PerthshireCrieffStrathearn Local History

        Coronation Memories on Tuesday 2nd June 1953 I can remember vividly that day . I was exactly one week short of my 12th birthday . I was an only child living in the leafy suburb of Clarkston south of Glasgow . Tramcars still ran to their terminus at the “ Toll “ and rationing had just all but ended in 1950 . Television in Scotland had only just started the year before in1952. It was the BBC and of course, it was in black and white . It was another four years before STV/ITV arrived on the Scottish scene! My parents were always believers in traditional education and learning and as a result I had been sent to “ Hutchie “ ( Hutchesons’ Boys’ Grammar School ) the year before . Located in Crown Street in the heart of the Gorbals just south of the River Clyde it was a smoke ingrained building that had seen better days - open coal fires for heating and tiered cla...

  I can remember vividly that day . I was exactly one week short of my 12th birthday . I was an only child living in the leafy suburb of Clarkston south of Glasgow . Tramcars still ran to their terminus at the “ Toll “ and rationing had just all but ended in 1950 . Television in Scotland had only just started the year before in1952. It was the BBC and of course, it was in black and white . It was another four years before STV/ITV arrived on the Scottish scene! My parents were always believers in traditional education and learning and as a result I had been sent to “ Hutchie “ ( Hutchesons’ Boys’ Grammar School ) the year before . Located in Crown Street in the heart of the Gorbals just south of the River Clyde it was a smoke ingrained building that had seen better days - open coal fires for heating and tiered classrooms with benches for desks - decrepitude personified ! Fee paying was £2 per term ! It was no Eton or Glenalmond but a basic educational e...

I can remember vividly that day . I was exactly one week short of my 12th birthday . I was an only child living in the leafy suburb of Clarkston south of Glasgow . Tramcars still ran to their terminus at the “ Toll “ and rationing had just all but ended in 1950 . Television in Scotland had only just started the year before in1952. It was the BBC and of course, it was in black and white . It was another four years before STV/ITV arrived on the Scottish scene! My parents were always believers in traditional education and learning and as a result I had been sent to “ Hutchie “ ( Hutchesons’ Boys’ Grammar School ) the year before . Located in Crown Street in the heart of the Gorbals just south of the River Clyde it was a smoke ingrained building that had seen better days - open coal fires for heating and tiered classrooms with benches for desks - decrepitude personified ! Fee paying was £2 per term ! It was no Eton or Glenalmond but a basic educational establi...