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Seven classes from the last year at Park Avenue. As posted previously, the images uploaded are the complete collection that we have"},{"id":"1687","price":"","sale":"","sale_percent":"","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/world-war-two-memorial\/","name":"world-war-two-memorial","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a-1.jpeg","alt":""},"title":"World War Two Memorial","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:47:08","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:47:08","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:47:08","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":48},"status":"publish","content":"WWII Memorial. 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These pupils would have stayed on to sit Scottish"},{"id":"1672","price":"","sale":"","sale_percent":"","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/an-assortment-of-s6-photos-1985-1990\/","name":"an-assortment-of-s6-photos-1985-1990","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-5-scaled.jpeg","alt":""},"title":"An assortment of S6 photos 1985-1990","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:41:57","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:41:57","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:41:57","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":3},"status":"publish","content":"1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1990 sixth years."},{"id":"1662","price":"","sale":"","sale_percent":"","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/the-last-s2-at-park-avenue\/","name":"the-last-s2-at-park-avenue","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-3.jpeg","alt":""},"title":"The Last S2 at Park Avenue","author":{"name":"Portobello High","link":"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/author\/portobellohs\/"},"date":"Aug 5, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:33:46","modifiedDate":"2026-08-05 10:57:23","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-08-05 10:57:23","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/portobellohighschool.org.uk\/category\/150years\/porty-150-archive\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Porty 150 Archive<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"acf_fields":[],"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":5},"status":"publish","content":"1963-64. Here are the second year photos that we have from the last year at Park Avenue."}]