An aerial photograph of Wormit possibly around 1920, when the housing was very well spaced.
Aerial view of Wormit, with helpful explanation Taken from an Aeroplane! The lack of development on Kilmany Road dates the photograph probably to early 1920s.
An aerial photograph of Wormit from a series published by The Scotsman newspaper in the 1960s.
Aerial view looking over Wormit Station. Close examination shows dozens of cars parked, not just behind the station, but all the way along the access road back to the main road. This would suggest some major event in Dundee with visitors parking and taking the train. We have a photo of a similar situation in ...
A view looking up Bay Road from the rail bridge in the early 1900s. The cottage in the foreground advertises Refreshments on its gable wall and it operated as a confectioner and refreshment rooms from 1890 until around 1920. Just visible on the left of the photograph is the Mars training ship.
This is what happens when a boat is built in a back garden in Bay Road! Several onlookers enjoying the show as the boat is hoisted onto a transporter.
A postcard of Riverside road, Wormit, showing the house called Elmbank (now no 14) on the right.
A postcard of Hill Crescent, Wormit, showing Alexander Stewart's distinctive sunrise design above the windows.
Hillpark Terrace in Wormit, wrongly named Newport Road.
Kenneth Hart recalls happy days playing at Highfield in the 1950s, the great stretch of open ground above Birkhill Avenue, an area now pretty much covered with housing. "Highfield had some importance to me growing up. My great friend Aly Wilkie lived there in one half of the solitary house which was there. This was a ...
A postcard of Bay Road, taken from the railway bridge looking west. Early 1900s.
A postcard of Riverside Road, Wormit, looking west, showing the parish church.
Four postcard views of Wormit.
A postcard of Bay Road, Wormit, looking west.
Quite an unusal view from the hill above Wormit. The houses in Mars Gardens have been built but not in Woodhaven Avenue, which dates it to 1930s. There was a large army camp up here at Highfield during World War I.
A peaceful view of the main road through Wormit. The trees are gone and there's now a high fence to separate the school playing field from the road, but otherwise the scene is very recognisable.
A postcard taken from Wormit Station (now Bridgehead Place) showing the Masonic Hall (Spar) and houses behind.
Lovely view towards the rail bridge from the hill above Woodhaven. Just off centre is the old Wormit School. In the inter-war years the scene would change with the building of Mars Gardens and Woodhaven Avenue. The Newport railway line can also be seen, crossing the bridge over Flass Road.
A much quieter and safer Riverside Road around 1898.
Riverside is the first house on Bay Road on the right. This lovely view dates from 1892, three years after the house was built in 1889. The house was built for William Cowley, owner of a jute business in Dundee. The house was occupied by the Cowley family until the 1960s. The only other property ...
Scroggieside farm was almost opposite the bottom of Birkhill Avenue. This view dates from c. 1892.
Scroggieside Farm buildings on Riverside Road, Wormit c. 1892. The farm stood opposite the bottom of Birkhill Avenue.
A dramatic view of the rail bridge in fog, looking over the tennis courts and Bay Road.
This view is from just above the junction of Birkhill Avenue and Riverside Road. In the distance is Wormit Church, newly opened in 1901, and beyond the church is the Mars training ship. The photograph was taken by George Worrall of Beechwood, Wormit, (5 Northview Terrace), and was entered into the Dundee and East of Scotland ...