Police dance in Blyth Hall.
Happy group at Windmill Park.
Witch's hat roundabout at Windmill Park with high chute in background.
On the see-saw at Windmill Park.
Group of Mums in Windmill Park. No casual clothes for these young ladies. Suits were the order of the day for a trip to the park.
A group at Windmill Park in 1950s showing pavilion behind.
A happy group in a busy Windmill Park in the 1950s, showing all the play equipment behind.
Rather blurred but great photograph for showing the view from Windmill Park.
Set of pictures showing a way of life probably gone for ever. Summer days with picnics at the Big Rock, playing on the beach, learning to swim there, and always the Fifie in the background. No need for watches - you told the time by the coming and going of the Fifies!
Tickets for Wilfred Pickles Have a Go radio show, recorded in the Blyth Hall in the 1950s. Running from 1946 until 1967 the programme was always one of the most popular shows on radio.
A night out at a dance in the Blyth Hall 1950s. Vinorah Clark - Charles (Chick) Hendry - Bessie Bowman
Scottish country dancing in Blyth Hall, with correct footwear of course!
Indoor bowling in Blyth Hall late 1950s. Back: Margaret Smart - Bessie Bowman Front: Belle Harley - Ann Harley - Jessie Betsworth
Newport Old Folks Club outside the Blyth Hall in 1956. The club met weekly in the Blyth Hall before disbanding in 1990s.
The witch's hat roundabout in Windmill Park in 1950s.
Four amazing photographs showing the real Blyth Hall roof. In 1974 a false ceiling was installed in the hall, which no doubt helped with heating, but it hid this magnificent roof. Architect Robert Lorimer, designer of the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle, and of our own Newport memorial, described this ceiling as one ...