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Granton
Junior School
West Granton Road
At the SE corner of Granton Square |
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The
same building was later used by St David's RC School |
When was this photo taken?
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Reproduced with acknowledgement to Alastair McBeath, Granton,
Edinburgh
Photographer not known.
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Granton Junior School |
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Thank you Alastair McBeath for allowing me to reproduce this photo.
I assume that this class is from the original Granton School that stood on
the south side of West Granton Road, close to the SE corner of Granton
Square.
(A new Granton School opened later further south, in Boswall Parkway.)
The writing on the slate at the front of this photo reads:
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Granton Rd
Juniors
Group 3 |
This photo was published as a
postcard. The card has no publisher's name on it and has not been sent
through the post. When might the photo have been taken. |
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Acknowledgement:
Alastair McBeath: Granton, Edinburgh: January 22, 2010 |
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Answer
1.
David King
Trinity, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to David King, Secretary and Webmaster of
Granton History Group who
wrote:
The Photo
Taken between 1885 and 1914?
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"This photo was definitely taken before summer
1937, when the replacement school opened in Boswall Parkway.
I wasn’t aware that it was ever called Granton
Junior School. I thought it was just Granton School. The text
on the slate is a surprise – for a start it was on West Granton Road, as
you say, not Granton Road.
Classes in Scottish primary schools were
generally grouped into:
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‘Infants’ (P1 and P2)
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‘Juniors’ (P3 and P4)
- 'Seniors’
(P5, P6 and P7)
so the Juniors bit may reflect that.
At a guess, from the girls’ clothes, it was
taken some time between the school opening in 1885 and World War I but
hopefully someone else can narrow it down.
Acknowledgement: David King, Trinity, Edinburgh: January 31,
2010 |
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The School
Granton History Group
This
Granton History Group web site page has a recent photograph of
Granton School in West Granton Road, and says:
"The school was built for Cramond Parish
School Board in 1885 (at the time that part of our area was outside both
Edinburgh and Leith.) By the 1930s it had become too small for the
increasing number of children in the area, and a new building was built at
Boswall Parkway.
The West Granton Road building was later used
by St David's RC School before it too moved to a new building in Boswall
Parkway in 1937. ***
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Correction '1937' should read '1955'. Please see Answers
2, 3, 4 below.
The building at West Granton Road has since
been used by the Compass Adventure Centre and is now used by Granton Youth
Centre."
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: January 31, 2010 |
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Answer
2.
Jim Robertson
Berlin, Germany |
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Thank you to Jim Robertson, Berlin, Germany, for leaving a message in the
EdinPhoto guest book.
Jim wrote:
St David's RC School
"I
think David King's date for closing of St David's RC school at West
Granton Road is incorrect as I attended the school there in 1949 as did my
sister and brothers until the mid-1950s."
Jim Robertson,
Berlin, Germany: Message posted in EdinPhoto guest book, February 2,
2010 |
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Answer
3.
David King
Trinity, Edinburgh |
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David King replied:
St David's RC School
"I agree. St David's RC school continued
to use the building at West Granton Road after 1937 until it moved to a
new building constructed in West Pilton Place. I'll update the
Granton History Group web page.
I don’t have exact date of the move to West
Pilton Place, but:
- the 1952-53 street directory shows it
at West Granton Road
- the 1960-61 street directory shows it
at West Pilton Place."
David King, Trinity, Edinburgh: January 31, 2010 |
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Answer
4.
Peter Stubbs
Edinburgh |
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St David's RC School
"I've checked the Edinburgh & Leith Post
Office Directories.
- The 1955 directory shows the school as
being at West Granton Road.
- The 1956 directory shows it as
no longer
being there.
So the St David's appears to have used the
West Granton Road building from about 1937 to 1955."
Peter Stubbs: February 4, 2010 |
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