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Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:29 am
by odds
Can anyone tell me where this was taken, name of school, what road it was taken on etc. As far as I remember it was outside a Primary School that my younger brother went to and it was around 1973/74. The picture is my father, and cousins who had come to visit us at RAF Machrihanish. I can't seem to find the same location on Google maps.

Thanks
Pete.

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Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:42 am
by jaffacat
St. Kierans Primary - junction of John Street & Stewart Road

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:34 am
by bill
Was going to disagree with you jaffacat,but then ofcourse to me it is "the wee grammar".

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:37 am
by Isa
jaffacat wrote:St. Kierans Primary - junction of John Street & Stewart Road


It was the only Catholic school in town. It closed last year and the Pupils now go to one of the other Primary schools in the area

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:59 am
by jdcarra
odds wrote: I can't seem to find the same location on Google maps.

Thanks
Pete.


Pete

The google car did not go up that stretch of road,but centre of photo, front right of last black car was the area pic was taken.As Bill stated it was the wee grammer in our days with the big grammer just across the road.

Next time i am in town I'll take some pics further back for you.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 38.81,,0,0

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:57 pm
by odds
Thanks for the replies, I would never have got the name of the school. I'll have to have a walk up there when I'm up there in August.

Pete.

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:45 am
by chuckiebay
In the late fifties Miss Galbraith taught French down there and Mr Smith taught Maths.

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 10:30 am
by Kulana
Did Miss Galbraith become Mrs Togneri and was Mr Smith really Batman?

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:02 pm
by petewick
Miss Martindale became Mrs Togneri

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 10:47 am
by Kulana
Thanks, petewick. Of course it was Miss Martindale, I remember now. She broke a few schoolboy hearts when she married Mr Togneri. We all thought that she was waiting for one of us!

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2011 11:22 am
by WC1
Miss Martindale never taught in the "wee Grammar" building. She resided on the first floor of the main building, midway between John McKerral (Geography) and Bob Crerar (French & German).

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2011 1:35 pm
by Kulana
WC1 - Thank you. What a memory you have. As I read your post, I remembered. I'm afraid my memories are a bit jumbled now - it all seems so long ago.

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:05 pm
by four eyes
I still say Miss Marks of Castlehill was the hottest teacher in town,bar none.Happy days.

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2012 7:47 pm
by kathy9
My money is still on Hector the Rector :D

Re: Photo - which School ?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:48 pm
by four eyes
Closed and boarded up now Pete,like most of the toon. :lol: