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Darroch Secondary School 1916-18? |
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Ian Scott, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England.
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Darroch Secondary School |
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Thank you to Ian Scott, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire, England .for sending me this attractive photograph. Scott believed that these were Tollcross School pupils, but please see Reply 1 below. The photo was taken by photographers, D & W Prophet, Edinburgh and Dundee, who took many school photos in the early- to mid-1900s. Ian tells me that the photograph was probably taken around 1916-1918. The children appear to be very well dressed. A rug has been brought outside the school for the front row to sit on. |
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Reply 1. David McBain Baberton Mains, Edinburgh |
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Thank you to David McBain, who has been researching the history of Darroch School, for his latest correspondence. David wrote |
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Darroch Secondary School Not Tollcross School "I'm 99.9% certain that this photograph is in fact Darroch School. The background is exactly that of other photographs on my own website in the 1900-1950 section. The Primary schools who sent pupils to Darroch Secondary were Tollcross, North Merchiston and South Morningside, and a few also came from Sciennes." David McBain, Baberton Mains, Edinburgh: March 28, 2014 |