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Recollections
London Street
Primary School
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Recollections
1.
G M Rigg
New Zealand |
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Thank you to GM Rig for posting this message in the
EdinPhoto guest book:
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"I
attended London Street School, starting in 1958 or
'59. The most memorable teachers were
Mrs McDonald (in the Art
Department) and the formidable Miss Foot
who taught us all how to write beautifully,
rather than print."
"Who could forget the headmaster Mr
Henry, who came into classrooms asked a
random question, and if the pupil gave
the correct answer he would proclaim them to be a scholar."
"We marched in the doors (gender
appropriate!), 2 by 2, in time to military music
and assembled outside our designated 'registration
classroom' before being given permission
to enter.
This
rigmarole also applied between classes!
God forbid that you needed to use the loo between classes or
at breaks - all had to be accompanied !"
Message posted in EdinPhoto
Guest Book: G M Rigg, New Zealand: April 7, 2009
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Recollections
2.
G M Rigg
New Zealand |
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Thank you to GM Rig for posting another message in
the EdinPhoto guest book.
G M Rigg wrote:
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"I
remember playing in a large playground
(full of all the equipment that now seems to be banned) on my way
home from London Street School. The
playground was always packed with kids released from the
bonds of school in the late afternoon.
It
was situated on the lower side of Barony Street (off Broughton
Street) and was surrounded by the backs of
tenements on all sides.
There was a cheese cutter, a shute or two, a witch's
hat, a spider's web, a couple of roundabouts and
swings.
Message posted in EdinPhoto
Guest Book: G M Rigg, New Zealand: June 8, 2009
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Recollections
3.
G M Rigg
New Zealand |
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Thank you to GM Rigg
for following up his comments above, and writing:
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"I
should
have described the play equipment."
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The Cheese
Cutter
"A
beam hung from 2 double arms that swung back and
forth in a frame. The beam had metal bicycle saddle shaped seats
and a metal grip to hold onto. The brave
kids would take an end each and stand
holding the arms and they would
'beam' (boost)
the riders higher & higher, as far and as
fast as they could."
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The
Shute
"A
ladder & slide. They could be quite
high up. We discovered that if you
could get a bread wrapper (the wax paper kind) turn it inside out
them sit on it with the inside down on the slide it helped to polish
or lubricate the metal slide increasing the speed at which you could
whiz down and off the end."
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The
Witch's Hat
"A
metal conical frame that spun and rocked
on a long metal pole. It had a
wooden rim on the bottom that you could sit or stand on as the frame
was spun round. It was propelled by running and
pushing just like a roundabout. We had English relatives who called
it a May Pole Swing."
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The Spider's Web
"Another type of roundabout that was basically a metal web with the
centre on a metal upright pivot. It
had no floor. Set at about armpit
height, you ran around till the speed
picked up then pulled yourself onto the web in a sitting position to
spin around."
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"I had no idea how difficult it would be
to describe the various pieces of playground equipment !" |
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Message posted in EdinPhoto
Guest Book: G M Rigg, New Zealand: June 12, 2009 |
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Recollections
4.
Lilias Dunn (nee
Angus)
Edinburgh |
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Thank you to Lilias Dunn who wrote
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Home
"I
was born in St James square in 1940
and stayed there until 1951."
School
"I attended London Street school
from 1951. My
teacher was Mr Fleming. I'd
like to hear from anyone else who was in
Mr Fleming's class.""
Question
Maureen
Toolan
"Can
anyone put me in touch with Maureen Toolan?
She had a sister, Katherine.
They emigrated to Canada around 1950-51
and we lost touch .
Lilias Dunn (nee Angus), Edinburgh:
July 20, 2011 |
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Reply to
Lilias?
If
you'd like to send a reply to Lilias,
please email me, then I'll pass on your message to her.
Thank you.
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: July 23, 2011 |
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