Former Pupils Contd...

Again, if you'd like to get in touch with anyone on the list, please write to the editors at HolmstonPS@dial.pipex.com and we'll try to forward your message. We won't give out your details to anyone else.

Some of the names came from people who wrote in to ask about the FP Reunion, so we don't have many details about them except "Lives in Ayr" (or Prestwick or Australia, etc)... There's a list of people who didn't give dates when they were at the school, here.

1948-49, Ian Johnston. Lives in Prestwick.

1948-54, Margaret Baillie (now Cramb). Lives in Ayr.

1948-54, Elizabeth Reid (now Thomson). Lives in Ayr.

1948-55, Norma Barclay (now Muir). Lives in Ayr.

1948-55, Helen Reid (now Cowan). Lives in Irvine.

1948-55, Norman L. Faulds. Lives in Edinburgh, retired Church of Scotland Minister. Susanne Nixon (below) saw Norman on TV in Canada, while he was at an Open Golf championship in Scotland. She wrote to him c/o Muirfield Golf Course and the Post Office found him!

1948-55, Maureen Forsyth (now McIlwraith). Lives in Ayr. Remembers the design of the school uniform, and 3 days' holiday for the Coronation.

1948-55, Alexander (Sandy) D. Murdoch. Lives in Ayr, and is organising the FP Reunion.

1948-55, Margaret Mackie (now McBride). Lives in Prestwick.

1948-55, Susanne Nixon (now McMillan). She was first to wear the new school uniform! Lives in Ottawa, Canada.

1949-54, Betty McDowall (now Brand). Lives in Sussex.

1949-55, Andrew Reid. Lives in Ayr. Sheila Anderson (below) suggests he may be 1951-57 - or was this another Andrew?

1950-52, George Courtney, after being at Wallacetown and Coylton. Lives in Ayr.

1950-57, Joyce Edgar (now Wilcox). Her mother was Mrs Iris Edgar, who taught at the school. Joyce is an industrial chemist and lives in Paisley.

1950-54, Moira Finlayson (now Clark). Lives near Kirriemuir. Has a Farmhouse B&B.

1950-55, Harry Lorimer. Lives in Ayr.

1950-57, Lilian Mackie (now McClymont). Lives in Ayr.

1951-54, Carol Burnett (now Murdoch). Lives in Ayr.

1951-57, Moira Anderson (now Phippen). Sheila's (next) twin sister! Lives in Toronto, Canada, formerly a nurse, now a nursing home administrator.

1951-57, Sheila Anderson (now Gallacher). Lives in Maybole. Moira's twin sister!

1951-57, Elizabeth Barclay (now Donnachie). Lives in Ayr, came to the FP Reunion, didn't leave a class date (the Visitors' Book didn't ask). Sheila Anderson, above, remembers her from her class.

1951-58, Andrew Burnett. Lives in Surrey. A Director of British Airways and of Air Mauritius.

1951-57, Kathleen Highet (now Stewart). Lives in Ayr.

1951-57, Wilma McGarvey (now Docherty). Lives in Ayr.

1951-58, Moira Kerr (now Wilson). Lives in Hampshire.

1952-57, Elaine McCarrell (now Shields). Lives in Ayr.

1953-58, Margaret McKenna, now Mackie. Lives in Ayr.

1953-60, Freda Hamilton (now Eyden). Lives in Manchester.

1954, Ann Willett (now Wright). Lives in Glasgow.

1954, David Willet. Lives near Kilmarnock.

1954-60, Urcilla Connor (now Flanagan). Lives in Ayr.

1954-60, Alicia McCall. Lives in Kilmarnock.

1954-60, Elaine Mackie (now Jones). Lives in Dalmellington, works at Cathcartston Visitor Centre.

1954-61, Raymond Briggs, brother of Edward (not yet contacted) and Donnie Briggs (1956-63). Raymond is a surgeon, and lives near Stirling.

1954-62, David McGhee. Now a teacher, lives in Falkirk.

1955-1959, Jack Heathcote. Lives in Ayr.

1956-63, Donald "Donnie" Briggs. Now a Process Engineer, lives in Crosshouse, works in Ayr. Donnie's brothers are both doctors - Edward, a G.P. in Falkirk; and Raymond, a consultant surgeon in Stirling.

1956-63, Ann Cameron (now Knight). Emigrated to Toronto with her family in 1966, daughter of Betty Hood (now Cameron), above. Ann and her husband run their own Internet company in Oshawa, Ontario - take a look at oshawa.auracom.com

1958-65, Lynda Main (now Smith). Lives in Ayr. Lynda is the daughter of Robert Main, who went to Holmston, 1930-36. Robert died recently, in April this year.

1959-66, Joyce Lowdon (now Watson). Now a teacher, lives near Lockerbie.

1961-68, Maurice Cathcart. Lives in Ayr, Systems Engineer in Glasgow.

1961-68, James Young. Lives near Ayr.

1962-69, Irene Fisher (now Currie). Lives in Prestwick.

1964-71, Mark Preston. Lives in Perthshire.

1965-71, Ronnie Greenwood. Lives in Tokyo, works as a marketing manager for Mars Petfoods.

1965-71, Stuart Tod. Lives in Caithness. Web site at www.thetods.clara.net

1965-72, Ian Cathcart. Lives in Ayr.

1965-72, John Mitchell. Lives in Ayr.

1965-72, W.K. Vallance. Lives in Ayr.

1966-72, Gordon Hyslop. Lives near Detroit, USA with shops selling Scottish and Celtic products.

1966-73, Jimmy McIlveen. Later Head Boy at Belmont, now lives in Hong Kong, Inspector in the Hong Kong Police.

1966-73, Jane Young (now McTimpany). Lives in Mauchline.

1967-74, Lesley Bloomer. Lives in Fife, works in Edinburgh.

In Memoriam. 1967-73, George "Pud" Wilson. Brother to Jeffrey (below). George died, aged 19, in 1980. Jeffrey says "... known to all of his friends as 'Pud', George was not an 'A' student by any means, but anyone who ever met George would tell you that George as a person was one of the best friends they ever had."

1968-75, Lorna Bain (now Reid). Lives in Aberdeenshire.

1968-74, Jeffrey Wilson. Lives in Canada. Brother of George Wilson (above).

1968-71, Louise Crabtree (now Jeffrey). Lives in London, works as a Web Administrator for a major book publisher.

1968-71, Shelagh O'Hara (now McLennan) recognises Louise and several classmates in class photos and the lists from the Former Pupils Reunion. Shelagh is the sister of Dougie O'Hara (below, 1970).

1969, Janet Bulfin (now Wilson). Lives in Ayr.

1969-73, Charlie Carson. Lives near Ayr, is a supervisor in a sea-food processor in Ayr.

1969-74, Ronnie McCreath. Lives in Ayr.

1969-75 Yvonne Mitchell (now Murdoch). Lives in Kilmarnock. Girls Sports Champion, 1975.

1969-76, Elizabeth Smith (now Watkin). Lives in Ayr.

1969-77, Pauline McCracken (now Whittaker). School Sports Champion for 1977. Lives in Ayr.

1970-77, Dougie (Douglas) O'Hara. Used to be in Greenan House at Holmston. Dougie now has his own transport and car hire business in Ayrshire with a web-site at
www.dougie-ohara.co.uk

1971-78, Roland Preston. Lives in Prestwick.

1972-79, Craig Cowan. Lives in Ayr.

1972-79, Shona Munro (now Thomson). Lives in Ayr.

1975-81, Fiona McFarlane, now McBride. Lives in Prestwick.

1975-82, David Connell. Lives in Ayr.

1978-83, Gillian Rowell. Lives in Ayr.

1978-83, Sharon Telfer. Lives in Ayr.

1979-83, Gavin Bonthron. Lives in London, works in marketing for EMAP plc.

1978-85, Nicola Brown. Lives in Ayr.

1981-88, Lisa Frater. Now a PC Support Engineer with RM Plc, a leading supplier of Internet Services to UK schools.

1991-1998, Steven Murray. One of our younger FPs so far, lives in Ayr, now goes to Belmont.

1994-2000, Paul Scott. Now in First Year at Belmont.