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Form pic
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This was an official photograph (maybe taken by Dan Biggart?), so I don't have a
negative, only a postcard size print with B290/35M/F pencilled on the back.
I don't know when or why it was taken, but guess
from the apparent ages and the styles of uniforms it might have been
the 1959-1960 academic year when I was in Form IV. Younger boys wore grey shirts and
short trousers; after a certain age they were allowed to wear white shirts and long trousers.
Younger girls wore the maroon gymslips universal here, with socks; older girls wore white shirts
and grey skirts with stockings. From the evidence here, it appears that the age at which the
uniform changes were permitted was different for boys and girls (although it looks as though
a couple of girls have switched to stockings, perhaps before the rules allowed?).
33 individuals is about the right number for one whole form, but which form?
Ann Maconaghie thinks that although many of those in this picture were in the same "S"
form as us 2, some here were in the "L" form.
Back row, L to R: Roger Cromey, Hugh Sayers, David Wallace,
Howard McLean, Junior Getty, Eddie Coils, John Black, Colin "Mooshie" Boyd,
Kevin Campbell, Roy Irwin
Middle row, L to R: Jean Simpson, Rowland Carson, Jeremy Sayers, Irene McMullan,
Diana Balmer, Sheena Kirkpatrick, Eileen Stirling, Isobel Kilpatrick,
Marina Patton, Paddy Stewart, Madelene McFeeley,
Norman Calvin, Trevor Boyd, Ivan Patrick
Front row, L to R: Ann Maconaghie, Rosemary Wilson, Jane Christie, Patricia Campbell,
?, Margaret Dowey, Mary Dunlop, Annie McMillan, Anne Stirling
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Girls
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This photograph was loaned by Eileen Stirling and I don't have a negative.
From the lack of school uniforms and the very rural background, this was obviously
an extra-cirricular event. Ann Maconaghie believes it was during a school trip to
Edinburgh.
Apparently there was more than one photographer present, as most people are not looking
directly at whoever took this, and about 5 faces are completely hidden from this angle.
L to R: Katie Tomlinson (music teacher), Patricia Campbell, Ann Maconaghie,
Patricia Calvert, Diana Balmer, Rosemary Wilson, Gay Porter, Meta McMullan, Eileen Lamont
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Girls 2
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Not long after the previous photo was put up, Ann Maconaghie came across some
of her own negatives taken on the same trip. At first glance I thought this was actually the
negative from which the other one had been printed, but clearly it was taken from a different
angle, and reveals a different selection of faces. Only a few seconds can have elapsed
between the two exposures. Who were the two photographers?
L to R: Katie Tomlinson (music teacher), Patricia Campbell, ?, Ann Maconaghie, Rosemary Page?,
Patricia Calvert, Diana Balmer, Rosemary Wilson, ?, Gay Porter, ?, Meta McMullan, Eileen Lamont
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Girls in Edinburgh
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This is the second of Ann Maconaghie's negatives from the Scottish
trip, which she thinks was in
about 1960. (The third negative was taken from the top of the Scott
Monument and as it doesn't
show any recognisable faces I haven't bothered to reproduce it
here!) Jenners' window (and the
distinctive reflection thereupon) identify this as Princes Street,
Edinburgh. I wonder who took this
one since Ann herself appears again here.
L to R: ?, ?, ?, ?, Dorothy Stevenson, Gay Porter, Ann Maconaghie,
?, Rosemary Wilson,
Diana Balmer, Jane Christie, Patricia Calvert, ?.
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Prefects
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This scanned image was supplied by Alex Atkinson, who started at
Dalriada 3 years earlier than me, in 1954. It shows himself among
the other prefects of his year with the headmaster.
The other names, as far as we can determine, are:
Back row, (standing on a bench) L to R:
Dessie Millen, James Murdoch, Murray Darragh, Joe Kennedy
Alex Atkinson, Uel Wilkinson, Gilmour Cameron.
Middle row (standing) L to R:
Peter Cromey, Denis Martin, Máıre (Maire*) Carson,
Elizabeth A Warnock, Dorothy E Stevenson,
Alan R Brewster, Samuel Herd.
Front row (sitting) L to R:
Eileen R Knox, Helen Campbell, Agnes Paul, K Rosemary Ginn
(head prefect),
G E Gordon (Headmaster), John Reid (head prefect), E Fiona Gillen,
M E (Gretta) Barkley, Heather M Wallace.
The Dalriad of Summer 1962 reports that after leaving Dalriada,
Máıre Carson,
Fiona Gillen, and Dorothy Stevenson were attending the same course at
Stranmillis Teacher Training College, all 3 specialising in music.
* I have used appropriate HTML character entities to represent this name
correctly. If you don't see what looks like an acute accent (Irish fada)
over the "a" followed by a dotless "i", your browser may not be
standards-compliant. For those whose display is corrupted, I have
repeated the name, unaccented, in brackets.
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1954 or 1955 intake
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This scanned image was also supplied by Alex Atkinson. The names,
as remembered by Alex and by Murray Darragh, are:
Back row, L to R:
Mr Gordon, Peter Cromey (maybe), George Wylie, Alan Boyd,
Murray Darragh, Anthony Mummery, Billy Henry,
Dan Holmes, James Murdock, Ian McLean, Bert Hill, Miss Ann Craig.
Middle row, L to R:
Andrew Campbell, Desmond Millen, Bertie Ross, Samuel Herd,
Peter Cromey (maybe),
Ivor Reilly, Eithna Cowan, ?, Fiona Gillen, Denis Martin,
David Corkey, Wilson Campbell, Alex Atkinson, Helen Campbell.
Front row, L to R:
?, Sheena Stewart, Heather Wallace, Agnes Paul, ?,
Maureen Adams, Agnes/Ann Robinson, Elizabeth Tweed, ?.
Note there are 2 faces potentially identified as Peter Cromey.
Murray Darragh believes that this
is the 1955 intake, as he did not start form II(S) until that
year.
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Neg 324
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Physics class. L to R: Aldwyn Calderwood (maybe), John Wallace,
?, Richard Millar.
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Neg 282
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Physics lab. L to R: Roger Cromey, Madelene McFeeley, Irene McMullan, ?.
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Neg 280
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Room 15 (library). L to R: Myra Stevenson sitting on table by window;
I can remember no other names, although the faces are all familiar.
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Neg 279
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Dining room. Personnel unknown.
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Neg 278
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L to R: David Wallace (maybe), Aldwyn Calderwood in the physics lab.
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Neg 131
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L to R: David Wallace, ?. This picture was taken in the back of Alan
Reynold's car (Vauxhall Cresta/Velox/Wyvern) on the way home from a
"careers" trip to the BBC in Belfast. I didn't warn AR that I was
going to take a picture and he was somewhat alarmed when the flash
went off, destroying his night vision momentarily! The poor framing
is because I couldn't get my eyeball to the viewfinder with the
camera positioned to focus on the other two. David did go on to work
for the BBC and is now a producer/director - I applied at the same
time but was turned down on medical grounds (see also neg 103 below).
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Neg 123
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L to R: Bill Patton, Kevin Campbell, Alex Duddy, Aldwyn Calderwood.
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Neg 103
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Brian McIlroy outside a window of the Route Hospital
(Ross Thompson Wing), where I was cooped up during tests on
my bronchiectasis. My chosen occupational therapy was building
model aeroplanes, and Brian is about to check my workmanship on
a Keil Kraft Messerschmitt 109. Out of focus in the background
is the school physics lab.
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Neg 015
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L to R: Patricia Calvert, Rowland Carson. (I can't believe I wore
that pullover with that shirt!) The day after this
encounter Mr McGivern, observing the damage, asked me "What
happened - cat scratched your face?", and without hesitation I replied
(to the sniggers of others in the class who knew the owner of the claws)
"Yes, sir, something very similar to that!".
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Neg 014
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L to R: Rowland Carson, Patricia Calvert, engaging in a spot
of light wrestling.
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