Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 7 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:format: "Text" xSubject: "Out and About" x Search term Filter by Subject Memories (5)Newport at War (1)World War Two (1)Filter by Area Newport (4)Wormit (2)Landward area (1)Filter by Decade 1910s (1)1920s (2)1930s (3)1940s (3)1950s (3)1970s (1)Filter by Century 20th (6) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Memories of Highfield, Wormit Kenneth Hart recalls happy days playing at Highfield in the 1950s, the great stretch of open ground above Birkhill Avenue, an area now pretty much covered with housing. "Highfield had some importance to me growing up. My great friend Aly Wilkie lived there in one half of the solitary house which was there. This was a ... Memories of Woodhaven Farm Written by Ena Scott (nee Gleig) in 1989. Ena was born in 1912 and lived nearly all her life in Woodhaven and Wormit, dying in Newport in 1998. She grew up at Woodhaven farmhouse and moved to Naughton Road after her marriage. My parents came to Woodhaven Farm in 1907. At that time the estate was ... Air Raid Shelter at Old Pier Memories of the WWII air raid shelter from Findlay McLaren. The air raid shelter was on the sea wall where the new houses are. It was set about 5 feet back from the edge. Standing at the door on the east end nearest the water corner that we used to store our canoes. Directly opposite was ... 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 Kinbrae House Memories of Kinbrae House from Stanley Gordon. In the 1950s, some of my school chums and myself would explore the derelict Kinbrae House. What with its massive structure and baronial appearance, it always made me feel as if we were in a Famous Five adventure when we gained access through a broken kitchen window. Magnificence The upper floors ... Memories of St Fort Dairy In the 1990s Mrs Allison (nee Swan) of Gauldry shared her memories of growing up at St Fort. "I lived at St Fort from age 3 in 1928, latterly at Flass farm where my father was manager, and until my marriage in 1949. The Pilkingtons lived in the big house. (Miss Pilkington’s sister is Mrs Wilson ... Dear Old Home Town - a Poem A poem written by John Duncan expressing his fondness for his home town Newport - date unknown. He also wrote a poem Farewell tae the Fifies.