The Abercraig with a glimpse of the rail bridge in the distance.
Clearly some sort of special occasion on the Sir William High. The William High was built at the Caledon shipyard in Dundee and was named after Lord Provost William High. The ferry served on the crossing from 1924 until 1953. After the provost's knighthood in 1929 the ferry was also given the title Sir. Perhaps ...
Wormit Primary School, possibly 1956 or 1957.
Programme for A Tennis Racket, a fund-raising show put on by Wormit Tennis Club in 1956 to raise money to support the recently re-formed tennis club. See our photographs of the show.
Three scenes from a production by the Wormit Drama Society 1950s. The production was Ladies in Retirement. Thanks to Ken Hart for the details in his note below. See more photographs sent by Kenneth.
Four scenes from a production by the Wormit Drama Society 1950s. The production was Ladies in Retirement. See more photographs of this production.
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 ...
Members of Wormit Amateur Football Club 1949-1950.
Wormit Football Team, 1952.
Four photographs from Ladies in Retirement, a play put on by one of the Wormit drama groups in the 1950s. Pictures 1 and 2: Ken Hart with Evelyn Martin. Picture 3: Ken Hart with Mother Superior Mary Balfour. Apparently there is a body in that oven! Picture 4: Ken Hart borrowing money from Ena Gleig. See more photographs of ...
Programme for The Babes in the Wood, a fund-raising show put on by Wormit Tennis Club in 1957. It was presented over five nights in the West Hall.
This wonderful picture of Wormit School pupils was loaned to us by Joyce Lumsden for exhibition in 2016. The same picture was then sent to us from Cyprus by Ken Hart.
Newport Football Team, mid-1950s
Newport School Football Team 1952
Wormit football team in action on their home pitch which was on the site of the playing field of the current Wormit Primary School. Note the railway bridge crossing Flass Road and the houses in Woodhaven Avenue.
Wormit Football Team playing at NCR in Dundee, early 1950s
This undated photo shows two unnamed Newport School pupils. Photograph taken in Blyth Street probably in 1950s.
Extracts from one of the wildlife calendars that Len Fullerton illustrated, and which were published annually over several years in the 1950s and 60s.
An invitation to a social evening held in the small Blyth Hall to celebrate the visit of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1958. This photograph was sent in by Graeme Reid. The invitation was sent to his grandfather Tom Currie, manager of the Clydesdale Bank at the time of the royal visit. ...
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 ...
An article from the Fife News of November 1963 relating the history of Wormit Boating Club.