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 ...
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.
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 ...
An early postcard view of Boat Brae, showing the parade of shops with Chalmers the Chemist prominent.
The big freeze in Newport 1923. According to records, 2.5 feet (75cm) of snow fell in Braemar in November 1923. It looks as if Newport had something similar.
One of the favourites of the Newport History Group, you can have this view as a fridge magnet, blank note card, or see it on the front cover of the 2021 NHG calendar! Apart from the lack of cars, the High Street here around 1920 doesn't look too different from today.
A fairly quiet day at the pierhead in 1950s.
Kinbrae House, the home of Sir John Leng. Kinbrae was built by 1870 and was demolished around 1960.
The local sergeant keeping an eye on the Ariel motor bike and side-car driver. In the background the old public telephone box. Although the familiar red telephone box was designed in 1924, it was only in the late 1930s that it became widespread, and it clearly hadn't reached Newport at the time of this photograph.
The first shop in the parade of shops in the pier buildings was a police office, so there was always a police presence at the pier. The car seems to be heading off, and on the other side of the road a car parked outside the post office and an approaching bus are just visible ...
View down Station Brae. Before World War II this ground had been a putting green, but during the war it was dug up and used for allotments as part of the Government's Dig For Victory campaign. The allotments were maintained after the war until the town council built houses there for the elderly.
