The Road Bridge opened on Thursday 18 August 1966 and a Gala Day was arranged in celebration on Saturday 20 August. The Gala Day was held in the grounds of Tayfield and featured a fancy dress parade, a beauty competition and all the usual fun of the fair.
A description of and explanation of the background to the Leng Cup and the Memorial Cup. These are the cups competed for by Wormit Boating Club.
Programme from Congregational Church Drama Group for the play 'Charity Begins.....' in March 1949. The Congregational Drama Group would eventually become the highly talented and enormously popular Blythe Players.
Congregational Church Centenary Service of Worship leaflet. Service held on 28 April 1968 to celebrate the Centenary of the building of the Church 1868 - 1968.
Order of Service leaflet for induction of Rev Robert Waugh 17 January 1945.
Order of Service leaflet for the induction of Rev John Paterson 12 January 1955.
Order of Service leaflet for induction of Rev J G McPhee 14 May 1988.
St Mary's Church Bazaar. This was the leaflet for a fund-raising Bazaar to be held in the Blyth Hall on 4 November 1892 - 5 November 1892. The church hoped to raise money in order to build a parsonage.
Order of Service for the funeral in St Thomas' Church of Miss Fraser, sister and house-keeper to Rev Thomas Fraser for over forty years. 13 July 1911.
St Thomas' Church Centenary 1870 - 1970. Order of service leaflet for the service of Thanksgiving and Rededication. 15 November 1870. Social evening held 19 November 1970 in Blyth Hall.
Order of Service leaflet for the induction of Rev Robert Howieson 26 April 1951.
The Council organised gas cookery demonstrations in coronation year 1937.
In 1964 Forgan WRI entered the Top Town national drama competition.They reached the final and eventually won. The final was hosted by Inverurie Musical Society. This was the programme for the event.
Forgan WRI Syllabus Card 1969.
A reprint of a newspaper article from 1902 describing the extension to St Thomas' Church, and the background history to the need for an extension.
Tayport Amateur Musical Society was founded in Tayport in 1949 but was soon equally associated with Newport as they performed their shows in the Blyth Hall. This photograph shows their 50th anniversary souvenir programme from their show Oklahoma in 1999.
Two programmes from the Newport Choral Society in 1896 and 1909. They held rather grand events in the Blyth Hall at which evening dress was encouraged! Their ambitious shows and concerts earned them glowing reports in the press. Sadly, the departure of many of the male singers on the outbreak of World War I led ...
A selection of programmes from Blythe Players shows from 1950s and 1960s. The Blythe Players put on their shows in the Blyth Hall and performed favourites such as Agatha Christie’s The Hollow (1959) and Charley’s Aunt (1964). They had developed from the Congregational Church Drama Group of the 1940s and they would eventually combine with the ...
Sandford Country House Hotel reminders - hotel brochure 1999, tarriff card from 1966 and Christmas menu from 1998.
Leaflet outlining the history of Sandford House.
Newport Maternity Services 1941.
Advertisement for James Jack and Sons plumbers. They were in business in Newport from the 1880s. They had a show-room on Tay Street, and work-shop on Union Street.
Advertisement for Betsworth and Barlow plumbers. They operated from premises on the north side of the High Street. The business started in 1894 and continued under three generations of Barlows until it closed in the 1970s.