A newspaper article from 1984, with photographs of the staff of the shop, describing Beatt and Tait's history and anniversary celebrations.
Rankine's joinery business was situated in what is known as The Old Boathouse at Woodhaven until the 1990s. This newspaper article describes the firm at the time of its centenary in 1975.
The general practice surgery was at the rear of the building, entered through the back yard.
These photographs show consulting rooms 1 and 2 at Lovaine, Cupar Road. In the first, Dr Macintosh's rolltop desk can be seen, and in the second, a microscope.
Over 6000 "Lloyd-George" case records were held in the filing room at Lovaine. The records were so called because they were named after the politician David Lloyd George who introduced the first national insurance system, the forerunner of the NHS, into the UK.
This photograph shows the waiting room at Lovaine.
A photograph of another consulting room at the GP surgery at Lovaine.
This photograph shows the waiting room in the purpose built premises for the general practice in Victoria Street which opened in 1978.
This photographs shows a consulting room at Victoria Street GP surgery around the time the new premises were opened in 1978.
This photograph shows the purpose built premises for the local GP practice, just after completion in 1977.
Two toilet flush pull chains from local plumbers, Betsworth and Barlow who operated between 1894-1970s and James Jack and Sons, 1880-1980.
Modelia Fashions at the bottom of High Street. This building was originally the estate office for Tayfield Estate. It has now been converted to a house.
Three Newport butcher shops.
Steele and Brodie workshop, Kilmany Road, Wormit.
Newspaper cutting about Steele and Brodie.
Those of a certain age will remember using these old stamp machines. You popped in your penny, or two or three (old pennies of course, pre-decimalisation of 1971), and out came your stamp. In the days when snail mail was the only form of communication, these machines were lifelines when the post office was closed. ...
Long time Newport resident, Henry Burnett shares his memories of Newport and Wormit shops.
Stanley Gordon is a long-term resident of Newport and remembers many of the village shops from the 1950s .
A magazine article from 1974 noting the history of the joinery business based at Woodhaven. It was started by William Buist in 1875, continued by his grandson William Rankine after World War I, and taken over by next generation Sandy Rankine in the 1960s.
Newspaper article from 2008 noting the death of Sandy Rankine of Woodhaven. Noted for his knowledge of the local area, Sandy was involved almost all his life with the family joinery business. After World War II Sandy helped maintain close links with the Norwegian servicemen who had been based at Woodhaven.
A newspaper advert for the Seymour Hotel in 1975. The Seymour, now Riverview Lodge care home, operated as a hotel from 1949 until 1989. The eagle-eyed will still spot traces of the words Seymour Hotel painted in large letters along the river-facing garden wall. This ensured that all travellers on the ferry from Dundee knew ...
During 2019-2020 this ground at the rear of the Newport Hotel was being cleared for possible future house building. The photographs show what appears to be extensive cellar space. These cellars would have provided storage space below the old stabling for the inn.
William Willocks had a well-known joinery and undertaker business in Newport from the 1930s with the name continuing until 1981. His main workshop was at the top of Robert Street, but he had various other premises too. He had a workshop in Wormit and for many years from the 1940s until the 1960s he operated ...
An aerial view of the Steele and Brodie premises on Kilmany Road.