Many ex-pupils write to the school seeking information from their school days.
The first place to go to or contact is the Scotland Street SCHOOLS' MUSEUM
The museum houses a School Statutory Admissions Register ( pupils ) and a School log Book ( Staff )
It also contains cups, registers, and log books, data preserved from school closures and from existing schools who cannot keep old information in storage.
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 Scotland Street School Museum of Education
225 Scotland Street,  Glasgow, G5 8QB
(Opposite Shields Road Underground Station) 
           
For details of the school's activities phone the museum
Tel: 0141 287 0500,  Fax: 0141 287 0515
         
Mon - Sat  10am - 5:00pm
Sunday        2pm - 5:00pm 
                         
www.clyde-valley.com/glasgow/museumed.htm

The "Jannie", the "Headie" and the "Teach" guide visitors around the school teaching the history of Scottish education from 1872.
               
Victorian, Second World War, 1950's and 1960's classrooms depict the changing patterns of education in Scottish schools.   

Designed between 1903-6, Scotland Street School was Charles Rennie Mackintosh's last major commission in Glasgow. After major restoration in 1990, it is now a museum of education featuring restored period classrooms and cookery room, a permanent display on the history of Scottish education and a programme of temporary exhibitions and activities. New permanent displays on the history of the building and the installation of a public lift was developed and opened in 2001.
A wonderful history of education in Scotland from 1872 to 1972 with Victorian, Second World War, 1950s and 60s classrooms and an Edwardian cookery room. Varied temporary exhibitions and activities for children.

 

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