A description of and explanation of the background to the Leng Cup and the Memorial Cup. These are the cups competed for by Wormit Boating Club.
Wormit Boating Club Memorial Cup. Subscriptions from members allowed the purchase of the cup in 1948 to commemorate the sixteen members of the club lost during World War II. It is awarded as an annual club series trophy. (Wrongly labelled on photographs.)
Wormit Boating Club at Woodhaven was originally a rowing club. In recent years rowing has again become popular and the club has a thriving rowing section. Two St Ayles skiffs have been built by members of the community. The first, Catalina (in memory of the sea planes of the Norwegian sea planes of 333 Squadron ...
Photograph of the Tay Rail Bridge and Tay Bridge South signal box. Photographed sometime after the closure of the Newport Railway. The signal box sat in the junction of the two lines.
Memorial at Wormit Bay to the 59 known victims of the Tay Bridge Disaster. Unveiled and dedicated 28 December 2013.
An explanation of the origins of Wormit Boating Club. Note that the club moved to Woodhaven in 1971, with the new clubhouse being built the following year.
Article from Mars Mainsheet, Wormit Boating Club’s newsletter, about the raising of the Mars mooring anchor.
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 ...
After the closure of Wormit Station in May 1969, it gradually became quite derelict. Eleven years later however, a reprieve came for Wormit station when it was purchased by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society. The station was carefully dismantled and removed to Bo’ness where it is still part of the society’s working steam museum. These two photographs show ...
Syllabus cards for Wormit Church Women's Guild from 1973 until 2020.
Ministers of both Wormit Churches from 1898 until 2020.
