Newlands Primary School

Newlands Primary School
The generous LORD NEWLANDS donated this fine building in1896. He instructed the stonemasons to carve 'NEWLANDS PUBLIC SCHOOL' into the sandstone. Welcome all visitors! Click on the link "COMMENTS" below each Post to read what others have to say. And leave a Comment of your own too while you're here!

Friday, January 30, 2009

MARGARET (nee DAVIS) YOUNG Remembers....

Margaret Young (nee DAVIS) left her Comments on an older post, but she provides so much valuable information that we wanted to be certain everyone could read Margaret's recollections from Parkhead/Newlands days..... someone reading it now my feel a memory jog!

MARGARET's earliest days around Parkhead....

............. I just came across this site. I also went to Newlands as did my two sisters. My name was Margaret Davis, born 1948 - and my sisters Sylvia Davis, born 1947 and Rachel aka Rae Davis born in 1943 also attended Newlands. We often visited my granny who lived at 18 Malcolm Street. I attended Newlands for two years and then had to move to a new school built in Barlanark when I was 7. However, both my sisters Rae and Sylvia Davis did all their primary school at Newlands Primary.

It was great to see pictures of the old neighbourhood. I hated to see Malcolm Street go. I always remember old Mum Greg at the dairy.... I saw a picture of the hall monitors and was so pleased to see one of the only class mates I remember from my early years; Ernest Laughlan [in the back row]. He also lived on Malcolm Street.....I later heard he grew up to be a traffic cop at Parkhead Cross? I am afraid I have few good memories of the school.

I was terrified my first day leaving my Mammy, and we had to sit on orange crates because of a high enrollment that year. Have you any info or pics of Malcolm Steet?
I remember going to the 3 Peas with my granny to see Elvis in King Creole.....I loved Parkhead even worked briefly in Woolworth's.....those were the good old days....I now live in Ontario Canada.

written by.......
Margaret Young (aka Davis) .........now from Ontario, Canada

*Editor's note/......Some news for YOU Margaret: When last we heard of your old pal Ernest Lauchlan, he was living in the USA, around New York/New Jersey areas and he played Trumpet for a serious professional events band named Black Tie Boogie....see their website at http://www.blacktieboogie.com/

 

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