Class of 1955 Reunion

29 Academicals attended a very successful reunion held on Friday 16th April, 2010 at the Glasgow Golf Club.  Those in attendance were as follows: 

Jack Halley, Jim King, Gill Orr, Gavin Dunn, Jim Kennedy, Sandy Taggart, Bobby Craig, Charles Wardrop, Archie Graham, Ernst Comrie, John Harvey, Robin McDougall, Hugh Patrick, Arthur Humphreys, Alaster Morton, Murray McGavin, John Grier, David Banks, John MacFarlane, Michael Thom, Cameron Mackenzie, Alan Burns, John Thorburn, Iain Gordon, Bill McKean, Norrie Kemp, Jimmy Martin, James Coull, Colin Tod.

1939 Evacuees Reunion

Seventy years after their evacuation from Kelvinside Academy to Dougarie Lodge on the Isle of Arran at the outbreak of the Second World War on 3rd September 1939, a number of the evacuees and their spouses attended a reunion lunch on 3rd September 2009 in the Dougarie Boathouse and enjoyed a tour of Dougarie Lodge courtesy of the present owners, Stephen and Lavinia Gibbs.  They included Mr & Mrs Harry Abram (1941), Mr Ronald Brash (1942), Mr & Mrs Peter Cuthbertson (1942), Dr & Mrs Eric Gibson (1940), Dr & Mrs William Quaile (1940), Mr Ralph Risk (1950), Sir Robert & Lady Smith (1940) and Lord and Lady Weir (1944). 

The following School representatives also attended: Mrs Lesley Douglas, Rector; Mr Ian Lindsay, Deputy Rector (retired); Katie Mullen, Head Girl; Andrew Pattie, Head Boy and Mrs Elaine Solman, Development Manager. 

Lord Weir (Bruce Weir), worked tirelessly over many months from his home in Lochgilphead to organise this most enjoyable and highly successful event.  A commemorative booklet was produced to mark the occasion and Ronald Brash's elegantly written memoir of those times helped to remind everyone of this unique chapter in the life of the School.

The Evacuees Book below shows photographs of the evacuees on Arran and in Tarbert.  This is a large document and may take some time to download. 

 Dougarie Commemorative Booklet 17.19 Mb

 Evacuee's Book 57.34 Mb