Angus Carmichael |

Rutherglen academy 1935-1942 At the outbreak of the war I became a C.D cycle messenger. When the air raid sirens sounded I reported to the C.D post which was in the basement of the school. I was in there when the bomb hit the school - we bounced of the benches we were sitting on but were unhurt. I accompanied an air raid warden to inspect the house on the south side of the school and found that a second bomb had directly hit an Anderson shelter that and third bomb had just missed Stonelaw Church and had landed on the bowling club. The art master encouraged pupils to draw the badley damaged cloackroom area, and pupils enjoyed some unexpected "holidays". 27 December 2009 - United KIngdom

Sheena Finlay |

Great site! all the memories of the Academy have come flooding back, I was there '68 to '70 then did 4th and 5th year at Cathkin High. I remember all the teachers, my favourite was Nairobi Joe. I loved the frozen Milky Ways they sold at the wall, I still freeze my Milky Ways! Good photoshop job on the 18 bus Thank you 14 December 2009 - Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia Webmaster comments   Nice to hear from you Sheena. Nairobi Joe (Mr Wright) was one of my favourite teachers too and our 1F register teacher. I hope he's still around. Sadly another of my favourite teachers from The Academy is not. Ian Smith, chemistry & maths, who always signed himself 'IHS' in the register. Can you confirm if Mr Wright was Australian? He certainly spoke with what I felt was an Australian accent.

Peter Collett

Lovely to stumble on this site recently, brought back memories. I arrived at RA in March 1958 when I moved to Burnside; left in 1961. My name is listed under the class photos, so somebody must remember me (surprise!) I remember the School Shows at the Ru'glen Rep, was in one of them. Do any of the scripts still exist? I'd love a copy of the one when we did a Kurt Weill opera - 1959 or 1960, I think. Does anybody remember Miss Birkett? She taught languages- French, German, Russian. A few of us scraped through a Lower Russian in one year. There was a Hungarian teacher who taught Russian also, Miss Joachim, I think. Is it true that Norman ("Charlie") Buchan later became an MP? What happened to "Big Bill" Jackson? Nice man, had bouts of malaria, I believe. It would be great to have a comment from one of the teachers from that era on the site. Some of them must still be around (I hope). I read a comment from Alex Fawcett. Don't know him, after my time, but any relation to Jean Fawcett who left in '61? I was surprised to see some comments from France. J'ai vécu un an et demi à Agde; bientôt je rentre definitivement. Meilleur climat, bon vin pas cher. Merci Tam Urie. Good memories of RA. It's a crime it's gone. I suppose that's progress. (Or not). 5 September 2009 - UK

Robin Topping |

Went to THE Academy from 1961 to 1966. Ran riot with Bobby Ballantyne, Hugh Rattray and George Collins. Got 8% for maths in 2nd year. Had competition with George Collins in third year, and I got 87% for maths. Great thing motivation!!! Got expelled in early 1966 for too long hair. Got reinstated after Mum went down and sorted Olly Beak. Would love to see any class pictures from that era. 21 August 2009 - United Kingdom

Tommy Dunn |

I and my brother Bob Dunn attended RA.I left in 1962.I remember so well,Mr.Smith,seggie,Wally P and Clara Cluck.If anyone remembers me I would be delighted to hear from them. 3 June 2009 - Cornwall.