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 closed in 1989. A whole generation would know it as “The Annexe”.
R15/16 – Science classroom. The layout had not changed from the time of the ‘Higher Grade School’ around 1909.
R20 – Science.
R17 – Art. Though probably not the same room as the image from ~1909, it was in the same area of the building.
Park Avenue – a few images of classrooms in the block facing Park Avenue which was opened in 1901.
The large and small gyms.
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Here are the second year photos that we have from the last year at Park Avenue."}]
