Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 8 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Decade: "1970s" xSubject: "Other Shops" x Search term Filter by Format Artifact (1)Document (2)Photograph (5)Filter by Area Newport (7)Filter by Decade 1890s (1)1900s (2)1910s (2)1920s (2)1930s (3)1940s (4)1950s (6)1960s (6)1980s (3)1990s (2)2000s (2)2010s (2)2020s (1)Filter by Century 19th (1)21st (2) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Modelia Fashion Shop on High Street Modelia Fashions at the bottom of High Street. This building was originally the estate office for Tayfield Estate. It has now been converted to a house. Local Butchers Three Newport butcher shops. Stamp Machines at Old Post Office Those of a certain age will remember using these old stamp machines. You popped in your penny, or two or three (old pennies of course, pre-decimalisation of 1971), and out came your stamp. In the days when snail mail was the only form of communication, these machines were lifelines when the post office was closed. ... Newport Shops 1950s and 1960s Remembered by Henry Burnett Long time Newport resident, Henry Burnett shares his memories of Newport and Wormit shops. Stanley Gordon's Memories of Newport Shops in the 1950s Stanley Gordon is a long-term resident of Newport and remembers many of the village shops from the 1950s . Jannetta's the Pierhead Cafe 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 ... Mr Bain the Grocer 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. Shop at 1 Gowrie Street 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 ...