Craiglockhart

Primary School

Ashley Terrace, North Merchiston, to the NE of Craiglockhart

Craiglockhart Primary School  -  School Door, Right  -    2006

Craiglockhart Primary School, Ashley Terrace, North Merchiston - School Door,Right - Photograph November 2006

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs                                        Photograph taken:  November 11, 2006

 

Craiglockhart Primary School

Thank you to George T Smith, now living in British Columbia, for sending me his memories of Craiglockhart Primary School.

George wrote:

Boys and Girls

"On the left (or south) was the Girls' Door:

  School Door (left) of Craiglockhart Primary School, Ashley Terrace, North Merchiston - Photograph taken 2006 ©

 On the right (or north) was the Boys' Door:

 School Door (right) of Craiglockhart Primary School, Ashley Terrace, North Merchiston - Photograph taken 2006 ©

There was a sculpture above our door, up whose steps we used to march to the sound of a piano playing  patriotic tunes e.g. 'The King is still in London' on the top landing.

The sexes were carefully segregated by a fence between playgrounds which  were made of unforgiving concrete which provided excellent slides for  boys wearing tackety boots."

George T Smith, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada:  November 11 + 14, 2006

Thank you to George for also sending his memories of the Janitor's House and Playgrounds.

Postcard by an unidentified publisher - Craiglockhart Primary School and Ashley Terrace, North Merchiston - Early 1900s ©

 

School Door, Right

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   School Door (left) of Craiglockhart Primary School, Ashley Terrace, North Merchiston - Photograph taken 2006 ©

School Door, Left

School Door (left) of Craiglockhart Primary School, Ashley Terrace, North Merchiston - Photograph taken 2006 ©

The whole School

   Craiglockhart Primary School, Ashley Terrace, North Merchiston - Photograph taken 2006 ©

 

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