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Newhouse Road, PERTH, PH1 2JE

Looking towards Huntingtower Castle from Newhouse Rd in Perth.

My great granny lived at the bottom of the hill.

Photographed from a second-floor council flat, no.39E, on the west side of the Newhouse Road roundabout on what was then the western edge of Perth. It is now housing estates with the A9 beyond it. My recollection is that it snowed heavily on the afternoon of New Year's Eve, adding to the fun of firstfooting, a term we learned later. The photo could well have been taken around noon on New Year's Day 1979. Catching the sun, right, are the hills above the River Almond. To the left of the farm cottage is a distant snow-covered peak. Scanned from a Kodak Ektachrome slide, ref 78·21·02 (the 2nd frame of the 21st film loaded in 1978); the camera was a Zenith SLR.

Photographed from a second-floor council flat, no.39E, on the west side of the Newhouse Road roundabout on what was then the western edge of Perth. It is now housing estates with the A9 beyond it. Scanned from an Agfa CT18 slide, ref 79·01·17 (the 17th frame of the 1st film loaded in 1979); the camera was a Zenith SLR with three interchangeable lenses, 35, 55 and 135mm.

At the junction with Garth Avenue.

We spent about 18 months in one of these council flats, no.39E, somewhere in the block left of centre whose gable end faces the camera. These flats enjoyed a superb view (and sunsets) to the west. The southern half of Newhouse Road, right, climbing a steep hill is truly dramatic. The viewpoint is probably from the Old Gallows Road at its junction with the track down to Letham Farm. The farmland is now blanketed by housing and the A9 road. Beyond Perth, the declivity between wooded hills marks the valley of the River Tay. Note the snow-covered hills in the distance. Scanned from an Agfa CT18 colour slide, ref 79·01·23 (that's not the date taken); taken with a Zenith SLR.