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.
John
Roxburgh
Germany |
Thank you to John Roxburgh who wrote his message
below hoping that some of his old friends from South Bridge School or
Darroch School might get in touch with him. John wrote: |
South Bridge School
Friends
1957-64
"I
lived in Roxburgh Terrace and went to
South Bridge School
from 1957 to 1964.
I also went to Darroch from 1964 till 1968.
My teacher at South
Bridge was Mr Steel.
I'd like to hear from any of my old
friends of the time:
-
Alex Smith
-
Robert Matheson
-
Brian Nielson
-
Linda brown.
They
mostly went on to Darroch
with me."
Nursery Rocking Horse
"I also
remember the big rocking horse at nursery.
I never fell off it and therefore have happy memories
although it did strike me as having a fierce facial expression."
Darroch School Friends
1964-68
"I'd
also like to hear from my friends at
Darroch:
- William Randall,
- David Atkinson
- so many others.
There was, for
instance, a French
girl in my year. I think she was
called Luise.
I hope
to here something from anyone who remembers me although it is such a
long time ago. I am at present
visiting Edinburgh and my old mother for a few days."
John Roxburgh, Germany (since
around 1985): February 14, 2015 |
Reply to John
If you remember John and would like to send a
message to him,
please email me, then I'll pass on
his email address to you.
Peter Stubbs: February 14,
2014
|
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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