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Expeditions and School Trips


Glengonnar

Photo:Caithness Bros, Kirkcaldy

   1952  
Garth House Youth Hostel, Fearnon, Glen Lyon

Combined Geography/Biology Trip

   c 1958 Back Row:
Andrew Thompson, James Cumming, ?, Gavin Brown, Bruce Telford, Michael Bremner, Ken Watson, Michael Clark, Ian Petigrew, Evelyn Schoeden, ?, Jimmy Haron, Frances Ann Rowlands, Anne Morris, Elizabeth Rodger

Middle Row:
Fiona Thomson, Wendy Rutherford, Alison Brown, Nigel Caseby, Catherine McKenzie, ?, Nivena Wisnieska, John Revill, Gordon Anderson, Colin Mitchell, Alison Thompson

Front Row:
Mhari Warman, Roderick Hart, Marjory Smith, Esther Doughty, Bridget Solman, Reita Ramsay, Ian Methven, Douglas Grierson, Jimmy Dunsire, Frances Skinner, German exchange pupil
Mountaineering Group

 

 From MCM September 1963 1962
to
1963		  
Class IV

 From MCM September 1963 May
1963		 Visit to Garth Youth Hostel, Aberfeldy.
Tiree Field Trip

   April 1964  
Orkney Field Trip

   April 1965 L to R:
Keith Russell, ?, Sheila Ramsden, Nicola Giel, Alastair Methven, Emil Pacholek
Orkney Field Trip

   April 1965 L to R
Emil Pacholek, Alastair Ruthven
Orkney Trip

 From MCM 1965 Easter 1965 Field Studies group visit.

L to R:
Christine Hendry, ?, ?, Alan Kinghorn, Nicola Giel, Alastair Methven,
Emil Pacholek
Isle of Coll

Photo: Fred Mackenzie (pupil)

   Easter 1963 LHS: Dr J Thompson (Rector)

At back:
Kenny Burnett, Dr Thompson's daughter (cook), A P Cantley

Standing:
Stephen Thorpe Davie, David Niven, Martin White, ?, ?,Bill Vaughan (RE)

Sitting:
Bruce Wishart, ?, Alistair Gray, Neil Gillespie, Barclay Wilkinson, Grant Innes, Roderick Sinclair

Building was originally the primary school, then converted to a hostel.

Trip about 10 days, cost £12 all included (travel, ferries, accommodation)

2 male staff stayed in tent outside hostel. Boys all in hostel. Ann Cantley stayed in a hotel!
Expedition Log Book

   1963
to
1967		 Sample pages from log book for these expeditions:
  • 1963 Coll
  • 1964 Tiree
  • 1965 Orkney
  • 1966 Lochgoilhead
  • 1967 Isle of Arran
Trip to London

   about 1968

Sylvia Smith, Policeman, Jane Baird, Norma Swan

 
Ski Trip to Crans Montana, Switzerland

Photo: Arlen Pardoe

   Easter 1985  
Ski Trip to Les Crosets, Switzerland

Photo: Arlen Pardoe

   Easter 1988  
Visit to Glasgow Central Mosque by class 1K


 

 4-1030 16th June 1993

Sponsored by Babur Restaurant.

 
Music Tour to Norway


 

   1995  
Glen Tilt Cottage

 4-570   Used for many school trips over the years.
Glen Tilt Log Books

   1983- Two log books from Pupils and Staff describing various groups experiences at the cottage.