Second Row

IBM..you certainly know your way round the Town.

Thanks, but doesn't ring a bell.

Well......just to add to the confusion.......my Goodsir/Matheson meeting took place in the last classroom, also on the left side of the Main Hall. Yes, I think I remember Miss Cuthbert's room being next door and closer to the main entrance. @C.B......What was Miss Goodsir's first name?

S.P. Thanks for correcting me, Miss Goodsir was an English teacher, which would explain why Angus Matheson, my English teacher, paid her a visit at the end of the day.(I'm sending you a photo via PM showing him with our '56/'57 shinty team for identification purposes.) I think at this stage we will need the services of C.B. to refresh our memories of the parties involved. I think he said in one of his books that Miss Goodsir went to either Australia or New Zealand. I know not what happened to Angus Matheson and he isn't mentioned in the roll call of teaching staff (Session '63-'64) as mentioned on p70-71 of C.B.'s tome - "Completely Up Stephen's Brae". Curiously, just a few weeks back, I was speaking with a 90 year old friend who was in the same digs as A.M. when he first started in the Academy.

Yep! "but the view is from a different place! " The building is known as ...."Viewplace"......Culduthel Road. More tomorrow........

Well done lads!! Pity about the lighting installation on the chimney breast. BTW, I honestly thought the second photo would be spotted right away, that's why I cropped it so tight. Have you not sussed the cryptic clue I gave you a couple of posts back?

It is Scorguie in the background..........but the view is from a different place!

The more I read of our days in school, I was a Caddy rat from '55 until '61, the more unsettling it is when I reflect on the beltings that were handed out to us for seemingly trivial reasons. I was told to report back at the close of play to receive punishment from a fairly youngish and, to me, very attractive Miss Goodsir, my Geography teacher. As she got her belt out of the drawer, to my absolute horror, a knock at the door and in strode my English and Registration teacher Angus Matheson. (This was the man who routinely belted anyone who didn't achieve more than five out of ten for their weekend ink-exercise essay!) I reckon his intention was to chat her up at the end of the day and his idea of presenting his romantic credentials was to offer to carry out the punishment. Miss Goodsir, to her credit and my everlasting relief, declined the offer and carried out the punishment with skill and panache. With hindsight and more knowledge of the female psyche, I assume this was to snub Mr Matheson's advances and declare her self-reliance. Happy Days!!

Bless you!

You'd have to go across the water to find this ecclesiastical retreat!!

You chaps are getting too good at this!

Aye, the Crown School and the East Church on Academy Street.

"Eddie's" ?

Aye, Cameron Barracks. I thought that was going to be a difficult one! Personal experience?

Well spotted!

Whilst searching through my old photos of the Town, it was interesting to see how grand some of the buildings are. I suppose most of us just walk along and don't see what is just above our viewpoint. (Of course it could be argued that if you didn't look where you were going......!!) Anyway, here's a few to see if you can identify them.......

The only other one I have is the Clansman on Church Street in May 1977.

Not a lot.......here's the Plough Inn.

January 10 1985. Interior photo showing fine detail of the Rose Window.

January 10 1985. As a final parting shot to the Eastgate Redevelopment photos, let me return to the Rose Window which formed part of the former Methodist Church at the corner of Academy Street and Inglis Street. Hopefully, it will be soon be incorporated into some new work.