By October 1977, work was progressing well in converting the old Calder Street School building to accommodate Auchinraith Primary School pupils. The old Auchinraith Primary School was no longer fit for purpose, though wasn’t demolished until 1980. Did YOU move from Auchinraith to Calder Street? What’s your memories of this?
Near the end of June 2011, Contractors moved in to demolish Calder Street Secondary School. The Intermediate school which opened in 1912, was just 1 year short of its Centenary, though news of its imminent demolition and a wrongly written account (by others) of it opening in 1910, led to the school actually celebrating a […]
Another old School photos. This time from 1946. These kids are all Blantyre children, born in the early part of WW2. This is Auchinraith School, the first intake of pupils that year, the youngest kids. Hamish Dow kindly shared this photo adding, “My brother Neil is 5th from the left in the middle row. I […]
Isabella McShane shared this photo of a show that ‘Auchinraith Primary School’ put on around 1970, close to her final year of Primary. Do you know any of the pupils (in what would certainly be classed as an unpolitical correct show these days) Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on […]
This photo of Auchinraith Primary School was shared by Ian Lappin. Does anybody recognise the pupils in the photo. And who’s the teacher? Some teachers at the time of this photo at Auchinraith School were Miss Sinclair, Miss Rose and Miss Drennan. What’s the exact year? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by […]
Blantyre organisations were shocked in the first week of November 1979, to learn that the derelict building formerly the Auchinraith Primary School at the corner of Craig Street and Auchinraith Road, would NOT be turned into a community centre. Springwells Tenants Association and the Boys Brigade had been especially interested in using the school, […]
Here are the official school photos for David Livingstone Primary and Auchinraith Primary School for last year, 2017. Feel free to tag any parents. These have now been added to the large collection of Blantyre School photos in our archives. High Blantyre, St Josephs and St Blanes to follow…