St Patrick's School
St John's Hill,
Edinburgh |
1960s
©
Jack Gillon, Edinburgh
Photo taken 1960s
Replies
and Recollections |
1. |
Eric Gold
East London, England |
- Photo from the 1960s |
2. |
Bob Henderson
East London, England |
- Photo
of St Patrick's |
3. |
Tony Ivanov
Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland |
- Photos on Flickr |
4. |
Peter Stubbs
Edinburgh |
- Photo on Flickr |
5. |
Jim Robertson
Berlin, Germany |
- Photos
of St Patrick's |
6. |
Bryan Gourlay
Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
- Football |
7. |
Eric Gold
East London, England |
- Photos
on Flickr |
8. |
Mike Melrose
Greenbank, Edinburgh |
- Photos
on Flickr
-
The Janitor
-
Music Teacher |
9. |
Mike Melrose
Greenbank, Edinburgh |
-
Music Teacher
- Other Teachers |
10. |
Eric Gold
East London, England |
-
Southside Photos
- Jokes
- 'Eleven Plus' |
11. |
Danny Gilroy |
- 1958-65
- Pupils
- More Teachers |
12. |
Tommy Aris |
-
Film: Johnny on the Run
- Message for Cathy Luppino |
13. |
Danny Cormack |
-
Football Cup Final, 1960-61 |
14. |
George Dawson |
-
Football
- y Class
- Cup Final, 1964
- |
St Patrick's School |
Edinburgh in the 1960s
Thank you to Jack Gillon for allowing me to
reproduce this photograph of St Patrick's School, St John's Hill,
Edinburgh.
This is one of many photos that Jack took in the
1960s. Others can be found on his
Flickr page.
Several people have contacted me saying how they
have enjoyed seeing this photo and the others that Jack has posted on his
Flickr page. |
Here is
another photo of St Patrick's school, also from Jack Gillon. It
shows the playground as well as the school building
© |
Reply
1.
Eric Gold
East London, England |
Eric Gold wrote: |
Photo from the 1960s
©
"I enjoyed seeing this
photo and others on Jack's
Flickr page
- rare old 1960s photos of my stamping ground and of St Patrick's
School with the old scout hall, also the Scotchie the
Mecca of the Dumbiedykes.
Jack has really
covered the rare side of my stamping ground and other parts of Edinburgh
in that era. I
remember a lot of the other buildings biting the dust
in the Dumbiedykes and elsewhere in
Edinburgh.
I have struck gold.
These photos bring back memories to me.
They look great on my Mac
outfit. I can see every cobbled stone for
miles (ha ha ha ha)."
Eric Gold, East London, England:
April 2, 2012 |
Reply
2.
Bob Henderson
Burdiehouse, Edinburgh |
Bob Henderson wrote: |
St Patrick's School
©
"It has taken a while,
but there will be a lot of old boys like me who get very excited by this
photo."
Bob Henderson, Burdiehouse, Edinburgh:
April 2, 2012 |
Reply
3.
Tony Ivanov
Bo'ness, West Lothian,
Scotland |
Tony Ivanov, another former pupil of St Patrick's
school wrote: |
Photos on Flickr
©
"I enjoyed looking through Jack
Gillon's
Flickr page
via the link you gave. He has a good
collection of photos there. They were a
delight to view.
The ones of St Pat’s School were just as I
remember it, especially the one showing the
playground to the rear. I think this is just how I described it in one of
my postings."
Tony Ivanov, Boness, West Lothian,
Scotland: April 2, 2012 |
Reply
4.
Peter Stubbs
Edinburgh |
Photo on Flickr
Tony Ivanov, above, mentions one of Jack Gillon's
photos of St Patrick's school that shows the playground at the rear of the
school.
This is the
photo that Tony refers to, as it appears on the Flickr page.
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: April 3, 2012 |
Reply
5.
Jim Robertson
Berlin, Germany |
Thank you to Jim Robertson for posting a message in
the EdinPhoto guestbook.
Jim wrote: |
Photos of
St Patrick's School
"Yahoo! At last,
photos of St Patrick's School have appeared. I never doubted for a
moment - as always, someone somewhere finds the answer, and there
they are, not one but three of them."
Jim Robertson, Berlin, Germany: Message
posted in EdinPhoto guestbook: April 3, 2012 |
Reply
6.
Bryan Gourlay
Biggar, Lanarkshire,
Scotland |
Thank you to Bryan Gourlay who saw the photo of St
Patrick's school and wrote:
|
Football
"I can't quite remember St Pat's school
and I don't think I knew anyone who went there.
What I do remember is they had a top notch
football team. They gave us Preston Street types a gubbing on more than
one occasion.
I'm not sure if we played them at Warriston,
or they were one of the teams we played at Doctor Guthrie's pitches at the
top of Liberton Brae."
Bryan Gourlay, Biggar, Lanarkshire,
Scotland: April 3, 2012 |
Reply
7.
Eric Gold
East London, England |
Eric Gold wrote: |
Photos on Flickr
©
"I
knew there would be a great response the Jack's
photos. especially St. Patricks school as that
was the jewel in the crown and I’m still on cloud nine with the photo.
I'll
write a story on St. Patricks school,
all about the teachers and what it was before it became
St. Patricks school. It used to be a
Victorian home for boys, years ago"
Eric Gold, East London, England:
April 3, 2012 |
A few minutes after sending the message above, Eric
sent his story to me.
I've now added it to the
St Anne's & St
Patrick's page as
Recollections
24. |
Reply
8.
Mike Melrose
Greenbank, Edinburgh |
Mike Melrose wrote: |
Photos on Flickr
©
"That's a first class set of photos of St Patrick's
school on the
Flickr page,
particularly the ones of the Old Town Area."
The Janitor
"Peter Higgins snr (the Janitor) used to ring
the hand bell in the boys' playground (nearest)
to get everybody to line up in their classes after breaks/lunchtime. Peter
Higgins jnr was in my class and was one of my
pals."
The Janitor had a self-contained flat on the second floor at the top of
the West Staircase next to Miss Davidsons Classroom."
Music Teacher
"Can anyone remember the name of the Music
Teacher who used to come to the School once a week
between 1962 and 1966? "
**
Mike Melrose, Greenbank, Edinburgh:
April 5, 2012 |
**
Music Teacher
Might the Music Teacher have been Miss Dale?
She is mentioned by Eric Gold here:
St Anne's and
St Patrick's, Recollections 24.
Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: April 7,
2012 |
Reply
9.
Mike Melrose
Greenbank, Edinburgh |
Thank you to Mike Melrose who replied: |
Music Teacher
"Thank
you to Eric Gold. Yes, the Music Teacher was Miss Dale.
Other Teachers
"These
are the other teachers that I remember from St Patricks:
- Mr Boyle, the Head Teacher
- Mr Duggan, who took the football team
- Mrs Davies
- Miss Davidson
- Miss Burne
- Mr Greco
- Miss Capaldi, who I think became Mrs Greco
- Sister Gabriel
- Mrs Breckenbridge (St Anne's)
The Janitor was Mr Flett.
Mike Melrose, Greenbank, Edinburgh:
April 9, 2012 |
Recollections
10.
Eric Gold
East London, England |
Thank you to Eric Gold for
writing again.
Eric
wrote: |
Southside Photos
"Once again I'd like to
thank Jack and Emma Gillon for providing
this photo of St Patrick's School ...
©
... and the link to other beautiful
old photos of streets in the Southside on his
Flickr page.
I told my Merchant Navy Seamen shipmates who
used to live in Edinburgh and
now choose to live in Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand
about the Flickr page, and there has been a great
response from them.
We all keep in touch in a private chat room.
They have been stunned by the Edinburgh Southside photos, ad can't get
over them." |
St Patrick's School
Jokes
"At St Patrick's, my classmates and I would buy
stink bombs and other jokes to play on the teachers who we disliked the
most, the infamous Mr Greggo and Miss Burnie.
I'd break one in the class.
They were like small
glass marbles and you'd
just stand on them or drop them (ha ha ha
ha). Mr Greggo had us all out in the
playground and asked who it was,
but none of us kids would own up (ha ha ha ha).
The
joke shop was in the Pleasance and was owned by Mr Sholberg.
He later leased the property to my doctor,
Doctor Hyman Goldberg as a surgery, and moved
his joke shop to the Chambers Street, / George IV Bridge area."
Eleven Plus
"Just before I left St. Patricks we had to sit
an 'Eleven Plus' exam. I was the only one
in the school who failed the exam.
Old Mr Greggo,
to his delight, told everyone that I
had failed, but he got
told off about shouting his mouth off
by Sister Gabriel who was a lovely
teacher.
My Mum and her sister, my Auntie
Nancy, came to the
school and waited for Mr Greggo at the
gates, then they gave him a mouth full.
He went white like a ghost. They
demanded that he apologise to me, which he did.
My
Auntie Nancy,
nicknamed the Queen of the Cowgate,
was a real character. She feared no one and was well
respected by all the neighbours and the headmaster.
She lived in the Waverley Buildings opposite Blackfriars Street and
the Cowgate. You could hear her voice from
the top of the Pleasance (ha ha ha ha)." |
Eric Gold, East London, England:
April 12, 2012 |
Recollections
11.
Danny Gilroy
|
Danny Gilroy wrote: |
1958-65
"I
attended St Ann's school, then St Pat’s from about 1958 to 1965. I’m
sorry that I don’t have any photos to add but would love to see some if
anyone has any."
Pupils
"I remember Paddy Brock from both school and the
scouts. We were went to Lourdes as a group in 1964.
I
also vaguely remember Michael Melrose."
More Teachers
"Other teachers at that time who were not
mentioned were Mrs Grego and Mr Duggan.""
Danny Gilroy:
May 30, 2012 |
Recollections
12.
Tommy Aris
|
Thank you to Tommy Aris who wrote: |
Film
Johnny on the Run
"I
attended St Patrick's School, St John's Hill in the
early-1950s.
One
day, a film company
visited our school, looking for
'extras' for a film
they were shooting in Edinburgh. They
selected some members of the school football team to take part in some
scenes to be shot at the corner on Chalmers Street
and also at the Vennel.
The boys selected
included:
- Eddie and Joe Stanton from the
Dumbiedykes. They were the brothers of Hibs and Scotland player, Pat
Stanton.
- Tommy Aris from Buccleuch
Street
- myself.
If you go into YouTube, then
request a film called 'Johnny on the
Run', you'll be able to see
the first six minutes of the film.
Our
role was to play football in the street and also chase after
a runaway pram. The
pram eventually gets stopped at the top of the Vennel
steps.
Message for Cathie Luppino (née Cormack)
"Can you inform Cathie Luppino about this film?
Round
about the time that the pram gets stopped, Cathie
should be able to see two or three live shots,
looking up the Vennel
Tommy
Aris: October 11, 2012 |
Thanks Tommy
Thank you,
Tommy for responding to the request from Cathy for photos looking up the
Vennel.
**
I've now
passed on your message to Cathy, and hope that she will find the film
shots interesting.
** NOTE:
The message that Tommy is
responding to is one from Cathy that was recently added to the
Vennel page of the EdinPhoto site saying that Cathy's parents
used to live in a wee house at the top of the Vennel, and that Cathy would
love to find a photo looking up the Vennel towards the house.
Peter
Stubbs, Edinburgh: October 13, 2012 |
Recollections
13.
Danny Cormack
Kirknewton, West
Lothian, Scotland
|
Thank you to Danny Cormack who wrote: |
Football Final
1960-61
"Hi:
I was Captain of the St Patrick's School Football Team in Edinburgh. We
played St. Joseph's in the Final of the 1960-61 season and won 2-1.
I
wondered where all the team players ended up living. I emigrated to
Canada for 15 yrs, but now live in Kirknewton, West Lothian.. I would
love to hear from any of the team."
Danny
Cormack: 30 October 2016 |
Reply to Danny
If you'd like to send a reply to Danny,
please email me to let me know, then I'll pass on his email address
to you.
Peter
Stubbs, Edinburgh: December 1, 2016 |
Recollections
14.
George Dawson |
Thank you to George Dawson who wrote: |
Football
Mr Dugan
"I
attended St Anne’s school in 1956 and moved to St Patrick’s in 1958.
I can recollect, as a pupil, I would hound Mr Dugan the football teacher
for a trial for the team, only to be told: 'You are to young.'
He
eventually gave in and I was one of the youngest players to have played
for the school team. I think, if I remember right, you had to be
10 years of age, and I was 9 years old.
Mr
Dugan was a great football coach and also a good teacher.
My Class
"I
can remember a few pupils who were in my class. The names I can remember
are:
-
Kenny
Byres who stayed in the Tron Square
-
Richard Rickets
-
Patricia Higgins who was the janitor’s daughter
-
Larry
McCraw
-
William Laydon
-
Paddy
Dignan
-
Colin
McQuag
-
Francis Glancy
-
John
Young
- Colin
Chisholm
-
N.
Mycko whose parents, I think, were Polish.
If
anyone can add to this list, it would be great."
Football
1963 Cup Final
"Getting back to the football team, we had so many great players over
the three years I played with them. I remember getting to the EPSA
Cup Final in 1963 and being beaten 2-0 by Longstone Primary.
The
names i can recall who played with me in that final are:
-
Brian Stoddart (right winger). He went on to sign with Hibs before
emigrating to either Australia or South Africa.) He emigrated to
Canada.
-
Mike
Mcqeenie (goalkeeper)
-
John
Mcdonald (centre half)
-
Paddy
McMullen (right back)
-
Paddy
Dignan (right half
-
myself at (right back)
-
Raymond
Cormack (left half).
I am
a bit confused as to who was in the losing team as it was so long ago.
1964 Cup Final
"In
1964 we were the only team to play all our fixture’s without losing a
game. We drew once and won every game we played.
We
had a fantastic team and I was so proud to part of it. We won:
- The
School Board Cup
- The St Bernard's Cup
- The EPSA Cup.
The Finals were
all played at Warriston Playing Fields. in the ESPA Cup, we won
the Semi-Finals beating Abbeyhill 8-0, then met our old rivals who
beat us the year before in the EPSA Final.
We
had a great Final. We were 5-0 up at half time. Mr Dugan
said to us at half time if we could beat them 8-0 he would take and pay
us into the Hibs game. They were playing in the Coronation Cup.
If
my memory serves me right, we had only 2 minute’s to play when Colin
Chisholm did a flying header making it 8-0. We were over the moon
but although so proud of us as one of best teams he had ever produced it
played havoc with his pocket because as promised we met him outside the
Hibs stadium and he paid us all in to see the game."
George
Dawson: 1 March 2015 |
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