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School Class at Longstone Primary School |
© Mr Gibson. Reproduced with acknowledgement to Margaret Leslie, London, England
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and read about this photo |
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Longstone Primary School Names: left to right in each row |
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Back Row |
2nd Row |
Front Row |
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| 1 |
Mr Munro |
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Frances Bold |
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Mr Gibson |
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Mae Young |
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Alex Polson |
Kenneth ? |
Olive Cupido |
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Ro0bert Montgomery |
Maureen Gold |
Margaret Ellis |
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Robert Robertson |
Carole Bruce |
Eileen Daly |
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Alan Forbes |
Anne Evans |
Helen Borthwick |
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James Green |
Norma Deacon |
Margaret Hall |
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Gordon Black |
Irene Bowie |
Irene Telford |
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James Gray |
Carol Herschell |
Margaret Gilchrist |
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Nicholas ? |
Flora ? |
Ann Ford |
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Robert ? |
Robert McMillan |
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Alan Sinden |
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| 13 |
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Ian Faith |
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Norman Collie |
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The School Janitor |
Mrs Boyd school cleaner |
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[One name is missing somewhere in this list] |
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Acknowledgement Margaret Leslie, London, England, for providing the photo and names above: July 17, 2008 |
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Anybody Else? If you recognise anybody else on this photograph, please e-mail me. Thank you. - Peter Stubbs: April 27, 2008 |
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Longstone Primary School |
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Thank you to Margaret Leslie for providing this photo and for remembering all the names above. Margaret also wrote: |
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Longstone School 1949-1955 "The photo at the top of this page, taken in 1954-55, is of the same class as was photographed in their first year at Longstone Primary school in 1949-50: 1949-50 Here they are in their final year at the primary school. The photo was taken by the class teacher, Mr Gibson, using a delayed action camera. (Mr Gibson, by the way, was a man who made liberal use of the tawse.) |
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Union Canal Viaduct In the background is the viaduct carrying the Union Canal across the Water of Leith with a glimpse of the 'waterfall' from the canal that used to freeze into icicles during harsh winters. The 'waterfall' was created when surplus water was released from the Union Canal, into the Water of Leith at the point where the canal passed over the river. - Peter Stubbs: July 20, 2008 |
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Three Schools The Longstone school building was too small to cope with all the children coming from the newly built estates of prefabs and later of permanent housing around the village. Classes were therefore spread between Longstone, Slateford and Juniper Green village schools. We were bussed to Juniper Green. One day the driver, who did not know the way, relied on some of the boys to direct him. They mischievously misdirected him so that we didn't get to Juniper Green till near dinner time. The driver was not pleased. The head of Longstone School was a Mr Munro. |
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Margaret Leslie, London, England, for providing the photo and names above: July 17, 2008 |