James Clark School Class Sitting By Boys Playground, June 1949

(Back row, l-r) - Alex Scott, Kenneth Ritchie.
(Middle row, l-r) -Billie Reid, Harold Wardle, Albert Paulin.
(Front row, l-r) - Jean Bottomley, Mary Kemp, Marion Mason, May Turnbull, Evelyn Harley.

"We were all too young to leave school in the spring, so formed a class, five technical boys and five commercial girls, who left school in June 1949. Mr Alcorn was Maths teacher, and Mr Hamilton, Science, took the picture.

"Albert Paulin, from Holyrood Square, was Dux Boy, and Jean Bottomley, from Dumbiedykes Road, Dux Girl. No certificates however, as we were only there for three years!" - Jean Bell (née Bottomley)

Donor number: 0056-046