Newport-on-Tay trains had ceased to run beyond Newport-on-Tay East station to Tayport on 22 May 1966 so that the railway line could be breached to build the bridge's southern approach road. The Dundee – Newport ferry also closed promptly later in 1966 on the opening of the Tay Road Bridge. However, the ferry terminal buildings and slipways still survive at the foot of Boat Hill as a boat repair yard. An excavation carried out by Headland Archaeology in the farm of North Straiton near Newport-on-Tay uncovered part of a Bronze Age cremation cemetery and a line of postholes. Five human cremations
Simon Tay Simon Tay Simon Tay Seong Chee () is a Singaporean law professor, author, and former Nominated Member of Parliament. Tay was born on 4 January 1961 in Singapore. His father, Tay Seow Huah, was a senior civil servant. Tay graduated with a LL.B (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1986. During his time as an undergraduate, Tay served as the President of the NUS Students' Union for three terms. In 1993, Tay went on to pursue an LL.M. from Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar. There, he won the Laylin Prize in 1994 for the best