Glencairn Primary school Fire 1982

[boots1]

Glencairn Primary School fire article from 1982,

Share your memories below if you remember this

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[scottie]

I lived across the road from the school when it burned down, i was married with 2 children, i think it was the first night that my 2 year old had slept through the night, and i slept through the whole thing ? the first i knew was my husband coming home in the morning from night shift and telling me to look out the window... i was gutted, our lovely old school, gone ? rumours were that it was arson, or that it had been recently rewired and may have been an electrical fault, but it was a tinder box as the loft was full of old books and the walls were wood panelled . shame, my Dad went to that school, such a loss to the town.

[VivAyrshire]

Oooo.. Remember this! i was in second or third year at auchenharvie at the time. Remember my german teacher saying how high the flames were. yes... Sad days. remember being given the belt in that old part of the school when i had described a teacher's lessons as "ridiculous". miss banks was headmistress, then. scary lady. Wonder what happened to her?!

[5eulbdog7]

Oooo.. Remember this! i was in second or third year at auchenharvie at the time. Remember my german teacher saying how high the flames were. yes... Sad days. remember being given the belt in that old part of the school when i had described a teacher's lessons as "ridiculous". miss banks was headmistress, then. scary lady. Wonder what happened to her?!

You must have been a very bad girl Viv ,no girls in the classes i attended in my four years at stevenston high which was the same building as Glencairn PRIMARY were belted.I did hear that mad Mason the art teacher belted girls but i wasn't in his class after first year.Personally i think its abhorrent that lassies were belted.Anyway just think of the belts that went up in smoke when their rotten school burnt down.As Rab C says ,"school days the best days of your life, aye if your a sado masochist."Hated school and most of the teachers but not Mrs Milne or Jessie Duncan, oh Jessie!

[little plum]

I'm getting confused with this one, the old primary building is still there.

[5eulbdog7]

Hi Little Plum when the main part of the school burnt down it had become a primary school , secondary having moved to auchenshuckle. My fault confusing things by getting carried away with girls being belted.sorry

[little plum]

No probs dog7, here's how it looked after the fire.

[5eulbdog7]

Thanks Little Plum a great photo which shows architecturally what a fine building it was but there are few fond memories for me of what went on in there.

[VivAyrshire]

You must have been a very bad girl Viv ,!

Yes!! ALWAYS up to something !! Remember the school got some brand new desks. All nice and smooth surfaces, which I decide to write on !! Got the belt for that too !! Vandal at an early age !!
Same teacher, by the way - a Mrs Murphy (?)

Also took my friend a "shortcut", resulting in us being half an hour late to class. My friend decided to run away, I informed Mrs Murphy "she has gone home to PRETEND she is feeling sick". Mrs Murphy searched my friend's bag, and found a bottle of DETTOL in it !! (her mum put it in because she was in so many accidents).

The following day, my "friend" beat me up in the playground. Ah, those were the days !!!!

[5eulbdog7]

I rest my case though don't agree with corporal punishment for anyone.

[morag]

still defy any of you to 'top 'me getting the belt for laughing too loud at playtime..apparently we bothered the teachers coffee break ..I was 5..how dare you have fun!! lol!

[aland]

was only a nipper at the time but can remember the fire as grandparents lived in the bottom end and my mum went to glencairn or the higher grade as it was called. It was definately arson, fire was started in 3 places as the night was a still night with no wind to fan the flames. Late grandfather knew some of the fire crews and there was 3 seats of fire, one at each end and one in middle, whoever decided to burn it down did it properly