A booklet produced in 1950 describing the attractions of Newport.
This photograph provides an excellent view of the temporary road bridge, but it is equally as interesting to see this end of the village in such detail. Many of the houses have changed considerably in 40 years, with alterations and extensions. The Riverview Lodge (previously Seymour) area has been completely redeveloped, and in the lower ...
Framed painting of terrace of houses on West Road, Newport
Four photographs showing hay-making at Northfield Farm in early 1950s.
Photograph of the Blyth Hall before its extension to the front in 1974. Newport School and the Congregational Church can be seen beyond.
A drawing of Newport High Street in the snow, around 1950, showing Gilchrist the Baker, Morrison the Butcher, and Beatt and Tait, Family Grocer.
A postcard of the High Street around 1930. It has changed remarkably little over the years.
A postcard of the High Street around 1905.
A postcard of Newport High Street around 1975.
A drawing showing the High Street just after the turn of the century.
A photograph of East Newport, taken while the road bridge was under construction. Note the wooden temporary bridge, and pre-fab houses in Kerr Street and Tay Terrace.
An aerial photograph of East Newport, showing the extensive grounds of the then Seymour Hotel, with its sign on the river bank.
An aerial photograph of the centre of the village in 1957, with cars parked in Tayfield grounds for the ferry to the Royal Highland Show in Dundee. The school, Congregational church, Old Granary, remains of the old pier and J.T.Young's garage on Boat Road are all clearly visible, but now no longer there.
An aerial photograph of West Newport, showing the extensive grounds of Leng Home (Waterstone House/ Highfield) and the railway line, around 1960.
This postcard is a view of Newport taken from Wormit Boating Club, Woodhaven, possibly around 1970.
An undated postcard of Newport, taken from the pier.
This photo shows the first house in Tay Street on the corner of Cupar Road. it was taken before the row of shops was built, probably in the 1890s.
Two of the same postcard, but both are worth having. In this view over Newport from the west, Kinbrae House grounds can be seen, possibly shortly after the grounds were landscaped, as there are no mature trees or shrubs. In the left hand bottom corner can be seen the lodge house for Kinbrae and the ...
This postcard purports to show Newport, Monmouthshire, but is of course Newport-on-Tay, Fife. On the left is the rear view of Balmore, and Kinbrae House is on the right.
A photo of the shops in Cupar Road (formerly St Phillan's Place) probably taken around 2005.
A photo of the shops in Cupar Road (formerly St Phillan’s Place) probably taken in 2015. Amy's Flower Shop, which was on the corner, closed in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.
Four postcard views of Wormit.
Aerial view from 1940s showing the three large mansions and extensive grounds of Balmore, Kinbrae and Westwood. At the bottom right is Newport West station no bigger than a child's toy in this view.
Rather a grainy view here for this aerial shot of East Newport. The tenement block in the foreground would eventually give way to the Rio Cinema. At the far end of Union Street, beyond Robert Street, on the right hand side is another block of flats, no longer there, similar to the Union Place block ...