Police dance in Blyth Hall.
Tickets for Wilfred Pickles Have a Go radio show, recorded in the Blyth Hall in the 1950s. Running from 1946 until 1967 the programme was always one of the most popular shows on radio.
A night out at a dance in the Blyth Hall 1950s. Vinorah Clark - Charles (Chick) Hendry - Bessie Bowman
Scottish country dancing in Blyth Hall, with correct footwear of course!
Indoor bowling in Blyth Hall late 1950s. Back: Margaret Smart - Bessie Bowman Front: Belle Harley - Ann Harley - Jessie Betsworth
Newport Old Folks Club outside the Blyth Hall in 1956. The club met weekly in the Blyth Hall before disbanding in 1990s.
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 ...