Drawing of Trinity Church at the bottom of High Street. The church was opened in 1881 and closed in 2016.
A leaflet detailing the history of St Mary's Church.
St Mary's Church Confirmation by Candlelight 1974. During the three-day week of 1974, electricity supplies were limited to certain times of the day. But in St Mary's Church it was business as usual, with this confirmation service led by Rev Stone being held by candlelight.
St Mary's Church then and now. The early photograph gives a wonderful view of the fairly new St Mary's, built 1886 - 1887. Older neighbours the Congregational Church (1868), Newport School (1879) and the tower of St Thomas' (1870) are just visible behind, while Tayfield Estate office can be seen on the right. There's just ...
Interior view of St Fillan's Catholic Church in King Street, Newport-on-Tay.
An account from Historic Scotland explaining the background to the building of St Fillan's Catholic Church in Newport. The church, a most unusual style, was opened in 1893.
Drawing by Thomas Halliday of Wormit Church on Riverside Road, originally Wormit Free Church.
Wormit Guides and Brownies celebrate their 60th birthday in December 1989. Mrs Edith Todd, who was responsible for starting the Guides and Brownies in the Newport area in 1929, cut the 60th birthday cake at a joint meeting of the 1st and 2nd Wormit Brownies and the 1st Wormit Guides at a special reunion in ...
A class group in Newport School gym around 1974.
Display sheet giving information about, and examples of, the work of local sculptor, Scott Sutherland. NB: We now have it on good authority, from Scott's son David, that they did not come to live in Newport until 1954.
The Brig o' Tay ladies football team from the late 1970s. On the left is their coach Frank McGrory who owned the Brig for many years.
The memorial window in St Mary's Church. The window commemorates C Douglas Mitchell of Kirk Road, West Newport who died, aged 20, on 26 March 1918.
Wormit Church Girls' Association held a reunion in 1979, 60 years since the group had been formed, and 40 years since this group had previously been photographed in 1939. These girls were all ex-members of the group! Standing L-R: Mrs Scott (Ena Gleig); Mrs Regan (Esther Clink); Jean Davidson; Jean Melrose; Chrissie Douglas; Mrs Dow (Betty ...
Willie Rankine (1890-1976) operated the family joinery business from the workshop at Woodhaven pier. His grandfather William Buist had started the business in 1875. With the death of his mother when he was an infant, Willie grew up with his grand-parents at Woodhaven. Willie had a lifelong interest in the local area and its history. ...
Newport Primary School, probably P5 in 1975.
Newport Primary School group, possibly P6 around 1975.
Newport School group P7 1975. All these pupils were born in 1963. In 2013 and in 2023, to celebrate their 50th and 60th birthdays, reunions were held in the Brig o’ Tay. See the reunion of 2013 and also the reunion in 2023.
A parents' meeting inside Newport School in the early 1970s. It may well have been an open evening for the Brownies. We have plenty Newport School photographs, but this is the only one inside.
A delightful photograph of a very happy group of P7 pupils from Newport School, learning their hockey skills up in Windmill Park from PE teacher Margaret Wright. By the time this photograph was taken in 1971, the road bridge, and of course the link dual carriageway, had been open for nearly 5 years. Access to ...
Forgan Parish Church 850 years 1124 - 1974. Fund-raising gift day envelope 15 September 1974.
A newspaper cutting photograph of Forgan Church members making a presentation to their minister Rev Albert Bogie. This was on the occasion of his forthcoming marriage in 1978.
Forgan Parish Church Women's Guild programme of meetings 1969 - 1970.
2022 marked the 100th anniversary of the unveiling of the Newport, Wormit and Forgan war memorial. To mark this centenary, the Newport History Group embarked on a remembrance project, entitled Lest We Forget. We also wanted to involve our two local primary schools so that the pupils might gain a deeper understanding of the meaning ...
Booklet produced in 2006 to celebrate forty years since the opening of the Tay Road Bridge.