The Victorian school in Wormit was demolished in 1978. Bryony Barnes stitched this panel.
A Newport commemorative medal produced for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. The coronation had to be postponed due to the King's ill health with appendicitis, and as a result many medals and other memorabilia were wrongly dated - the coronation actually took place on 9th August 1902.
Painting by Helen Wallace of the windmill which gave Windmill Park its name.
The William Faulds Trophy. Any information about this trophy and the recipient(s) would be appreciated.
The Mars Training Ship was berthed in the Tay off Woodhaven from 1869-1929. This panel was stitched by Cat Jones.
The pier at Newport around 1840, with the steamship Union. Tayfield House is in the background and Seamills Cottage is the only other building still standing. Also visible is Chapel House on the left, and the Seamills beyond the pier.
A fishing permit for Mr Blyth Martin to fish the March Pond in 1904. The March Pond was on the back road to Tayport and marked the boundary, or march, of the Tayfield and Scotscraig Estates. The pond was perhaps better known by its other names of Jess Philip's dam or Washer Willie's pond.
This medicine bottle from Doig the chemist was dug up in the garden of Hazel Cottage (66 West Road). From the late 1870s William Doig had chemist shops both in Newport and in Dundee (as the bottle says). He eventually gave up the Dundee shop in the early 1900s which gives a date for the ...
Lapel badge for Wormit Lawn Tennis Club.
Traditional Remembrance services were cancelled in November 2020 due to Covid19 restrictions. Newport Primary school however were keen to record their own remembrances. The pupils in P6 and P7 decorated stones to their own designs. Some took names from the panels on the Newport war memorial, while others feature the easily recognised poppies. These photographs ...
This tin, now containing nails, is 60 years old and was found in Hugh Ritchie's garage over 500 miles away in Canterbury! The previous contents had been dispensed in 1962 by David Kerr the Chemist at the Pierhead.
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 ...
Wormit Lawn Tennis Club Gentlemen's Singles Cup. The cup was presented to the club in 1922 by G D MacDougald. After World War II the cup was gifted to Frank Harrison who had won it five times in the 1930s.
Invitation/programme for the Provost's Ball, held on 1 February 1974 to celebrate the reopening of the refurbished Blyth Hall.
This panel, showing the Roman Catholic Church in King Street, was stitched by Anne Meiland.
A lovely collection of Newport-on-Tay crested tableware made by W H Goss. Crested ware was first produced by W H Goss of Stoke-on-Trent in 1888. The company gained permission from UK towns to reproduce their coats of arms on miniature porcelain pieces. Crested tableware was hugely popular during the first half of the twentieth century, ...
Glass pane from the lamp of Provost Newell who lived at 18 Prospect Terrace.
In the Congregational Church's Triple Jubilee year 1951, this bedspread was created as a fund-raiser. People were asked to sign their names, then the names were embroidered over.
St Fillan's Church, painted from an unusual angle by L. J. Brand.
St Thomas's Church in stitches, by Ella Smith.
This panel depicting the former Trinity Church was stitched by Angela Davey.
The panel of St Mary's Church was stitched by Katherine Brex.
This panel depicting Wormit Church on Riverside Road was stitched by Helen Lawrenson.
Muriel McCabe stitched this panel depicting the Blyth Hall.