latto; D Honeyman; J Rennie (Session Clerk); Rev J A Paterson; W Croll; I Dick (Treasurer); T L Wallace.