Recollections

St Ignatius

Primary School

Recollections

1.

Patricia Tinney

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Patricia Tinney wrote:

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"I was born in 1942 and lived at 46 Lauriston Place.
I was a pupil of:

-  St Ignatius school, Glen Street

-  St Ignatius Annex, Lauriston Place

-  St Thomas of Aquin's, Chambers Street

I then moved

- to London

-  to Saskatchewan Canada in 1969
-  to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 1984.

School Friends

"From St Ignatius school,  I remember:

-  Betty Cooney

-  Margaret Hah

-  Margaret Slattery

-  Veronica, who lost her budgie on exam day and burst into tears in the middle of a paper.

-  Mary Narrie, infamous for her exploits - great leadership that girl, especially into mischief - almost broke a leg jumping walls around the canal one day.

-  Michael, who came home from Kenya

-  Freddie, who was great at football

-  James.

Lauriston Place Annex

After we graduated from Glen Street, we moved to the annex on Lauriston Place and had a great time on winter's days sliding down the smooth back playground.   What a slope there was to that yard!

Friends and Neighbours

Patricia would like to hear from friends and neighbours who knew her when she lived at 46 Lauriston Place.

Extracts from messages posted in EdinPhoto guest book (together with email address)
by Patricia Tinney, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada:  September 20+21, 2009.

Contacting Patricia Tinney

If you remember Patricia, and would like to contact her, please email me then I'll pass on her email address to you..

Thank you.    Peter Stubbs:  September 22, 2009

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2.

Ruby Fowler (nee Divit)

Australia

Ruby Fowler wrote:

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"I was born and brought up in Fountainbridge, then in  Broomhouse, Edinburgh.

I went to  St Ignatius school, then St Thomas of Aquin's.

I knew Patricia Tinney.  She would have known me as 'Ruby Divit', or as 'Tiny', as they used to call me.

Ruby Fowler (nee Divit), Australia:  July 18, 2011 (two emails)

Ruby:  I have sent an email to Patricia Tinney to let her know about your message above, and to give her your email address.

I hope she is still using the same email address as she was using when she posted her message in the EdinPhoto guest book in 2009.

Peter Stubbs:  July 21, 2011

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3.

Margaret Williamson (nee Hay)

Moline, Illinois, USA

Thank you to Margaret Williamson who wrote, listing more names of pupils that she remembers from St Ignatius' School.

Margaret wrote:

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"Here is a list of friends that went to St Ignatius'School with me.  I remember their faces as well.  There was also a class picture of these people, but I lost mine a long time ago  Maybe someone out there has got a copy of it.

It would be great to get  in touch with any of them."

Margaret Williamson, Moline, Illinois, USA:  March 6, 2012

Reply to Margaret?

If you'd like to send a reply to Margaret, please email me, then I'll pass on her email address to you.

Thank you.    Peter Stubbs:  March 6, 2012

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4.

Margaret Williamson (nee Hay)

Moline, Illinois, USA

Margaret Williamson added:

Peevers

"I wonder if any one remembers the block of chalk (tuppence a block) or the clay pipes grandad had.

If we didn't have any money, we could ask if he had an old pipe, then we could use it to draw our peevers (or hopscotch) design on the pavement.  Then, we would use an old shoe polish tin as well.  Boy, they were good days then!"

Crochet

"Also, say about 3 or 4 of us girls would sit on the stairs and with a three penny skein of wool and crochet hook.  We would help each other learn what to do.  The oldest, of course, knew more than we beginners did, but it was a lot of fun."

Margaret Williamson, Moline, Illinois, USA:  March 9, 2012

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5.

Margaret Williamson (nee Hay)

Moline, Illinois, USA

Thank you to Margaret Williamson for writing again.

Margaret wrote:

Marbles

"I wonder if any of St. Ignatius' pupils remember playing marbles on the cobblestones in Glen Street, just outside the railings of the school.

We used tae scrape the dirt oot o' the stanes, and make wee pathways tae get oor marbles in, oot or over, to see who could collect the most."

Butcher

"A boy called Joseph Marengi used to play that with me.  He was really nice.  I saw him a few years back.  He he had a butcher's shop in Easter Road then.

I went in to see him, and chatted a while, then ordered my black pudding and sausage to bring back to US, but customs took it away.  That's because I was being honest, and told them what I had."

Margaret Williamson, Moline, Illinois, USA:  April 28. 2012

Margaret added:

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"I've spent a lot of time going through the recollections, and have a wee lump in ma throat.  It's really something to go over all these memories, and to know how much people cared about their neighbours, whether they were really poor or just above.

I felt there was an awful lot of love and caring back then.  I'm not saying that we didn't have our differences 'cos we did.  But come sickness or troubles, we did stand by one another.  That's what I remember.

So to all of them, they are special folks.  I'm Proud to have known some, and proud of those whose stories I've read.  God bless them all!"

Margaret Williamson, Moline, Illinois, USA:  April 29, 2012

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6.

Cathie Luppino (nee Cormack)

Edinburgh

Thank you to Cathie Luppino (nee Cormack) for posting a message in the EdinPhoto guestbook about her memories of  School and St Ignatius' School:

Cathie wrote:

I have a copy of the photo the first primary class from St. Ignatius, featuring:

-  Rosemary Paxton

-  Agnes McPartlin

-  Agnes Narrie

-  Margaret Barrett

-  Helen McManus

-  James O'Neill

-  Eric Burns

-  Robert Hay

   to name a few.  

Good memories!"

Cathie Luppino, Edinburgh:  Message posted in EdinPhoto guestbook, April 26, 2012

Guestbook Correspondence

Correspondence in the guestbook continued in the guestbook between Cathie Luppino (nee Cormack) and Margaret Williamson (nee Hay) after Cathie posted her initial comment above in the guestbook on April 26, 2012.

Cathie Luppino also posted her memories of St Thomas of Aquin's school.

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