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Stevenston Higher Grade Teachers 1953
Source, Photo:  R Grayston.  Names: group effort 

Back Row L to R : ?, Johnny Johnstone (Maths), Ian Molloy (Maths), John Dunlop (Geography / English), Ian Proctor? (Music), Hughie Bradford, Billy Brown (Geography), ?, Coleman*, Windy Adams?*, Alistair Aitkenhead (Gym). 2nd Back Row : ?, Gordon Sneed (Woodwork), ?, Miss Cameron*, ?, Miss Clark*, Mrs Kilpatrick*, Mr Robertson*, ?. 2nd Front Row : 2nd from left.... Mrs Noble*.2nd from right Miss or Mrs Wilson? (listed twice?), 3rd from right Jessie Duncan. Front Row : ?, Nettie Taylor?, ?, Pipe Banks (Science), Daddy Walker (Maths), J McVicar Nairn (Headmaster), Hinshalwood (English), Mrs Milne (French language), Mrs (or Miss) Wilson (Latin) ?, Miss Gaw*. "*" indicates Primary Teachers. Email me if you can help with names or supply a better photo. 


Higher Grade Prefects 1963
Source: Norman McLaren 

Higher Grade Prefects 1963 - Back row L to R : John Cook, David Campbell, Allan Watt, Billy Anderson, Robert Erskine, Alex Frew, Jim Tarbert, ?  Middle row: John Brannan, Margaret Thompson, Sandra Smillie?,  Norman McLaren, Alex Blair, Carol Boyd, ?, ? Front Row: Cathy ?, ?, Mr Hinchlewood, ?, Mr Stratton (Headmaster), Freda Mitchell, Margaret Andrew, Sandra Gillan, Joyce Duncan?
 

Higher Grade Class 1963
Source: Norman McLaren 

Back row: Billy Anderson, Jim Torbett, Ian Steed, Alex Kelso, Richard Frew, Roger Baker, Robert Erskine Middle row: Robert McIntosh, Raymond Catt, Jim Nichols, Alex Blair, Norman Mclaren, Jim Hands, John Cook, James McCrae. Front row: Margaret Andrew,?, Jenifer Ramsay, Freda Mitchell, Moira Duncan, Carol Boyd,?,?,?
 

 

Higher Grade dancers 1962
Source: Norman McLaren & John Cook

Back Row left to right: Margaret Thompson, Richard Frew, Unknown, Jim Torbett, Doreen Flynn, Robert Erskine, Unknown, Alex Kelso. Middle Row: Freda Mitchell, Alex Blair, Carol Boyd, Jim Hand, Jennifer Ramsay, Norman McLaren, Moira Duncan, Roger Baker. Front Row: James Nichol, Jean West, John Cook, Margaret Andrew, James McRae, Marta Lietch, Robert McIntosh.


 

Stevenston Higher Grade C1960
Source:  Barbara McMaster  (McAlpine) (Aust)

Back row L to R: Irene Park, Florence Bainbridge, Isobel Curlett, Dorothy Moore?, Ray McNeilly, May Walker, Jennifer Smythe, Carol Dunwoodie, May Cherry, Second Row: Helen Boyd, Joyce Stevenson, Lesley Upex, Margaret Stevely, Rose Steed, Moira Duff, Janette Lawson, Helen McBlain, Front Row: Katherine Nicol, Pauline Fraser, Barbara McAlpine, Betty Kelso, Linda Colquhoun, Jeanette McLaughlin, Sadie McBride, Ann Clydesdale, Sandra Findlay. 

 

Higher Grade dancers 1958/59
Source: Norman McLaren & John Cook

Back Row left to right: Bobby Banks, Frank James, Norman McLaren, Jim Cumming, Unknown, Alex Blair, John Cook. Middle Row: Elizabeth Dring, Unknown, Marilyn McEwan, Betty Walker, Joyce Allen. Front Row: Jimmy Smythe, Irene Murphy, Betty Dodds, Anne Lowrie, Margaret Andrew, Jackie Jamieson.


Higher Grade C1957
Source:  Barbara McMaster  (McAlpine) (Aust)

Back row L to R: ? , ? , ? , John Ramsay, ? , Derek Clugstone, David Nicol, ?, ?, Alan Coleman, Charlie Harkings, Second row: Tom Hill, Robert Maxwell, Ina Maxwell, Helen Boyd, May Cherry, May Walker, Marion Martin, Christine Wales, Elizabeth Tullock, Margaret McDonald, Jeanette McLaughlin, Alex frew,  Robert Reid. Third row: Barbara McAlpine, Dorothy Muir, Isobel Dunlop, Joyce Stevenson, Betty Johnston, Betty Kelso, Isobel White, Carla Whylie, Francis ?, Georgette Raymond. Front row: Alexander Paterson, ?, Glen Lawson, Ian Hutchinson, ? Robertson.

 

Higher Grade 1956/57
Source: Norman McLaren & Ann Havlin

Back Row left to right: Jim McCrae, Andrew Boyd, William Campbell, Francie Walker, Robina Crawford, Margaret Jameson, Caroline Smith, Norman McLaren, Hugh McEwan, William Barclay. Second row: John Cook, Rodger Baker, Frank James, Helen Frew, Billy Clark, Edmond Beattie, George Boyd, Betty Smith, Jim Laird, Martin Scott. Third row: Ann Havlin, Sheila Ferguson, Anne Lowry, Carol Boyd, Catherine Cairns, Marion Park, Betty Walker, Mary McAusland, Carol Latta, Liz Dring. Front row: Jim Lyons, Richard Earl, Raymond Catt, Alex Stevenson, John West, George Hunter, Alex Frew.



Higher Grade circa 1956 
Source: Mary Rooney

Back row L to R : Iris Jamieson, Mary Beatie, Marion Martin, Betty McGurk. Front Row : Anne Pirrie, Mary Gilmour, Mary Rooney, Mary Maxwell, Jean Ward.

 

Higher Grade 1956
Source: Names John & Marilyn Cumming

Back row L to R:  Jim Hutchison, Hugh Clarkson, Ian Carmichael, David Clelland, Tom Dinwoodie, Gordon Herd, Frank McFadzean, Stuart Young, John Evans. Middle row: Ian Grant, Robbie McMahon, Billy Campbell, Ina Thomson, Catherine Hornsby, Louise Norwood, Diane Holburn, Margaret McAlpine, Robert Gray, Tom Dow. Front row :Yvonne Edwards, Elspeth Newlands, Nan Newall, Margaret Bell, Ellen Dunlop, Susan Harvey, Elizabeth Beattie, Senga Gibb, Margaret Ballantyne


Higher Grade 1955
Source Ann McAlpine (Aust)

Back row L to R: May McCandlis. (?), Fay Livingstone, (?), (?), Margaret Buchanan, (?), (?), Helen McLaughlin. Next row: (?), (?), (?), Mary Rooney, (?), (?),  Helen Cairns. Next row: (?), (?), Helen Clydesdale. Next row: (?), Hilda Henderson, (?), (?), Mary Gilmour, Mamie Murray. Next row: (?), Jean Lewis, Ann Jean Leishman, Ann McAlpine, Betty McGurk, Edith Shapley, Ann Marie West, Freda Yarr.

 

Higher Grade 1955 (2)
Source Ann Dickson (Stevely)

L to R Back: John Robertson, John Ballantyne, Jessie Frew, Janet Harvey, Anne Dickson, Mervyn Nichol, Reginald Lee. Front: Iain Hamilton, Hugh Barr, Margery Chalmers, Eleanor Wilkie, Maris Dempster, Elizabeth Wilkie, Marion Stewart, Kerr Clark, John Gillon.



Higher Grade Gym Class 1950

Source: Grace (Park) Lennox

Top row L to R: Miss Coleman (teacher), Anna McGinnes, Joyce Craig, Ann Whale, Renee Fullerton, Ann Johnston, Wilma McKartney. Middle Row: Margaret McCully, Mary Craig, Grace Park, Hilda Campbell, Margaret Craig, Marion Cambridge, Jean Frew. Front row: Sheilla Kirkwood, Marie Banks, Nancy Neilly.


Higher Grade 1949

Source: Iris Findlay (Aust)

Back row L to R: Joan Martin, Margaret Stevenson, Ann Cowen, M? Culloch, Chris Brannen. 2nd row: Hugh Donahue, Alex McMaster, Alex Young, George Dodds, Jim Bains, Ian Fullerton, Daniel McInnes. 3rd row : Richard Paterson, David Cunningham, Andrew McLaughlin, Tom Brennan, Alex Paterson. Front row: Marion swindle, Chris Crossan, May Peters, Margaret Scott, Iris Findlay, May Branan, Julia Park, May Ward, Susan Gilmour, Jean Hamilton, Margaret Paterson. The teacher is thought to be Mr McKechin.


Higher Grade 1947/48 Primary 7
Source : Harry Duff /  Peter Bird

Back row L to R: M. Maxwell, R. Lawson, H. Shaw, A. McInnes, M. Young, M. Jameson, M. Burns, A. Frew, E. Kelly. Middle row: J. Niven, J. Corn, E. Swindlay, J. Millar, R. Ramsay, I. Oliver, D. Conn, R. Young, H. Crossan, D. Brown, J. Lindsay. Front row: J. Climie, R. Dick, J. Banks, M. Cowan, G. McWilliam, J. Pontin, M. Lawson, M. Rowley, E. McCormick, H. Duff, M. Simm, G. Morrison, J. Patterson, H. Guiney.


Higher Grade C1947
Source : Sam Cambridge

Back row L to R: Martha Niven, Nan Wright, Eunice Reynolds, Netta McClure, May Brown, Nancy Robb, (??), Ruby Murray, (??). Middle row: Bobbie Marshall, Tom Porter, Tom Park, Alex Tulloch, John Burns, Billy Ward, Alex Mcgregor, Dick Cowie, Hugh Patterson, Charlie Blakely, Charlie Campbell. Front row: Jean Brodie, Eunice Campbell, Margaret Dickie, Sam Cambridge, Isobel Craig, David Cherry, Anna Parks, May Watt, Dinah Munroe.


Graduating Seniors 1947
Higher Grade School
Source : Fred Buchanan

Back row: (left to right) Ian Sim, Roy Hinchelwood, Janet Frew, John Summerfield, Nan McCartney, Adam McLellan, Austin Gamble. Second row: Jimmy Johnston, Harry Cooper, Margaret Malcolm, Jim Burns, Margaret Reynolds, Willie Young, Sadie MacCauley, Ralph Johnson, Fred Buchanan. Third row: Netta Cant, Tom Park, Rae Gourlay, Ray Grossert, David Frew, Betty Leitch. The two adults in this photograph are (on the left) John Rushton, Headmaster (on the right) Mr (Daddy) Walker, Head mathematics teacher


Higher Grade Early 1940s
Source: Amelia (Millie) Gordon (Young)

Top row L-R: Lilly Peters, Margaret Smith, Mary Craig, May Cowan, Margaret Gilchrist, ?, Allison Clifford, Rosa Bell, Jean Norwood, Betty Steele, Milly Young, Jane ?, Babs Tarbet. 2nd row: ?, Billie Walker, Alec Cross, ?, Robert Morgan, ?, Alec Batchelor, John Miller, Kenneth Hinchelwood, Andrews, Robert Howie, Tom Roe. 3rd row: Helen Ross, May Stranigan. Clara Lambie, ?, Margaret Gilchrist, ?, Sheila and Blanche Morgan, ?, May Harvey, Robert Burns, Jean Frew, Rena Steed, Betty Brown. Front row: ?, ?, Bruce ?, Edward Shields, Alec ?, ?, ?.


Higher Grade 1940
Names : Richard Maxwell
Photograph : Martin McGinn

Reading from left to right top row 1 - 15,  2nd row from top down 16 - 30,  3rd row down 31 - 45 bottom row from left 46 - 50. 1. Miss Weir 2. Hamish Dick,  3? 4. Miller, 5?  6. Daniel Beatty,  7. Fred Frew,  8? 9? 10. William Pontin. 11. James Hastings, 12 ? 13? 14. Hamilton Watt 15? 16. Ann Brown, 17. Ann Copeland, 18. Joan Nash, 19. Avril Love,  20. Marion Stuart, 21. Jessie Frew,  22. Marion ? 23. ?,  24. ?,  25. Lily Avery,  26. ? 27. ?,  28. Margaret Wales,  29. Mary Moor,  30. Agnes brown, 31. ? 32. Helen Henderson,  33. Margaret Moor,  34. Margaret Ramsey,  35. Milly Oliver,  36. Nancy Murdoch,  37. ?  38. ?  39. ?  40. Annabel Maxwell,  41. Sadie Nicol,  42. Maria Norwood,  43 ? 44. ? 45. Jean Wyllie,  46. ?  47. James Brown,  48. Jim McCormack,  49. James Maxwell,  50. Hugh Barr.

HG Around 1940

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