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 ...
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 West Newport, showing the extensive grounds of Leng Home (Waterstone House/ Highfield) and the railway line, around 1960.
Kinbrae House, the home of Sir John Leng. Kinbrae was built by 1870 and was demolished around 1960.
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.
Granny Nicol appears to have been a well-known and much loved Newport character. Widowed in World War I, she was left to bring up five children on her own.
This photo shows cars queuing as far as Cupar Road to catch the ferry back to Dundee during the St Andrews Open Golf Championship, 1960.
Sandford Country House Hotel reminders - hotel brochure 1999, tarriff card from 1966 and Christmas menu from 1998.
Leaflet outlining the history of Sandford House.
Parade of shops in the pier buildings on Boat Brae, probably 1960s.
Ferry 'Abercraig' at the pier 1964. Road Bridge is under construction in background.
Drawing of old Newport Post Office opposite the pier. Beyond the Post Office are the mission hall and the Brig o' Tay.
Pier Shops and Ferry Buildings c. 1960
Two of theĀ Newport pier shops. The Tyme Shop run by Brian Giel, and Jan Blicharski's Leather Shop.
The ferry pier buildings after closure in 1966.
Roadworks on the St Fort Estate early 1960s. St Fort estate was split in two by the building of the new access road to the Tay Road Bridge. Here it's rest time for the workers on the new road.
Kinbrae House main entrance gate.
Kinbrae House from the south in snow.
Kinbrae House from south.
New Kinbrae Park housing built in early 1960s after demolition of Kinbrae House.
New Kinbrae Park housing built in early 1960s after demolition of Kinbrae House.
The Leng Chapel at Vicarsford Cemetery, two miles south of Newport. Built on a hill, the chapel is a memorial to John Leng's first wife Emily.
Leng Chapel Inscription Panel. The Memorial to John Leng's first wife Dame Emily Leng, and also remembrance of his second wife Mary.