A model of the B L Nairn ferry. One of the most loved of all the Fifies.
Local school-children were all given a commemorative crown coin in a specially designed box. In fact the crown given out actually commemorated the death of Winston Churchill who had died the previous year. Hence the date 1965 on the crown, and the picture of Churchill on the reverse side!
Many local residents marked the occasion of the opening of the Road Bridge by sending themselves a first day cover with special postmark. Note postage in 1966 was 4d - 4 old pennies. This is the equivalent of 1.5p!
Tickets for admission to the official enclosure at the south end of the road bridge. One ticket issued by Newport Town Council, the other by the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board.
Dinner held by Newport Town Council in the Council Chambers in Scott Street, to celebrate the first anniversary of the Tay Road Bridge. Friday 18 August 1967.
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.)
This gavel was made by Alistair Monro of Monifieth from the wood of the laburnum tree planted at Woodhaven in 1944 to commemorate a visit by King Haakon of Norway that year. The Norwegian Airforce 333 Squadron was stationed at Woodhaven during the war. It was given to Wormit Boating Club for use by the ...
Two toilet flush pull chains from local plumbers, Betsworth and Barlow who operated between 1894-1970s and James Jack and Sons, 1880-1980.
East Newport rail tickets from 1965, and a luggage ticket from West Newport.
Memorabilia relating to the last train 3 May 1969. Two tickets for the last train, intimation of Gala Day at Tayfield and Scotscraig Round Table In Memoriam card with poem.
Newport ATC glider training. Proficiency badge attained in 1968.
Framed memorabilia from the opening of the Tay Road Bridge: jigsaw and envelope with first day cover with commemorative postmark (18 August 1966).
Medals presented to Newport School pupils, 1926-1966. Medals included Fraser Medal, Forrest Medal, Douglas Mitchell Medal, Dr T P Stewart Medal, Gavin Arthur Wilson Medal, James Minty Medal.
Framed ticket for the ferry saloon.
Curling Club badge, showing a game in progress on the lower pond, plus the little clubhouse.
Three tickets for the Tay Ferries, all stamped with 18 08 66 for crossings on the last day of the ferry service.
Model of East Newport Railway Station created for 2016 Old Newport Exhibition. Spot the level crossing, footbridge, phone box, station building, railway carriage on platform, two coal merchants, sidings, signal box and up platform shelter. A very realistic representation!
The old Newport School clock, salvaged from the demolition site after Newport School closed in 1977.
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 ...
Glass pane from the lamp of Provost Newell who lived at 18 Prospect Terrace.
Key that opened the gates of the level crossing at East Newport station.
Newport-on-Tay Round Table 956 was established in 1967 and included Scotscraig in their name in the hope of attracting membership from Tayport too. It was a hugely popular and very active organisation throughout the 1970s and well into the 1980s. Thereafter its membership dwindled leading to its demise around 2002. Round Table catered for men ...
A book of matches advertising the Seymour Hotel, probably from around the 1960s.
