Recollections

Marion Read

Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland

Thank you to Marion Read for sending me a copy of this photo - front and back. (The names are written on the back of the photo.)

Marion wrote:

Cliff Read

and

Gladys Corbett (nee Walls)

"Cliff Read (12th from the left on the back row of this photo) and I celebrated our Golden Wedding Anniversary and my 70^th Birthday in July 2014. We had a garden party at our house to celebrate.

A friend of ours, Gladys Corbett (nee Walls) (6th from the left on the front row of this photo) came along with some old photos, including the one above, from her Mum who is now in her 90s and still goes on holiday with her pals!"

Marion Read, Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland: October 15, 2014

Question

What Class or Classes were these pupils in when this photo was taken? To me, they look as if they might have been in Primary 7 and about to leave Primary School.

Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: October 25, 2014

Recollections

1. Reply

Marion Read

Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland

Maybe Primary 6

"I'm really not sure which Class this would have been.

However, here is a 'photo taken at the 1955 Murrayburn School Qually Dance:

The Qually Dance took place each year in the year that we left Primary school - after sitting our Qualifying Exam.

Several of the pupils in the Class photo are also in the Qually Dance photo. They do look a little younger in the Class photo so perhaps the Class photo is of Primary 6.

Marion Read, Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland: October 26, 2014

Photo 1. Murrayburn Primary School 1954 ©
Names: (left to right)
	Back Row	Front Row
1	Mr Meek	Geoffrey Gillis
2	Hugh Kennedy	Elizabeth Hepburn
3	Stanley Mercer	Norma Nicolson
4	John Nicolson	Frances Fairbarne
5	George Douglas	Maureen Dalzell
6	Tommy Gordon	Gladys Walls See 'Recollections 1' above.
7	Andrew Welsh	Margaret Young
8	Morgan McDonald	Margaret Weddell
9	Archie Davis	Eleanor Combe
10	Brian Buchanan	Marlene Messer
11	Andrew McCormack	Janette Smith
12	Clifford Read See 'Recollections 1' above.	Una Gibson
13	James Stewart	Doreen McLean
14	James McLeish	John Deuchar
15	Ian Kilpatrick
Acknowledgements Thank you to: - Marion Read, Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland and to - Gladys Corbett (nee Walls) and her mother for providing this photo and the list of names handwritten on the back of the photo. (I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the spelling of some of the names.)

Photo 2. Murrayburn Primary School Around 1955 ©
Names: (left to right)
	Back Row (standing)	Front Row (kneeling)
1	Gladys Wallis See 'Recollections 1' above.	Stanley Mercer
2	Brian Buchanan	John Nicholson
3	Norma Nicolson
4	Cliff Read See 'Recollections 1' above.
5	Jeanette Smith
6	Archie Davis
7	Elizabeth Hepburn
All 9 pupils in this photo also appear in Photo 1 above.
Acknowledgements Thank you to: - Marion Read, Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland and to - Gladys Corbett (nee Walls) and her mother for providing this photo and the list of names above