School Days

A Memory of Ecclefechan.

I moved to Ecclefechan in 1977, I attended the old school for 3 months. I was in p3 at the time. It was overwelming at the time as I had moved from a school with only 18 pupils in total. I remember having Mcferson at the time. I moved to the new school in p4 where I had Mrs Wilson. It was an exciting time for both the pupils and teachers to have a brand new school to go into. I remember Miss Brodie in p5/6 and Mrs Redpath for p7. I also remember Mr Rutherford being headmaster before he retired. Mrs Little was the school cook and Mr Sefton was the music teacher. Miss Oliver took over from Mr Rutherford as headmistress. I enjoyed all the school trips but hated drinking the milk. I lived in Ashgrove Cresent before moving to Burnswork Farm 4 miles outside the village. I remember Frasers and the Mace. I left the primary in 1981 before going onto Lockerbie Academy for 3 months before moving away. I still think about the school as the best times of my childhood. My surname at the time was Smith.