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left Lendrick in 1962.
Peter is now known as Alastair.
"Went to Auchecairn School for about a year. I left when my mother took a job house sitting for my aunt in Edinburgh. While there I was at Duddingston School. I left when my mother became art teacher at Naemoor, now Lendrick Muir.
After 4 years with the Forestry Commission I was a self employed Timber Operative I am now doing an IT course at Dumries & Galloway College."
Peter wrote (15/05/2003):
"I am Alastair Dallas. I was at Naemoor-Lendrickmuir from 1953 to 1962. Though while there I was known as Peter.
I have been trying to think of whom the staffs were when I left."
- Miss Gibb(s) She took the younger primary pupils
- Mrs Wilson ;- Wally. She took the older primary pupils.
- Mr Morrice :- Papa. Maths & sport. He once confiscated my algebra book in the algebra class!.
- Mr Grieve :- J.L.G. or Luggs. Science.
- Mrs Grieve :- Nelly. Can't remember what she did. Besides being deputy head & chairing the weekly? School Meetings. She sometimes took a class when a teacher was absent. She kept going on about fairness.
- Miss Duff :- Duffy. The senior matron.
- Miss Potts :- Potts. I think we thought calling her after something useful was too much of a compliment. Had a penchant for coming unannounced into boys dorms when they were undressing. For doing this I ejected her from Dorm three. The sick bay. In front of Nelly. nothing was ever said.
- Miss Watt who had been senior matron retired then came back in a day capacity.
- Mrs McGlennan:- Hairy Ma. Geography and woodwork?? I seem to remember taking geography and woodwork in the same room down at the Stables where some of the matrons lived.
- Miss Urquhart :- I don't think she had a general nickname, though some of us called her The Orc. English & history.
- Mr Simm :- Sammy. Took French.
- Mr Stevens. Art.
- Mr Galloway. The grounds man.
- Mr Sellers:- Saltie. Housemaster. Had two children whom he sent to Dollar Academy.
- Mr Kerr:- Kerry werry cat sh...! I don't know what he did. He also owned the shop/tearoom over the bridge at Rumbling Bridge.
- Can't remember the Gym teacher's name She drove an open two seater MG.
