Suzanne Moffat

Suzanne if you are around and see this please feel free to join in and supply a recent photo. If you have any problems drop me an email at
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Linda Hamilton

Linda if you are around and see this please feel free to join in and supply a recent photo. If you have any problems drop me an email at
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George Higgins

This cutey has been happily hiding out with his wife Pat in London, Ontario. If you were a buddy of George at Newlands and want to contact him, you can send email to him via Stew or Liz and we'll forward it.

George if you are around and see this please jump in and supply a recent photo. If you have any problems drop me an email at
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Helen McIntyre

Helen if you are around and see this please feel free to join in and supply a recent photo. If you have any problems drop me an email at
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Margaret Trainer

Lost child, does anyone recognise her.

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Joseph Hewittson

Joseph if you are around and see this please feel free to join in and supply a recent photo. If you have any problems drop me an email at
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James Dick - Infants Class 1954/55

JAMES DICK grew up and became a school teacher. He married a teacher, and they had three children.

James if you are around and see this please feel free to join in and supply a recent photo. If you have any problems drop me an email at
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Ian Whitters

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GOLFER GARY GAINS GROUND

For those who have been waiting to hear about Gary Nolan, I'm happy to report that he has gained ground in his lifetime devotion to Golf.

He can be seen regularly on the LENZIE GOLF COURSE, bashing (or gently teasing) those wee white balls into small holes in the grass. I'm told this golfing lark requires a high level of skill - which Mr. Nolan has demonstrated by Winning the Lenzie Golf Tournament at least three years running. (The man's a machine).

At this time Mr. Nolan is keeping things moving for a famous purveyor of The Water of Life. He is the Head Project/King Engineer for the whiskey bond and keeps a staff of many sub-engineers working diligently to ensure his company's product keeps its enriching reputation.

But that's just to fill in the time between Golf tee-off schedules.....
Brian Charlton would like to challenge you on Lenzie greens and again at the 19th hole whenever you feel ready to take on a much younger man at this golf racket.

Stewart Merrilees

16 July 2006, 57th birthday. Just about to crack a bottle of sparkly to celebrate lasting this long. Cheers to all my old school pals.

 

Liz (nee) June-Elizabeth MacWilliam

Since Bob Porteous had the mad idea to collect our Newlands memories here in one spot, he has gone off to drink beer at the top of some mountain.

I haven't been a blogger up til now, but I guess I can give it a try and find out how it all works.....

I hope this blog will help us find more Newlands pupils.....it's great to hear from people from 40 years ago.

Class Photo 1956-67

 

Class Photo 1954/1955 5yr olds+

First Post

This is the first post, hopefully of many, to the Newlands Primary Blog.

This is a photo of me taken on Thursday in Glencoe (I'm halfway up the Devil's Staircase with Buchaille Etive Mor in the background - if I'm not mistaken that we white building in the distance over my right shoulder is Jimmy Savile's hoose). I've superimposed a picture of me at Allan Glen's in 1963 and, as you can see, I haven't really changed much - still at my happiest when I'm in in short troosers (mind you, if you double-click on the picture, the sticky-oot ears look vaguely familiar, hairstyle hasn't improved much either).

I've recently taken early retirement after 15 years at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies where I was a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Software Development.

Actually it's semi-retirement, I intend to work part-time at some other colleges but something a bit more civilised like 2 to 3 days per week. This will hopefully give me time to pursue some of my other interest such as the one shown in the photo above. This was me on my way to Kinlochleven on the final 20 miles of the West Highland Way. On checking into the bunkhouse at Kinlochleven the caretaker enquired if this was my first visit to the village. I explained that I had been there many times. I further explained that in my youth I often visited to run the Mamore Hill race as part of the Highland Games (one of the toughest races on the hill running calendar) and once finished in fifth place (not bad for an East End kid since the biggest hill I'd ran up until that point had been Carntynehall road). Then it hit me, I was 17 and it was 40 years ago.

Definitely time to (semi) retire. I will also be working with the Scottish Qualifications Authority for the next couple of years as can be seen by this link to the SQA Computing Blog. If you scroll down to the first picture you will just about see me. I'm on the extreme left in the blue shirt - well at least you can see my arm nose and moustache. If you click on the June 2006 link and scroll down to almost the bottom of the page you'll see what I'm up to with them.

Anyway, that's enough about me. Let's here from the rest of the gang.