Big school

On 30/08/2013 11:53, GordonD wrote:
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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.
Did you have any of the same teachers?
My first teacher at London Street had taught one of my aunts.
Derek

On 30/08/2013 11:55, GordonD wrote:
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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!
I often look at that site.
Derek

On 2013\08\31 00:52, Derek F wrote:

Strange what has happened to churches that have closed.
I have sen some converted into flats, warehouses, restaurants and a huge
betting shop full of Punters praying for a miracle win.

One in Muswell Hill was converted to an O'Neill's pub.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...+hill&tbm=isch

"Derek F" wrote in message
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Smith is perhaps unique for having played for three Scottish League
Championship teams without playing for Rangers or Celtic and playing in
the European Cup for them all including two semi finals.


A slightly later era, but Alan Gordon is the only man to play for Hearts,
Hibs and both Dundee clubs.

Get your Scottish football trivia here, folks. Amaze and annoy your friends!
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

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On 30/08/2013 11:53, GordonD wrote:
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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.
Did you have any of the same teachers?


Not so far as I'm aware.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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

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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!

Strange what has happened to churches that have closed.
I have sen some converted into flats, warehouses, restaurants and a huge
betting shop full of Punters praying for a miracle win.

lol probably Maybe the folk in my old school are praying for business

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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 high school that was built in the early 70s has already
been demolished, though a new school was built next door.

Not much more than 30 years useful life is pretty poor, especially
as it was considered 'state of the art' when it opened.

Mnay victorian primary shools are still going strong.
--
Col

The gulls have plucked out my eyes!

On 31/08/2013 01:38, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2013\08\31 00:52, Derek F wrote:

Strange what has happened to churches that have closed.
I have sen some converted into flats, warehouses, restaurants and a huge
betting shop full of Punters praying for a miracle win.

One in Muswell Hill was converted to an O'Neill's pub.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...+hill&tbm=isch


As was one in Chichester where more young ladies were sniffing Coke than
putting it in their drinks
Derek

On 31/08/2013 12:00, Col wrote:
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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 high school that was built in the early 70s has already
been demolished, though a new school was built next door.

Not much more than 30 years useful life is pretty poor, especially
as it was considered 'state of the art' when it opened.

Mnay victorian primary shools are still going strong.

Many of the newer ones are being demolished due to their asbestos content.
Derek

On 31/08/2013 09:53, GordonD wrote:
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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.
Did you have any of the same teachers?


Not so far as I'm aware.
Our daughter started at Broughton Primary for about four months before
we moved back to London.
One little boy in her class won all the races for his age at the school
sports by a distance. Iwan Tukalo went on to play Rugby for Scotland.
Derek