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Abbeyhill

Primary School

Around 1950-51

Abbeyhill Primary School, Around 1950-51

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to David Elgin                                                                                     [Photographer not known]

 

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    Abbeyhill Primary School, Around 1950-51 ©

 

Abbeyhill Primary School

Thank you to David Elgin for sending me this photograph, and for also identifying most of the pupils in the photo.  I'm very impressed by the number of names that David has remembered!  See below.

Acknowledgement:  David Elgin:  September 20, 2010

 

Abbeyhill Primary School

Around 1950-51
 

Back Row

2nd Row

 3rd Row

Front Row
1 Andrew Huntley George Turpie Lettuce Stewart Donald Mcneill
2 Robert Lyndsay Isabella Downie Norma Craig John Campbell
3 Andrew Bennett Maureen Baigrie Irene McCormack David Elgin (me)
4 George Moffat Nan Hay Flora Williamson?
 She lived in Abbey Street		 Ian Radin
5 David Donaldson Jean McKay Margaret Gillies George Black
6 Robert Malcolm Joan Robertson Ena McCombe
 She lived in Lynne Street		  
7 Lawrence Mills Maureen Mathews Margaret Dickson  
8 Thomas Hall Maureen Abrahams Flora McDonald  
9 David Ward Isobell Black Ina Connolly  
10 James Black John Raeburn Frances Collins  
10   TEACHER
Mr Mitchell		    

-  All the above names in black have been provided by David Elgin, Edinburgh:  September 20, 2010

-  The name in red was also provided by David Elgin, Edinburgh:  September 25, 2010

-  The amendments in blue were provided by David Elgin, Edinburgh, after speaking again to a class mate, now living in Australia, that he has just made contact with again for the first time in 55 years.

-  Th name in green was provided by Ian Radin,

 

 

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Ian Radin

St Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Thank you to Ian Radin for posting a message in the EdinPhoto guest book.

Ian wrote:

"I am seated beside David Elgin in this photo. I think the name of the girl he could not identify may have been Flora Williamson."

Ian Radin, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada:  May 23, 2011

Note for Ian Radin

Nan Scott tells me that she would like to contact you.  Can you email me, then I'll be able to pass on your email address to Nan?  Thank you.

Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh:  October 14, 2011

 

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Photographs and Other Images - These include portraits of photographers - photographic outings - Princes Street views - Newhaven Fishwives - etc.  Early Photography in Edinburgh - Talbot, Brewster, Hill & Adamson, Early Professional Photographers in Princes Street, etc.  Professional Photographers in Edinburgh - 1840 to 1940 - Their names, dates of business and studio addresses.  The Photographic Society of Scotland - 1856 to 1873 - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, etc.  The History of Edinburgh Photographic Society - 1861 to date - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, Poems, etc.  EPS Publications - EPS Handwritten Records - Photographic Journals - Trade Directories - Books - etc.  Thanks to all who have encouraged and supported me in creating the EdinPhoto web site - including descendants of photogrpahers - researchers - providers of photographs and other material  Background notes on the research thal led up to the creation of this site - together with lists of new material added to the site since its launch.  Brief comments on how this site might be used - Just browsing? - Seeking specific information?  Please add your questions, suggestions or other comments to the Guest Book.  Links to other web sites - Photographic Societies - Photographic History - Family History - etc.  Click here to find the link to the Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society web site.  Details of who owns the copyright of photographs and other mateiral on this web site.

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