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On 8/29/2013 3:30 PM, Derek F wrote:
On 29/08/2013 14:05, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/29/2013 5:50 AM, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

Hey! Nothing wrong with Leith Academy! My mother and two of her siblings
attended that school.

I went to Broughton.

Perhaps I knew them. I left school in 1950

They left school late 30s, early 40s, so perhaps not. The family name is
Mackay.

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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:51:59 +0100, Derek F
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On 29/08/2013 21:57, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:30:42 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 29/08/2013 14:05, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/29/2013 5:50 AM, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

Hey! Nothing wrong with Leith Academy! My mother and two of her
siblings
attended that school.

I went to Broughton.

Perhaps I knew them. I left school in 1950

Beat me by nine years.

I presume that Broughton still exists unlike the Leith Academy I went to.
Derek.

Three of the schools I went to longer exist, one was demolished. Two
of the places where I worked have been demolished, both were a couple
of years old when I worked there and were state of the art. One was a
large steel works.

My school started life as a church, turned into a school and now is owned by
a small manufacturer - stained glass windows and all!

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"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE
teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport.
We
had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my
leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him
in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden
horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to
get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and
sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later
the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.

So you aren't one of the Gay Gordons. :-)

Not with that moustache! Unless he has shaved it off since I last saw
him?
:))

They all have moustaches in Amsterdam :-)

Not here in Scotland:)

They are all in Amsterdam flashing their sporrans.

Hmm I've never seen Gordon's sporran. Whether he does in fact have one I
couldn't say:) Perhaps he could confirm or deny?


Last time I wore a sporran was at my auntie's wedding when I was three.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

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"Ophelia" wrote in message
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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE
teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport. We
had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden
horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.

So you aren't one of the Gay Gordons. :-)

Well he looked quite roughy toughy last time I saw him ... mind you .. it
has been a wee while now ...;)


And whose fault is that?
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

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"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 29/08/2013 11:31, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE
teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport. We
had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden
horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.

So you aren't one of the Gay Gordons. :-)

That was a respectable term when Gordon Smith played for Hibs.


Smith, Johnson, Reilly, Turnbull and Ormond - the real Famous Five.

Hearts had the Terrible Trio of Conn, Bauld and Wardhaugh.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

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"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 29/08/2013 21:57, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:30:42 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 29/08/2013 14:05, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/29/2013 5:50 AM, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

Hey! Nothing wrong with Leith Academy! My mother and two of her
siblings
attended that school.

Indeed, nothing wrong with it as such but they were the main rivals when I
was a lad.

I went to Broughton.

Perhaps I knew them. I left school in 1950

Beat me by nine years.

I presume that Broughton still exists unlike the Leith Academy I went to.


Still exists but towards the end of my third year (1972) it moved to new
premises at Comely Bank, across the road from Fettes. Apparently it's been
rebuilt again (on the same site) since then.

The old building at McDonald Road is still there but I don't know what it's
used for these days (the primary school is still open).

Leith Academy as you're aware is now off Easter Road, not a stone's throw
from the old location.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

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"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 29/08/2013 10:50, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport. We had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.
I had the choice of Broughton, Leith Academy and Boroughmuir.


I had the choice of the first two - I don't think Boroughmuir came into it.
I picked Broughton because that's where my dad went.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

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"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 29/08/2013 10:50, GordonD wrote:
"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport. We had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.
I had the choice of Broughton, Leith Academy and Boroughmuir.
I lived in Annandale Street so Broughton would have been nearer but I had
been at Leith Academy Primary so wanted to stay where my friends were.
Wonder if I made the right choice?
I was supposed to go to Herriots as the War was starting but my father
envisaged air raids and me stuck on the other side of town so I initially
went to London Street. Safer? I got knocked down by a van on the way home
one day.


You should post your reminiscences on he

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/

Fascinating site, full of trivia!
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"

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"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE
teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport.
We
had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my
leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him
in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden
horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to
get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and
sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later
the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.

So you aren't one of the Gay Gordons. :-)

Not with that moustache! Unless he has shaved it off since I last saw
him?
:))

They all have moustaches in Amsterdam :-)

Not here in Scotland:)

They are all in Amsterdam flashing their sporrans.

Hmm I've never seen Gordon's sporran. Whether he does in fact have one I
couldn't say:) Perhaps he could confirm or deny?


Last time I wore a sporran was at my auntie's wedding when I was three.

Awww shame:) I'd take some piccies of you in full dress:))

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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:50:19 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote:

"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 27/08/2013 10:42, GordonD wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
...
I thought they were real, but maybe it was just a figment of my
imagination.
Talking of school teachers, do they still have the gung ho PE
teachers
who assume all children want to do and must be good at a sport. We
had
one at our school, Me falling off a bar, getting a javelin in my leg
and Throwing up over the teacher on the trampoline convinced him in
the end though. Brian


I remember a bloke in my class doing a somersault over the wooden
horse
and shouting out in pain as he landed. The PE teacher told him to get
up
and not be such a wimp - when he couldn't the sod made him go and sit
in
the changing room until the end of the period. Half an hour later the
bloke was carted off in an ambulance with a broken leg.
Leith Academy?

Wash your mouth out!

I went to Broughton.

So you aren't one of the Gay Gordons. :-)

Well he looked quite roughy toughy last time I saw him ... mind you .. it
has been a wee while now ...;)


And whose fault is that?

Pah, you know where we live!
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