Bottles from William Doig the Chemist.
Three Newport butcher shops.
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 .
Not exactly sure what the function of this object was, but it certainly advertises the wares at Janetta's Pierhead Cafe. The Janetta family had operated their restaurant business on Boat Brae since the early 1930s. By the 1960s and 1970s it was affectionately known for some reason as Stinky's, and for the youth of Newport ...
Mr Bain the Grocer on the right. Bain's shop was at James Square on the corner of Gowrie Street and King Street from 1947 until 1974, and is fondly remembered by many.
My mom Jane Nicoll took over the shop from Mr Clark. I must have been 10 or 11 at the time and had the job of doing the paper rounds (2 on a Saturday evening). I used to hide from my friends under the counter when I was scrubbing the shop floor when everyone was ...
