Trinity Academy - 4th year class

Recollections

Eric Arbuckle

Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland

Thank you to Eric Arbuckle for sending me the photograph above of his class at Trinity Academy - probably Class 2A, photographed in 1952.

Eric has also provided the names of all the boys and most of the girls in this photo. See the table below.

Eric wrote:

Photo

"I was a pupil at Trinity Academy during the years 1950-53. Here is a photo of my class. I believe that the photo is of Class 2A, taken in 1952.

Teachers

I remember these teachers:

- English:	- Miss (Mollie) MacKay
	- Miss Cowper - trilby hats, capes and brogue shoes
	- Mr. (Pete) Hanlon - a Kiwi
- French:	- Mr Drummond - hilarious depiction of snoring – in French !
	- Miss Hope - rather dishy
- Latin:	- Miss McCrae - Register Teacher of 1B. She punched the Bible a bit.
- Maths:	- Mr Drummond- - nicknamed 'Bulldog: what else?
- Science:	- Mr Turpie
	- Miss Bonnington
- Geography:	- Mr (Big Bill) Campbell - The pulleys for maps were subjected to daily sabotage – or so it seemed.
- History:	- Mr Scott Allan (Allen?) - He went round the class giving 'Short Note Tests' towards the end of his period.
- Music:	- Miss Munro(e?) - She let me sing in the choir!
- PE:	- Stewart (Stuart?) Ballantyne (?) - A Boroughmuir Former Pupil

The Belt

I was ‘belted’ by:

- Miss Mackay for ‘insolence’ (not guilty)

- ‘Bulldog’ Drummond for not doing homework (guilty).

'Bulldog' did not stint in his task! This incident scarred me for life.

Concerts

In common with the recollections of other contributors, I remember the ‘end of year’ school concerts in the Usher Hall viz:-

- Weber’s “Invitation to the Dance”.

- Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Iolanthe” with superb performances from (?) Scanlon (I forget his first name) as Private Willis, and Fergus (?) (I forget his second name) as Earl Tolloller

- in Coronation Year (1953):

- The choir's renditions of “Zadok the Priest” and “Guide me, Oh Thou Great Jehovah”.

- Mr Scott-Allen's recitation of “The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God”.

- a minstrel song by Messrs. Redpath & Cowan.

Eric Arbuckle, Larges, North Ayrshire, Scotland: October 2 + 4, 2014

Trinity Academy - Class 2a - 1952 Boys and Girls
	Back Row	Middle Row	Front Row	Front on Ground
1.	Moffat Coates	Stuart Milne	?	Eric Arbuckle
2.	James Miller	Kenny Smith	?	Alastair Locheil
3.	Graham Mercer	Muriel Brunton	Mary McLeod
4.	Douglas Burk	Pat Morris	Moira Chalmers
5.	Jack Ormeroid	Barbara ?	?
6.	Duncan Taylor	?	?
7.	Ogilvie Tate	Douglas Robertson	Christine Johnston
8.	James Walker	Andrew Doig	Ileane Robertson
9.			Betty Hendry
10			?
Eric Arbuckle, Larges, North Ayrshire, Scotland: October 2 + 4, 2014 with Eric's apologies to anybody whose name he has forgotten or mis-spelt.