A photograph of the Mars Boys in the Woodhaven workshop supervised by Chief Officer Burn and William Bowman.
This photograph was in a drawer, but the finder had no knowledge of anyone in his family being on the ship. To date the boy has not been identified.
Photographs of the four men who commanded the Mars Ship from 1869 to 1929.
A photograph of a gravestone in Forgan Cemetery commemorating three boys who tragically drowned in 1873.
A photograph of one of the several bands organised on the ship.
Photographs of the Mars boys building a rest camp for invalid boys from Dundee.
The Mars boys at Elie enjoying a sing-song with Chief Officer Burns.
A photograph of the tender to the Mars, the Francis Molison, at Woodhaven Pier, with the boys undertaking a series of drills.
Two photographs of the Mars boys participating in outdoor activities at Elie.
A photograph of Chief Officer Flynn and the boat crews at Woodhaven, with the Mars in the background.
A photograph of Mars boys in the joinery workshop under the watchful eye of Alexander McDougall, ship's carpenter.
An astonishing photograph of the signatures etched into glass of three of the engineers on the first Tay Rail Bridge. They are Albert Grothe (chief engineer), Frederick Reeves and ___ Neuzille. The signatures are still on the window of the house in East Newport where Reeves was staying and they are dated 9 October 1874.
The calm after the storm - the great gap in the centre of the rail bridge where the high girders had been. The caption on photograph seems to be stating the obvious!
Fallen girders in the water after the Tay Bridge disaster. Interesting to note how little building there was in the Wormit area even after the first bridge had been in operation.
Wormit School 1898. Teacher Miss Welsh. Willie Rankine, later joiner at Woodhaven, 1st left on second back row.
Wormit School 1899. Teacher Miss Welsh.
Wormit School, early 1900s.
Wormit School, early 1900s.
The Mars boys in the classroom on board the Mars.
The Francis Molison was used to provide the Mars boys with more seagoing skills and nautical experience. Here they show off their agility as they take up their positions all over the ship's masts and rigging.
When the fallen girders were located on the river bed, it was found that much of the train was still within them. The carriages were completely empty, an indication of the strength of the current out in the river that night.
Newport Bowling Club £1 share certificate to raise funds for a new bowling green in Kilnburn Park, Scott Street in the 1870s
A very old photograph probably around 1890. Trinity Church on the right and St Mary's in the centre. The block of shop and houses next to the steps has not yet been built, allowing a glimpse of St Thomas' in the distance. The shops were built around 1891 so the photograph pre-dates that. Newport Inn ...
This photograph shows JT Young's first premises on the High Road, where by 1896 he had established his successful cycle repair business. In the early 1900s he embraced motor transport and expanded down into Boat Road. With further expansion, the business occupied the entire site of Scotscraig Apartments.
