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Issue 13
3 March 2000






From Fifty Years Ago...

From Jimmy Brown in Ayr, this is P6, 41 children at Holmston in 1949, fifty years ago. He's in the middle row, second from the left. The picture is a little scratched, which makes one little girl look like she's chewing a pencil!

This is still in the days before the school uniform, the children are wearing individual clothes. New clothes are still rationed after World War II, and probably in fairly short supply, but they all look smart. Several girls have ribbons in their hair.

There's a fairly full list of names below, recognise any Grannies or Grandpas?



Back row, left to right -
M. Love, D. McCulloch, M. Mathews, J. Gordon,
H. Muir, S. Court, L. Coia, J. Walker,
T. Martin, A. Cannily, H. Thomson, J. Jackson.

Centre row -
D. McCartney, J. Brown (whose photo this is), I. Black, R. Allison,
T. Nixon, J. Hendron, G. Campbell, R. Thompson,
T. McCulloch, J. Patterson, K. Hamilton.

Front Row -
S. Willson, M. Ferguson, J. Crawford, J. Smith,
H. Mack, S. Riley, B. Wallace, I. Cairns,
I. Cooney, J. McCartney, L. Easthope, A. Smith, L. Kevan.

Seated - A. Allan, N. McCreadie, J. Kelly, B. Ross, - .

The names are taken from very clear, but very small, handwriting on the back of the picture. Spelling mistakes are probably the editor's fault!
 

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