pictures of your schools.

[ericthecavalier]

My Senior (Secondary School). Salterbeck Secondary school, which later changed to Southfield Secondary School when we had several school mergers in 1984. The below photo was took shortly before its demolition a couple of years ago.

Rodney Bennet and Brookdale??

[ericthecavalier]

Re: pictures of your schools.

Fraserburgh Academy

Looks like a prison

[George 1978]

That is true George mate yeah ... and also to stop Vandalism etc (as my first Secondary did)

Though it was after 1988 and 88 when I started we had Vandalism every week on Grange Hill's Scale of Window's being smashed as was so in Series 4 (and that was not even London) and 8 years later, so shows you how rough it was!!

80sChav

And I bet that as it was a drama, the glass was actually plastic for Health and Safety reasons. The glass in Mitchell's classroom in the "Golightly - let's consult the masterplan" episode of series 2 where Tucker tries to build a tower out of chairs in the room and breaks a window. If you look closely, the window pane looks as if it is made of plastic.

[DorothyNorth]

It should be understood that working on the photos after the shoot takes a lot more time than the shoot itself. This is a time-consuming and complicated process that is left out of the customer's sight. I realized that a professional photographer's work doesn't just push a button and take pictures. Any photoshoot requires post-processing, primarily color correction. The quality of processing affects the result that the client receives in the end. A great expensive camera is not a guarantee of high-quality photos. One technique is not enough. Improper processing can nullify all benefits of professional equipment. A few filters are applied in the "artist's eye" style, and the photo is irretrievably ruined.

[George 1978]

I could have sworn that I have seen some pictures of schools which have barbed wire around the fences outside to presumably stop truants and the like from escaping.

[CharlieBrown]

My school from age 11-16.

Riverston

[Fatboy]

My Senior (Secondary School). Salterbeck Secondary school, which later changed to Southfield Secondary School when we had several school mergers in 1984. The below photo was took shortly before its demolition a couple of years ago.

[Fatboy]

Victoria Junior School. The school in the photo had to be demolished around 2000, as there was a pocket of methane gas under it (which despite the measured) couldn't be vented away. Out of the schools I went to, this was my favourite. Excellent teachers who were firm but fair.

[culnara]

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Fraserburgh Academy

[George 1978]

Re: pictures of your schools.

With regards to the schools that I went to, just imagine a "run of the mill" building with an entrance at the front, and a sign with council or LEA logo and school name outside.

in response to Amethyst's question about whether we think about former classmates, the answer is yes - I mentioned the fact that I was in touch with a former one in time for my 40th birthday, but decided that too much water had passed under the bridge over the years in order to get together - I decided to leave the past in the past where it belongs. And there was someone in my class who was killed just a few years ago, and since then I have thought of local journalists as being too speculative to be honest - this is why I never read local newspapers or watch or listen to local news.

[amethyst]

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I have been thinking about my old school a lot from the age of 8 _11,I cannot remember much about the infants.I have tried to research my old school photos but nothing showed up,had a look at a few different sites but nothing and I thought the best option would be to contact the central library but seeing they are shut no joy there.There were 32 pupils in my class 16 boys 16 girls I was thinking about where each of us used to sit and who next to,curious indeed how many are still around how many have past I know one girl died 18 months ago.Does anyone else think about your class mates

[Marine Boy]

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...Hamilton Grammar School if you fancied a look.

I just Googled it. What a striking and imposing building.

I found one of my old school yearbooks. This picture was taken in either 1975 or 76.

[nuttytigger]

The primary I put the picture on was built in 1927. My secondary was Hamilton Grammar School if you fancied a look.

[Marine Boy]

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Wow!
The school where I work at the moment is celebrating its centenary this year but my own primary was built in about 1966 and my secondary a few years later.

[nuttytigger]

Also my secondary has been there since 1913, but was founded in the 1400s