Photograph of the Blyth Hall before its extension to the front in 1974. Newport School and the Congregational Church can be seen beyond.
A postcard of Newport High Street around 1975.
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.
View over Newport c. 1970 towards a fairly new Tay Road Bridge. The Leng Home in the foreground.
Postcard of Newport taken from the pierhead, with Tay Road Bridge in background, probably about 1970.
Sandford Country House Hotel reminders - hotel brochure 1999, tarriff card from 1966 and Christmas menu from 1998.
Leaflet outlining the history of Sandford 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.
Detail of the ceiling in the Leng Chapel.
Two stained glass panes from the staircase window in Netherlea House, demolished in 2019.
I've always found this mural on the blocked up gable window of the house at the bottom of James Street rather intriguing. I've now learned that it was done around 1975 by four-year-old Boo Paterson (now a successful artist) and her older brother who lived in this house. They collected sea glass from the shore ...
A group of Brownies at flagpole outside Blyth Hall, probably around 1970. Photograph taken before extension to front of hall in 1974.
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 ...
Not a lot remaining of the old pier at Granary Lane, probably around 1966. This pier was built by the Dundee Guildry in the 18th century.
We were sent the following doggy memories from the 1970s. "Does anyone remember the dogs there were in the 1970s in Newport? There was Trixie who used to come to Windmill Park when we had hockey practice from Newport Primary. The huge black Labrador belonging to the doctor who would lie in wait on top of ...
An aerial photograph of Wormit from a series published by The Scotsman newspaper in the 1960s.
