Tain Museum Image Library
Opening Of New Tain Royal Academy.
The present Tain Royal Academy in Scotsburn Road replaced the one in Academy Street, which opened in 1813. The opening ceremony of the new Tain Royal Academy in 1969 was conducted in the new assembly hall by A Mackenzie, MP.
Picture added on 27 April 2004
The two teachers in the bottom right-hand corner are Mrs Wilkie (French) and Mrs Paterson (Mathematics).
Added by David Brown on 16 November 2005
My very dear school friend Sheenagh Urquhart was in attendance on this occasion and is the lady wearing the White Hat. We keep in touch on a regular basis as our friendship began way back in the late thirties in a legendary area namely, Naini Tal in the lower Himalayas at a Girls College called
All Saints.
All Saints.
Added by Maureen Young on 27 January 2006
The gentleman in the second row, tossing his head back, 4th along from Sheena Urquhart, the lady in the white hat, was the Earl of Cromartie. Front row, 4th from right, Christine Sutherland(Moffat), 5th Elizabeth Campbell, both HE Dept., 6 th George Robertson Mod Langs., 8th Katie Macleod Art Dept. Top left of picture S4 Girls' Choir who sang "Non nobis domine" and "In dulci jubilant"
Added by Morag Matheson on 17 April 2016
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