Newport Brownies at Netherurd House in 1963.
First Newport and Tayport Guide company - Guide camp at Leslie in 1965.
Newport Cub camp at Fettercairn in 1978.
Photograph showing Scotscraig making the last crossing on 18 August 1966. The rear deck is crammed with people and the bunting is blowing in the breeze. Just visible on the left of the picture, and following the Scotscraig, is a canoe similarly bedecked with bunting.
Newport Beavers visiting HMS Beaver at Rosyth in 1985.
The procession to celebrate the coronation of King George VI in 1937 makes its way down Cupar Road.
The procession to celebrate the coronation of King George VI ended at Windmill Park. Here, Miss Rose, Infant teacher at Newport School for 40 years, stands beside one of the decorated vehicles.
Entry in local air raid diary highlighting a bomb at Cliff Cottage, Chesterhill.
Order of service for the Fallen of Newport and Wormit in March 1919, just four months after the end of the war.
View from the Tayport Road of the Tay Road Bridge under construction 1965 - 1966.
Two trees planted in Tayfield in 1966 to celebrate opening of the Road Bridge. Like the bridge itself, they have flourished!
The Road Bridge opened on Thursday 18 August 1966 and a Gala Day was arranged in celebration on Saturday 20 August. The Gala Day was held in the grounds of Tayfield and featured a fancy dress parade, a beauty competition and all the usual fun of the fair.
Local school-children were all given a commemorative crown coin in a specially designed box. In fact the crown given out actually commemorated the death of Winston Churchill who had died the previous year. Hence the date 1965 on the crown, and the picture of Churchill on the reverse side!
Many local residents marked the occasion of the opening of the Road Bridge by sending themselves a first day cover with special postmark. Note postage in 1966 was 4d - 4 old pennies. This is the equivalent of 1.5p!
Two local businesses, Sandford Hill Hotel, and J T Young motor dealers, advertised in their local newspapers, hoping to take advantage of the opening of the Road Bridge. The adverts are directed particularly at the people of Dundee, so close now over the new bridge.
Newspaper cutting describing the events taking place in Newport to celebrate the opening of the Road Bridge. They take place over the weekend of 19 August 1966 - 21 August 1966.
Photograph of Norwegian operations crew, taken about 1942. Second from the left is Jon Roe, wireless operator/flight engineer/airgunner. He married Gladys Jack of Newport during the war and their daughter Kari was born in Newport. They moved to Norway after the war.
Sgt. J Bruce Lindsay of Wormit, who was seconded to the SOE to train troops in the Cairngorms. He was parachuted into the north of Norway in 1944 to aid the Norwegian resistance. Unfortunately the mission failed as one of the team was injured in the drop and captured. Sgt. Lindsay escaped with the help ...
Six members of the local Artillery Volunteers went to fight in the Boer War (1899 - 1902). They left from Newport Station and James Duncan, Stationmaster, gave them all return tickets. Sadly, only one returned. A memorial plaque to the other five was unveiled in the Leng Chapel of Vicarsford cemetery on 24 May 1902.
A photo taken in Boat Road, of the Fife and Forfarshire Yeomanry returning from their annual camp at Buddon before World War I. The Pilkington family of St Fort are the onlookers in the horse and trap.
Table of information giving details of Road Bridge statistics.
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 ...
Three photographs showing off the unique design of Willie Logan's columns.
The temporary bridge, with cranes at the ready. In the distance the first columns are in place.