Newspaper cutting marks the end of Newport-on-Tay Town Council.
Photograph of ceremony in Blyth Hall marking the closure of Newport Town Council.
On 11 November 1974, David Steel, Moderator of the Church of Scotland (and father of David Steel, politician) visited Newport and was given a civic reception in the Blyth Hall, organised by the Town Council.
Invitation to closing dinner at Pickletillem Inn, dinner menu and copy signed by all those attending.
Photograph of Provost George Scrymgeour 1934 - 1937.
Photograph of Provost Gordon Soutar, Provost 1968 - 1971.
Photograph of Provost William Smith, Provost 1965 - 1968.
Photograph of Charles McLaren, burgh officer 1968 - 1975, in complete officer uniform. Note the coat of arms on the tie.
Invitation to the Newport Burgh Golden Jubilee celebrations - 50 years as a burgh on 8 October 1937.
Photo of 1 Linden Avenue, home of Provost J T Young. This was taken between 1931 and 1934 as there are two Provost's lamps at the gate. One was removed when he retired.
Lamp for Provost Randolph Webster which stood in Woodmuir Crescent, Newport but is now at Sandford House.
Two photographs showing the Newport Police Burgh boundary stone which marked the eastmost limit of the burgh boundary. This stone is near the shore beyond the road bridge. The letters NPB can just be deciphered.
Photograph showing the Newport Police Burgh boundary stone at the junction of Kirk Road and Cupar Road. It may have been moved from the other side of the road.
Photograph showing the Newport Police Burgh boundary stone which marked the most westerly limit of the burgh boundary. This stone is embedded in the concrete at the base of the Tay Bridge Disaster memorial at Wormit Bay. The letters NPB can be seen clearly.
Three photographs showing Newport Police Burgh boundary stones which marked the boundary of the burgh. These three stones are in the field above Kirk Road. The letters NPB are clearly seen and two of the stones are in remarkably good condition.
Photograph of Thomas Halliday, designer of Newport-on-Tay coat of arms. At the time of his death in 1998 he was Scotland's oldest working artist, sculptor and stained glass artist.
These photographs show three more Newport Police Burgh boundary stones discovered in Spring 2021. The first split one is on the left grass verge of the track up to Causewayhead, and has probably been moved from the field next to it. The second photo shows the stone, in excellent condition, which is in the field ...
Newscutting from 9 November 1963 giving details and prize-winners for the gardening competition held by Newport Town Council. The competition was open to all council housing tenants in the burgh.
News article from 1953 describing Frank Morrison, the first person to be given freedom of the burgh, becoming Newport's first Honorary Burgess. Only one other person would receive that honour: Miss Maude Pilkington in 1970.
Miss Pilkington was one of only two people to become Honorary Burgesses and to be awarded Freedom of the Burgh. She was given this honour by Provost Soutar on 9 October 1970. Miss Pilkington lived latterly at Whincraig, Norwood, but from the 1900s to the 1940s the Pilkington family lived at St Fort House. The other ...
Miss Pilkington died on 14 January, 2002 at the age of 100. She was given the Freedom of the Burgh in 1970.
Copy of the charter granting Newport's new coat of arms in 1956. This framed copy was made by Jack Morton, Burgh Surveyor, 1948-1975.
A complimentary dinner was held on 5 December 1934 in the small Blyth Hall to honour ex-Provost J T Young (Provost from 1931-1934). He is standing 3rd from the left and Provost Scrymgeour is standing in the centre. Other guests are magistrates, councillors, officials and their wives.
Council meeting in Newport-on-Tay in the Blyth Hall in 1971. Back Row L-R: K Pritchard (burgh prosecutor), John Herald (depute town clerk), Jack Morton (burgh surveyor), James Duncan (burgh chamberlain), David McLaren, R Paterson. Front Row L-R: Rev Robert Howieson, Alex Gilruth (town clerk), S Zimmerman (Baillie), Provost Gordon Soutar (Provost 1968-71), Randolph Webster (Baillie), Margaret McLeod, ...
