Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 10 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:format: "Text" xDecade: "1970s" x Search term Filter by Subject Art, Music and Drama (2)Rio Cinema (2)Churches (2)St Thomas' Church (1)Wormit Church (1)Clubs and Organisations (2)Other Children's Groups (2)Memories (7)Newport at War (1)Lest We Forget - Poppy Project 2022 (1)General Information (1)Out and About (1)Sport (2)Boating (1)Bowling Wormit (1)Tayfield Estate (1)Other Tayfield Items (1)Filter by Area Newport (6)Wormit (4)Filter by Decade 1890s (2)1900s (3)1910s (4)1920s (6)1930s (6)1940s (6)1950s (6)1960s (8)1980s (4)1990s (3)2000s (3)2010s (2)2020s (2)Filter by Century 19th (2)21st (3) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Memories of the Rio Youth Club 1 June Turner’s memories of the Rio Youth Club, as told to Wendy Irons on 19th September 2020. “I was working as a youth leader in a school in Dundee in the evenings. A young woman knocked at my house door in Newport one evening and said that Newport needed a youth club. I can’t remember her name. ... Memories of Willie Rankine Willie Rankine (1890-1976) operated the family joinery business from the workshop at Woodhaven pier. His grandfather William Buist had started the business in 1875. With the death of his mother when he was an infant, Willie grew up with his grand-parents at Woodhaven. Willie had a lifelong interest in the local area and its history. ... Background to the Project 2022 marked the 100th anniversary of the unveiling of the Newport, Wormit and Forgan war memorial. To mark this centenary, the Newport History Group embarked on a remembrance project, entitled Lest We Forget. We also wanted to involve our two local primary schools so that the pupils might gain a deeper understanding of the meaning ... Recollections of Life on Tayfield Estate by Jim Smith Jim Smith was born and bred at Tayfield, and spent his whole working life there. In his final year in 2002 he looked back on his life and shared his memories with Gordon Small, who recorded them all. We are fortunate to have this astonishing record which covers everyday life on the estate to events ... Memories of Wormit Bowling Club Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Bowling Club started at the beginning of this century 1901 and many business men were the first members. At one time bowling was considered to be men only and it was not ... Memories of Wormit Boating Club Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit. The Boating Club formed in January 1911 and was mainly a rowing club. The first clubhouse was mainly just a shed at Wormit Bay, then a clubhouse and sheds were built east of ... Memories of St Thomas' Church Ann Sheach (nee MacLean) recalls times spent in St Thomas' Church in the 1960s and 1970s. "I was christened and married in the church. "I loved the Sunday School Christmas Parties in the church hall - playing traditional party games, watching Tom & Jerry cartoons, singing carols and with lights dimmed waiting to hear Santa’s bell as ... Wormit Church Ministers Ministers of both Wormit Churches from 1898 until 2020. Dog Days Newport 1970s We were sent the following doggy memories from the 1970s. "Does anyone remember the dogs there were in the 1970s in Newport? There was Trixie who used to come to Windmill Park when we had hockey practice from Newport Primary. The huge black Labrador belonging to the doctor who would lie in wait on top of ... Memories of the Rio Youth Club 2 Memories of the Rio Youth Club from Mo Beat and Sheonagh Beat. I was also involved in starting up the youth club. We used to meet in the West Hall in Wormit and the leaders, a husband and wife (cannot remember names), were instrumental in getting the Rio as a venue. I donated many of my ...