Headmasters (1876 – 1921)
— MR HENRY DOW (Headmaster 1876-1881) — The school’s first headmaster was Mr Henry Dow (no picture). He came from Musselburgh Grammar, where he was Rector, having previously been at…
Archive from 150 Years of Portobello High School
To celebrate 150 Years of Portobello High School, we have dug deep into the Portobello High School Archives. From the school magazine "The Tower" to the school song and various school openings we have some really interesting posts below.
Sports Selection
A selection of photos that appeared in The Tower, the school magazine for which we have the original 8 x 10s. The Edinburgh Schools’ Rowing Club had been started in…
Porty 150 Celebration Lunch
Our Porty 150 Celebration Lunch on 11 August was a great event, bringing together former pupils, former staff, colleagues, partners and friends of the school to celebrate 150 years of…
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…
Into the noughties (2000-2002)
It looks like white shirt/blouse images are S5. Blazers on for S6 (show off that gold braid!) Staff – come as you are.
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…
