School Photo time. This is High Blantyre Primary School around 1979 or 1980, but can you name the pupils? Teacher looks like Mrs Wishart of Hunthill Road. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said,: Amanda Hobbs Back row- Dawn, Janet, Lisa, Joyce, […]
It’s 141 years to the day since High Blantyre (and Low Blantyre Ness’s) Schools opened. This article though seeks to provide a detailed history of the High Blantyre School. The following article has taken some time to research, but I hope you find interesting. High Blantyre Primary School –The school was built from the […]
Thank you to Bill Duncan for sharing his school photo here. Bill told me recently, “This is my class photo from High Blantyre Primary School, the year, not sure, but circa 1950. I left primary school in 1952, this was my historical moment of fame year as I was presented with the Dux (top pupil) […]
Still looking through all my late mother’s photos and Blantyre memories. This was a little tiny photo, perhaps off a slide, but I have scanned it as best as I can. Pictured in 1953 or 1954 is High Blantyre Primary School, Hunthill Road. Mum, Janet is the little girl with the black sweater in the […]
Shared here with permission by James Graham who wrote, “Primary 7 High Blantyre Primary School c1949 The teacher on the left is Mr Ferrier (Big Tam). He had an artificial arm which he used to push us into line or give us a judicious clout on the back of the head if we misbehaved. I […]
I have SO many Blantyre photos of my mothers. Will get round to uploading them all in due course. Meantime, this one is from 1957. Pictured is the High Blantyre Primary School choir. My mother, Janet Duncan would have been around 10 years old in this photo and is pictured 3rd from the right in […]
I recently posted this photo taken in 1905 by David Ritchie of High Blantyre Primary School. This prompted some online debate. In particular, Blantyre man Alan Baird queried the picture as being High Blantyre Primary School, quoting that it was not the school he remembers going to. Looking at the picture closely, I have to […]