James Clark's School

St Leonard's

James Clark's School in St Leonard's Lane was on the high ground at the edge of Holyrood Park, opposite Salisbury Crags.  The school has now closed and has been converted to housing.

Thank you to Jean Rae for sending me this photograph a class at the school, and for providing the names of most of the pupils in the class.

This photo was taken in the Assembly Hall.  There had also been other pupils in  the class earlier in the year, but several had left the school at the age of fifteen by the time that this photo was taken in January 1966.

I did not discover the names of two of the pupils in this photo until the photo was displayed at a James Clark School exhibition held at the Nelson Hall in August 2008.  The photo was displayed at this exhibition.  The names of pupils 13 and 15 were provided by visitors to that exhibition.

Then Lynda Cadney (née McRae), No 15 on this photo and now living in Epping, Essex, England, emailed me on April 11, 2009, to tell me that a correction was needed to the names of Nos 15 and 16.  I've now made the correction.  Thank you Linda.

Back Row

(left to right)

1

Fay Grieve

2

Dalia McCallum

3

Jean Aithie

4

?

5

Lynda Clark

Middle Row

(left to right)

6

Jeanette Scott

7

Billy Gracie

8

Alex Black

9

?

10

... Dobie

11

George Brown

12

Marion Scott

Front Row

(left to right)

13

Evelyn Forbes

14

Cathy Murray

15

Linda McRae

16

Pat Armit

17

Joan Aitken

18

Elizabeth Walker

19

Eva Kennedy