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Recollections

1.

Bill Blair

Bill Blair replied to Graham's message above

Bill wrote.

Remember Me?

"I refer to the entry from Graham Simpson (above).

I am sure we were in the same class at Broughton School.  He may remember that I was Pipe Major of Broughton School Pipe Band.  Another class-mate, Meta Gedrum, my school girl-friend,  is now my partner"

Bill Blair, October 29, 2008

Bill:  I've passed on your message to Graham Simpson.  I hope you'll be able to exchange emails with each other.

  -  Peter Stubbs, October 29, 2008

Recollections

2.

Jacqui Cross (nee Taylor)

Poulton-Le-Filde, Lancashire, England

Jacqui Cross asked:

Looking for Old Photos

"Does anyone have photographs of the interior of the old Broughton Secondary School in Macdonald Road?"

Jacqui Cross (nee Taylor), Poulton-Le-Filde, Lancashire, England

If you'd like to tell Jacqui about any old photos, please e-mail me, then I'll forward your message to her.

Thank you .    -  Peter Stubbs, June 28, 2010

Recollections

3.

James Munro

Le Tonkin, SW France

Thank you to James Munro who wrote:

1946-51

"I attended  Broughton School from 1946 to 1951, but the name, Graham Simpson, does not sound familiar to me.  I have a class photo of our class 5A2."

Pipe Band

"I was in the school pipe band under the "strict guidance" of Bessie* Somerville, a French teacher - and thus I remember Bill Blair, the Pipe Major of the school band,  who wrote to you."

* See also Recollections 8 below

Headmaster

"The headmaster was Dr. Thomas Black, who could certainly wield a tawse  -  you could hear him coming down the corridor with his metal heel caps !"

Rugby

"I played rugby for the 1st Team, then the 1st F.P.'s Team with:

-  James Meiklejohn

-  Bill Holland

-  Willy Simpson (whose father ran a bagpipe business).

There were also:

-  Alistair Mutch

-  Crawford McLeary

-  et alia."

Now Living in France

"As I live in S.W. France, I have never seen the Comely Bank school, not having seen Edinburgh for 35 years.

I would certainly like to hear from anyone whom I met."

James Munro, Le Tonkin, SW France:  August 1, 2010

Reply to James Munro?

If you'd like to send a message to James Munro, please email me, then I'll pass it on to him.

Thank you .    -  Peter Stubbs, June 28, 2010

Recollections

4

Muriel Crayner

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Muriel Crayner wrote

Ian Grainger

"My uncle, Ian Grainger, went to Broughton Secondary School from 1945 onwards.  My Aunt, Mary Stevenson, also went to the school, probably around the same time.

My uncle still lives in Edinburgh and would like to hear from anybody who remembers him."

Muriel Crayner, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England: August 17+18, 2010

Reply to Ian Grainger

If you'd like to send a message to Ian Grainger, please email me, then I'll send it to Muriel Crayner who will pass it on to him.

Thank you .    -  Peter Stubbs, June 28, 2010

Recollections

5.

James Munro

SW France

Thank you to James Munro for allowing me to reproduce this photograph of Broughton  High School Pipe Band:

©

Please click on the thumbnail image above to enlarge it and read the names of some of the people in the photo.

Acknowledgement:  James Munro, SW France:  June 10, 2011

Recollections

6

Colin Campbell

Hampshire, England.

Thank you to Colin Campbell for responding to Muriel Crayner's message about Ian Granger in Recollections 4 above.

Colin wrote:

Ian Grainger

"I'm almost certain that Ian and I were both in class 3B2 at school. I even think we were in the same Cubs at Abbeyhill  -  something like the 134th Edinburgh Waverly

I have a photo taken all those years ago, somewhere.

I am domiciled in Hampshire.  I left Edinburgh to become a Professional musician and even at my age (this year I will be 78)  I am still playing.

Kind regards to Ian"

Colin Campbell, Hampshire, England: January 15, 2012

Reply to Ian Grainger

I've passed on to Colin Campbell the latest email address that I have for Muriel Crayner, in the hope that Colin will be able to get in touch with Ian.

 Ian is Muriel's uncle.

Thank you .    -  Peter Stubbs, January15, 2012

Recollections

7

John Richardson

Chilcompton, Somerset. England

Thank you to John Richardson, who wrote:

School Pipe Band

"I was at Broughton school with:

-   Graham Simpson (Recollections 1 above)

-   Bill Blair (Reply to Recollections 1 above)

-   Meta Gedrum (Mentioned in Reply to Recollections 1 above.
I remember her as being the brightest pupil in our class and have often wondered what career she followed.)

In fact Bill and I were amongst the original members of the school Pipe Band when it was started by the bane of my school life, our French teacher, Mrs Somerville."

Move to England

"I left Scotland in 1960 and have worked in many places in England for the British Printing Corporation. That is until Robert Maxwell made a mess of things.

Then I became a Director for the Mid Somerset Newspapers, based in Wells

During my travels in the 1970s/1980s, I met Blyth Wakeford and Alfie Hilson, both of whom were in the same class as myself, Bill Blair and Metra Gerdrim at Broughton. Blyth married a girl from Sunderland and eventually secured a job with the newspaper there as a compositor.

Alf became one of my customers when he became the Print Buyer for one of the biggest Mail order companies based in Worcester. (I never thought when I was at Broughton that I would be entertaining him to Lunch some day)

I'd be grateful if you would pass on my beat wishes to my old (!) class mates."

John Richardson, Chilcompton, Somerset, England:  December 21, 2012

John:

I've sent emails to Graham Simpson and Bill Blair to tell them about your message above.  Unfortunately, the email that I sent to Graham has been returned to me as 'undeliverable', so I'm not able to contact him.  Let's hope that he'll take another look at this page and finds your message here.

 -  Peter Stubbs:  January 18, 2012

Recollections

8

Colin Campbell

Hampshire, England

Thank you to Colin Campbell who wrote:

French Teacher

"James Munro referred in Recollections 3 above to Bessie Somerville, who was in charge of the School Pipe Band. 

In fact, her name was not 'Bessie' but ‘Suzie’ Somerville.  She lived in Trinity and by coincidence I became her Postman."

Geography Teacher

"I also delivered mail to Joe Campbell, the wonderful Geography teacher!  He used to say, in a schoolboys dialect:

’Take this down: You get bu'er from coos and also mulk.'

He had a very dry sense of humour.  It's a pity we were all to naive to understand it."

Colin Campbell, Hampshire, England:  January 17, 2012

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