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Pennywell
Primary
School
West Pilton |
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Recollections
1.
Robert
Lettice
Edinburgh |
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Thank you to
Robert Lettice who wrote:
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Home and School
"I stayed at
West Pilton Grove from the 1940s until the
1960s. I went to Pennywell Primary
School at West Pilton Avenue.
The Headmaster was
Mr Bathgate and the Jannie was Mr Taylor. We
used to stand, when we could,
at the boiler house to keep warm in the winter."
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Memories
"I remember:
- We
used to have snowball fights with Craigmuir
Primary School. Once, the ice cream man joined in.
- Once
a year, the shows came.
They were at Pennywell Road in a field
that we called the corn field.
- I remember,
at night, Frankie the
Pole used stop opposite
Pennywell School with his chip van.
- We used
to build gang huts on the waste ground round the side of our
street next to the Cheese Box,**
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** I
asked Robert what the Cheese Box was.
He replied:
"The Cheese
Box was a was a one-level brick
hut on Ferry Road Drive, opposite the
Store and shops
- Barrs
the Newsagent, etc.
I did
my paper round from there.
The
Cheese Box was well known all over
Edinburgh. I was too young
to go there but my brothers went.
It was a hip hot night with music blaring away."
Robert Lettice, Edinburgh: March
21, 2011 |
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The Hut
"How
many remember the hut?
It was on Ferry Road Drive. That's where there was dancing
on a Saturday night. On Sundays, it was the
Band of Hope."
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People
"I
met a friend Rab Aitchison. He
came from Lochinvar Camp, a temporary housing
camp at Granton Road after World War II.
I'm
looking for Gavin Clarke. He left
Edinburgh in the late-1950s to stay in
Chester."
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Robert Lettice, Edinburgh: March
21, 2011 |
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Recollections
2.
Jim Little
Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada |
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Thank you to
Jim Little who read the message from Robert Lettice above and
wrote:
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My Class
"I lived in the prefabs on
Pennywell Drive and went to Pennywell
School, 1946-49.
I'm sure that Robert Lettice was
in my class. I remember the wee roly-poly
hills he mentions, just off Pennywell
Road.
My class teacher
was Mr Murray.
Also in my
class were:
- Jimmy
Whitock
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Adam Johnston
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Sandra Ingram
Ricky Patterson ( no a bad fitba
player) was a year below me.
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Jim Little, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada: October 31, 2011 |
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