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All Saints' Primary School
Glen Street,
Edinburgh |
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Recollections
1.
Margaret Cooper
Colindale, North
London, England |
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Thank you
to Margaret Cooper who wrote: |
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Gas Mask
"I thought it would be nice to
write a little bit about what it was like going to school in the
early-1940s.
On my first day at All Saints School,
Glen Street, I arrived there with my Mickey Mouse gas mask over my
shoulder, only to find all the other kids had graduated to black
ones. How i hated that pink mask with the wobbly nose and all
the stick I got from the other kids. I did eventually get a
black one but I feel the pink one left me scarred for life. ha
ha."
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Apples
"School was
good sometimes. Boxes of apples would arrive. It was
said they were a gift from Australia. We would line up and we
would all receive three apples each."
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Coupons
"Periodically,
someone would come to school and measure our feet if our toes went
over a certain mark we got extra clothing coupons."
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Margaret Cooper, Colindale, North London, England:
Message posted in EdinPhoto guestbook, June 23, 2011 |
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Recollections
2.
Margaret Cooper
Colindale, North
London, England |
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Thank you
to Margaret Cooper for posting another message in the EdinPhoto guestbook.
Margaret wrote: |
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Former Pupils
"I'm still hoping that I might hear from
someone who attended
All Saints' Primary School at Glen Street, Edinburgh between
1940 and 1944. 1944.
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Teachers
"Teachers I
remember were:
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Miss Forrest
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Miss Finlay
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Miss
Livingstone
- Miss
Lawson (sewing teacher).
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Sewing
"Miss Lawson
would look at my stitches
and say ''Cat's teeth again,
Miss Cooper' I still do cat's teeth!"
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Christmas
"It was
a good School Christmas. Because of
rationing, we would all be asked to take
some sugar, raisins and flour,
and our teachers would make cakes and
toffee for our
Christmas Party. We were all so happy then with so
little"
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Margaret Cooper, Colindale, North London, England:
Message posted in EdinPhoto guestbook, October 24, 2011 |
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Message for Margaret
Cooper
You
have sent many messages on a number of topics for my EdinPhoto web
site. However your messages have all been sent to the
EdinPhoto Guestbook, and none direct to me by email.
Can
you please send me an
email, then I'll know your
email address and will be able to pass it on to anybody who tells
me that they would like to contact you, such as Ann Rogiani, nee
Hogg (Recollections 5 below).
Thank you.
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh,
October 10, 2012 |
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Recollections
3.
Jeanette Nisbet
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Thank you
to Jeanette who read Margaret Cooper's comments above and replied: |
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1944-51
"I attended
All Saints' Primary
School from 1944 until I went to Boroughmuir High School in
1951. I was 4 1/2 years old when I
started. at All Saints. My name then was
Jeanette Nisbet.
(I don't know Jeanette's name
now.)
I remember the teacher.
Miss Livingston was headmistress. (I was terrified of her.)
My friends were:
- Hazel
and Norma King (twins)
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Margaret Oliver
- Grace
Inness
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Michael Bain
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Laurence Cowen
- etc..
We all lived on Drumdryan Street."
Jeanette Nisbet: March 5, 2012
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Recollections
4.
Rosari Laughlin
(nee
Jeanette Rosari Durrell Nisbet)
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA |
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Rosari
Laughlin writes: |
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Clothing Coupons
"My
mother was Marjory Durrell née Nisbet. She
was friends with Winnie Cooper who I believe was
the mother of Margaret Cooper who wrote Recollections 1 and 2 above.
My mom was crazy about new fashions so
she would buy clothing coupons from Winnie who had a few children
and could use the cash. Everybody
did it.
After All Saints' School
After attending All
Saints' School, I
went on to Boroughmuir school in 1952, the
year that King George VI died."
Rosari Laughlin: July 22,
2012 |
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Recollections
5.
Ann Rogiani (nee
Hogg)
British Columbia, Canada |
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Thank you
to Ann Rogiani (nee Hogg) for replying to Margaret Cooper's message in
Recollections 1+2 above.
Here is the message that Ann wrote:
I've removed the teachers' names from Ann's message,
but other pupils may well recognise who Ann is speaking about! |
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Pupils
"I
don't remember Margaret Cooper although she was at the school at the
same time as I was.
If she'd like to get
back to me, I'd love to hear from her.
We could swap memories.
I remember:
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Doreen and Jacqueline Vine
- Davina
Anderson
- lan
Campbell.
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Teachers
"I remember Miss xxx. She was
a tyrant and how she loved giving the strap. She strapped me every
chance she got because my writing was not good.
I remember being in the big room
upstairs where we had to recite the times tables backwards and
forwards each day. Miss yyy
used to bring her mail to the class and read it instead of teaching."
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The School
"The last time I was in Edinburgh,
I went to see the school but, of course,
it is gone"
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Ann Rogiani (nee Hogg), British Columbia, Canada:
October 9, 2012 |
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