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Daniel Stewart's College |
Junior School, Class 9 - 1946-47
Reproduced with acknowledgement to
Christopher Wood, near Kelso, Borders, Scotland (who provided the photo)
and Trevor Yerbury (for
permission to reproduce it)
©
ER Yerbury & Son
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Recollections 1. Christopher Wood |
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Thank you to Christopher Wood for sending me this photograph, and for providing the names of almost all the pupils and the teacher in the photo. Christopher wrote: |
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Class 9 "Here is a photograph of my class at Daniel Stewarts. It shows Class 9 (top of the Junior School) and dates from 1946-47. The form master was a Mr Gunn." Christopher Wood: May 25, 2011 (2 emails) |
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Daniel Stewarts Class 9 - 1946-47 Names: left to right in each row |
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1st Row |
2nd Row |
3rd Row |
4th Row |
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Guthrie |
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Donald MacKinnon |
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George Alan |
Swanston |
Clark |
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James Comb |
Wilson |
Sinclair? |
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Alistair Harvey |
Stevenson |
George Vaughan |
David Mills |
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Fred McNichol |
John Campbell |
Mr Gunn |
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Ian Brown |
James Keppey? |
Ian Johnston (nickname: Teeny-Bash) |
Jack Bowden |
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Colin Cant |
Thomson |
Graham Lilley |
Peden |
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Christopher Wood |
Derek Foskett |
Ian Hill |
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| 9 |
Alan Wallace |
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Ben Fowler |
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Acknowledgement Thank you to Christopher Wood for providing the names above in black. Well done, Christopher, for remembering so many names. Christopher wrote: "This list of names is the best I can do after 65 years." ! Thank you to Derek Foskett, Spain, for providing the name above in green. |
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Recollections 2. Christopher Wood |
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Thank you to Christopher Wood who added: |
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Sports "One final thought. Daniel Stewart's College placed emphasis on sports at Inverleith and elsewhere. My moment of glory arrived when the Relay Race (Under 12) was run in 1945. I belonged to the Drumsheugh House and won this medal:
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Recollections 3. Christopher Wood |
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Thank you to Christopher Wood for writing again. Christopher wrote: |
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Combined Cadet Force "I was watching a BBC movie on iPlayer today and was reminded of something we learned while in the Combined Cadet Force at Daniel Stewart's College. One of the elderly masters (Mr Davie Grant) produced some photographic prints - World War I views from above, which were projected onto a screen. They showed the German barbed wire entanglements. These showed up as shadows on the photos." Christopher Wood: July 30, 2011 |
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Recollections 4. Rosemary Wilson Canada |
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Thank you to Rosemary Wilson who wrote about her brother. Rosemary wrote: |
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1932-1945 Bill Rushbrook "My brother, William Joseph Rushbrook (Bill), attended Daniel Stewarts from 1932 to 1945, getting a book prize for English when he graduated in 1945. Bill attended Edinburgh University, served in the Home Guard and later did National Service. He worked for the Ordnance Survey, living in Wigan Lancs, and was based in Lancs, until he retired in 1987. Bill died in Wigan in 1996. Bill's friends at school were: - Podge Ross, who died in a motor bike crash - Angus McLeod (Gussie)
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Donald Wellwod, engineer. Christopher Wood: July 30, 2011 |