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Portobello HS 150 Years

Celebrating 150 Years
of Portobello High School

Original school classrooms.

The original school was vacated in 1964 with the move to Duddingston Road, but it had to be reopened in 1968 to accommodate the first year intake. It was finally…

The Last S3 at Park Avenue

1963-64 Third Year. Seven classes from the last year at Park Avenue. As posted previously, the images uploaded are the complete collection that we have for each year, and we…

World War Two Memorial

WWII Memorial. In 1949 a committee of staff and former pupils was set up to compile a list of names of FPs who lost their lives in the Second World…

1963-64 – 4th year.

The school leaving age at the time was 15 (it was raised to 16 in 1973). These pupils would have stayed on to sit Scottish Certificate of Education ‘O-Grades’, which…

1963-64 – 5th & 6th year.

These are the last of the photos we have from 1963-64, taken to mark the last year at Park Avenue. We know that many of you have been disappointed that…
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Portobello High School
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Edinburgh
EH15 3BY

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Email: admin@portobello.edin.sch.uk

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