Two trees planted in Tayfield in 1966 to celebrate opening of the Road Bridge. Like the bridge itself, they have flourished!
A view of the interior of Trinity Church.
Trinity Church High Street.
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.
A photo of the shops in Cupar Road (formerly St Phillan’s Place) probably taken in 2015. Amy's Flower Shop, which was on the corner, closed in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.
Memorial at Wormit Bay to the 59 known victims of the Tay Bridge Disaster. Unveiled and dedicated 28 December 2013.
Annandale Bridge Club was formed in 1949 at Annandale on St Fort Road, Woodhaven, the home of the Tanner family. It quickly outgrew the hall and lounge there, and they moved to the Blyth Hall in 1950. Apart from 1973 - 1974 when the hall was being altered and extended, the bridge club has met ...
Memorial column on roundabout at south end of road bridge. This memorial is in memory of the five workmen who died during road bridge construction, and of contractor Willie Logan who died in 1966 when his private plane crashed near Inverness. He never saw his bridge completed. The memorial is in the shape of one ...
Three Newport butcher shops.
Sandford House today, with holiday cottages on left.
Five massive Old Newport Exhibitions have been organised, three of them in the Blyth Hall. Our photographs show the first in 1990, the fourth one in 2005 and the most recent in 2016.
Photograph of the Berry Family tree, 1725-2016.
The Leng Chapel at Vicarsford Cemetery, two miles south of Newport. Built on a hill, the chapel is a memorial to John Leng's first wife Emily.
Leng Chapel Inscription Panel. The Memorial to John Leng's first wife Dame Emily Leng, and also remembrance of his second wife Mary.
Detail of the ceiling in the Leng Chapel.
The Blyth Fountain in 2014 after restoration in 2013.
Lovely view of the High Street on the Winter Festival late-night shopping night, when Christmas lights are switched on and there's lots of entertainment both inside and out, depending on the weather!
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. ...
Two stained glass panes from the staircase window in Netherlea House, demolished in 2019.
Quirky Choir, which offered everyone the chance to enjoy singing together, was organised and led by Donna Vincent from 2011 until 2019.
I've always found this mural on the blocked up gable window of the house at the bottom of James Street rather intriguing. I've now learned that it was done around 1975 by four-year-old Boo Paterson (now a successful artist) and her older brother who lived in this house. They collected sea glass from the shore ...
Three photographs of children taking part in some of the shows put on by Donna Vincent's Swingsing group. Swingsing ran from 2002 until 2017.
The remains of the windmill which gave the name to Windmill Park. The remains of the wind pump are in the copse of trees at the south end of the park.