Edinburgh Recollections

South Bridge School

Recollections

1.

Charles Forrest
Whitstable, Kent, England

-  South Bridge School
 and Darroch School

2.

Florence Broderick
(née McGhee)
Murieston, West Lothian, Scotland

-  South Bridge School
 and Darroch School

3.

Marion Marshall
(née McLaren)
Colinton, Edinburgh

-  South Bridge School
 and Darroch School

4.

Helen Brown (née Munro)
Gilmerton, Edinburgh

-  Mrs Heatherwick

-  Marching Music

5.

Eric Gold
East London, England

-  Schools

-  The Little Theatre / Nursery

6.

Catherine Taylor (née Clark)
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England

-  Teachers

7.

Peter Whitecross
Plymouth, Devon, England

-  Schools  1944-50

8.

John Roxburgh
Germany

-  South Bridge School Friends
    1957-64

-   Nursery Rocking Horse-

-   Darroch School Friends
    1964-68

8.

Reply 1

Dave McBain
Baberton Mains, Edinburgh

-   Darroch School Friends
    1964-68

Recollections

1.

Charles Forrest

Whitstable, Kent, England

Thank you to Charles Forrest who wrote

South Bridge School

and

Darroch School

"I sincerely hope someone has some recall of the 2 schools in Edinburgh that I attended:

-  South Bridge School (from about 1952 to 1958)

-  Darroch Junior Secondary School (from 1958 to 1961)

My Primary Teacher was Miss Heatherwick. 

Does anyone out there have any memories at all of either school, or of any of the teachers or pupils?  I've been unable to get much info.

I lived in the Potterow before moving to Keir Street, near the Art College.  I eventually moved, in 1961, to live above the 'Little Theatre' in the Pleasance which my dad ran, better known now as the 'Pleasance Festival Theatre'.

Any recall from classmates etc. would be fabulous."

Charles Forrest, Whitstable, Kent, England:  Message left in EdinPhoto guest book, August 4, 2008

More Information?

If you have any information that you think may be of interest to Charles, please email me.  Unfortunately, I don't have Charles' email address, so I cannot pass messages on to him, but I can add it to this page on the web site and hope that he finds it then emails me.

Thank you.  -  Peter Stubbs:  August 6, 2008

Recollections

2.

Florence Broderick
(née McGhee)

Murieston, West Lothian, Scotland

Thank you to Florence Broderick who wrote

South Bridge School

"I lived in Milnes Court, Lawnmarket, and went to South Bridge school after Castle hill school closed down in 1952

I was in Mr Anthony Steeles  class.  He was the teacher who watched the lines to catch the late ones in the morning.

Other teachers were:

-  Mrs Preston

-  Miss Woolard, the sewing teacher  

-  Mr Wilson, the head master.

Darroch School

"I then went to Darroch in 1955, where my teachers were:

-   Mr Findlay

-   Mr Knight  art  teacher

-   Miss Scott, cookery teacher 

We went to Bruntsfield for laundry classes and to the school house around the corner  where they taught you how to run a house. 

I remember my pals:

-   Joan Christie

-   Irene Flockhart

-  Irene Dickson

-  Freda  Tait"

Florence Broderick (née McGhee), Murieston, West Lothian, Scotland:  August 20, 2008

Recollections

3.

Marion Marshall

(née McLaren)

Colinton, Edinburgh

Thank you to Marion Marshall (née McLaren) who wrote this message for Charles.  Unfortunately I don't have Charles' email address, so I hope he looks again at this page and finds the message.

Marion wrote:

"Charles:

I stayed at George IV Bridge and was a year ahead of you at school.  Maybe you remember Linda Harvey, Moira Potter or Jacqueline Dennison."

South Bridge School

"After beginning my schooling at Castlehill School (below the Esplanade) which closed after a year, I moved to South Bridge School.

The teachers I had there were Miss Brown and Miss Mowat.  Other teachers were Miss Gibson (very strict), Mr Steele and Miss Woolard (the sewing/knitting teacher)."

Darroch School

"I remember Miss Heatherwick at Darroch.  I had;

-   Mrs Nelson (in the huts) as Register Teacher and for Maths.

-   Mr Paterson for English, hen Mr Somerville

-  Miss Ketchen for Cookery

-  Miss Thomson for Laundry

-  Mr Birrell for Typing

-  Miss Fuller for Music

-  Mr Knight for Art

-  Mrs Easton for Science

  Can't remember the others.

My husband, George Marshall, was also at South Bridge then Darroch schools, but he's 2 years older than me, so you probably wouldn't know him."

Marion Marshall (née McLaren), Colinton, Edinburgh:  August 31, 2008

Recollections

4.

Helen Brown (née Munro)

Gilmerton, Edinburgh

Thank you to Helen Brown who wrote:

Mrs Heatherwick

"I also attended South Bridge Primary School, and had Mrs. Heatherwick as my teacher.  I met her in Gilmerton about 10 years later.  She was then a remedial teacher at Hyvots Bank Primary School.

Marching Music

"I also remember Mr. Steele standing at the foot of the stairs, clapping his hands to a loudspeaker blaring out, what seemed to me at the time, marching music, as we went up to the classrooms two by two.

I had a classmate Yvonne Forrest who came from the same area as Charles Forrest, I don't know if she would be a relative of his."

Helen Brown (née Munro), Gilmerton, Edinburgh:  August 21, 2008

Recollections

5.

Eric Gold

East London, England

Thank you to Eric Gold who wrote:

Schools

"I read all today’s lovely entries from our loyal patrons from Edinburgh about their schools, including Charles Forrest's memories in 'Recollections 1' above.

The Little Theatre / Nursery

"The theatre that you mentioned, Charles,  is now the Pleasance Fringe.  But when I was 3 years old  in 1951, it was my nursery, all those years ago.

I remember, the first day, going in along the Pleasance courtyard to our playgroup class.  Then, there was a big rocking horse that we all played on.

Trust me, I fell off it and had to be rushed to The Deaconess Hospital.  Fortunately, there were no serious injuries or stitches.  I never went near that horse again (ha ha ha ha).

Eric Gold:  East London:  August 22, 2008

Recollections

6.

Catherine Taylor (née Clark)

Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England

Catherine Taylor (née Clark), who attended South Bridge School, then Darroch school, wrote:

Teachers

"At South Bridge school:

-  Miss Woolard was my sewing teacher.

-  Mr Brown was my last teacher

-  Mr Wilson was the headmaster."

Catherine Taylor (née Clark), Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England:  January 10, 2009

Recollections

7.

Peter Whitecross

Plymouth, Devon, England

Catherine Taylor (née Clark), who attended South Bridge School, then Darroch school, wrote:

Schools:  1944-50

"I went to South Bridge and Drummond Street schools from 1944 until 1950.  They were very happy times.

The boys I remember were:

-  Alan Smith

-  Jimmy Anderson

-  George Whitecross (no relation)

-  Norman McKinney.

The girls I remember were:

-  Joyce Fairlie

-  Joyce Rae

-  Jean Cooper

-  Jean Pennycook.

The teachers I remember were:

-  Mr Gibson

-  Mr Munroe

-  Mrs Gray.

It would be nice if anyone remembers me.  At that time, I lived at 10 St John's Hill.  Later, I went to James Clark School.

I left Edinburgh in 1964 and ever since have lived in Devon.

Peter Whitecross, Plymouth, Devon, England:  August 10, 2010

Reply to Peter

If you'd like to send a reply to Peter, please email me, then I'll pass on your message to him.  Thank you.

Peter Stubbs:  August 10. 2010

Recollections

8.

Reply

1.

David McBain

Baberton Mains, Edinburgh

Thank you to David McBain for responding to John Roxburgh's Recollections 8 above.

David wrote:

Darroch School Friends

1964-68

"Hello John

Re your message about Darroch School (above) I am a friend of Dave Atkinson who you mention you would like to contact. 

He is still alive and well and still living in Edinburgh, now retired from working for British Telecom."

David McBain, Baberton Mains, Edinburgh

I sent an email today  to John Roxburgh, to tell him about David McBain's message above and to pass on David's email address to him.

Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh:  March 29, 2016

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