Newport BB outside the Blyth Hall in 1901
Wormit BB Junior section (formerly the Life Boys) and Anchor Boys, c. 1980
Wormit Boys' Brigade colour party at the bottom of Birkhill Avenue, after parading from Wormit Parish Church.
Newport Boys' Brigade outside the Blyth Hall in the 1940s. Note the war-time brick blast walls built to protect the Blyth Hall windows
Newport BB re-union celebrations at William Street Hall around 1980.
Two photographs showing the Boys' Brigade members and Scouts, first of all being inspected in Kilnburn, then taking part in the parade along Blyth Street to the service in St Thomas' Church.
Newport Life Boys enjoying a sausage sizzle to the west of the rail bridge in the late 1950s. Leaders are Ron Caird, Dorothy Howitt and Rosamunde Morton. The Junior Section of the Boys' Brigade was previously known as Life Boys.
These members of 1st Newport Boys' Brigade were drafted into the army. They helped to form a troop of hussars in The Gipsy Baron by Johann Strauss, which was performed in 1979 by the Thomson-Leng Musical Society in the Whitehall Theatre, Dundee.
Newport Boys' Brigade c. 1975.
Boys' Brigade 5-a-side football team, 1960s
The Boys' Brigade Football Team in 1900.
Photographs of the triumphant BB football team in 1978, one taken outside and one inside the William Street church hall where the group met. The match was the final of Fife BB Under-14 Football Cup and was held in Methil on 16th May 1978. In the final, the boys were never behind and defeated 1st ...
Newport BB camp at Dunino in 1932. Back L-R: J Pate; E McLeod; H McLaren; J Leslie; W Howitt; H Latto; D Miller; A Fearn; J Howitt; C Tait. Middle L-R: P Nicoll; H Young; Mrs McMillan (cook); B Duncan; D Beatt; J Johnston. Front L-R: P Holman; W Knox; F Brotchie; S Lawson; wee girl unknown; E ...
In 1969 two boys in the 1st Newport Boys' Brigade Company were awarded Queen's Badges, the top honour in the organisation. On the left is Tom Murray and on the right, Marshall Bowman.
Newport BB football team from 1966/7. Photograph taken at Windmill Park. Note the windmill in the trees behind. A news report from the Courier noted that the Newport Junior Boys' Brigade team had completed a wonderful season by winning 17 of their 18 matches.
Newport Lifeboys Football football reserves, 1959
In the 1970s and into the 1980s, Wormit Boys' Brigade organised extremely popular Saturday evening discos in the West Hall. Our photograph dates from around 1978.
