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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Dumfriesshire => Topic started by: eric17w on Sunday 20 April 08 21:36 BST (UK)
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Could anybody tell me where I might find any old photographs of the old school next to the
Kirkpatrick Juxta Church at Beattock, Scotland. I would appreciate any information on the school
Books, photos etc.
Regards Eric17w
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Hi Eric,
It may be worth contacting the new school. According to the following webpage, there are old log books in existance somewhere. I don't know if they are held by the school, in the Archive Centre in Dumfries, or elsewhere.
http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/dumgal/MiniWeb.aspx?id=66&menuid=606&openid=606&pageid=1100
http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/dumgal/places.aspx?id=1
ADP
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Hi, Many thanks for your quick reply, I will check out the links and hope I get a lead
as to where I might find some old photos.
Regards Eric
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Hi,
I have a photo of the old schoolhouse Beattock. My father went there as a child. the photo is not digital but I could scan it and send it that way, hopefully...
cheers
norma
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Hi Norma,
Many thanks for reply. I would love to have a copy of your photo if it's possible. The reason
for my interest is that my daughter has just purchased the old school (the inside is now totally different and is a lovely home). My email address is (*) Once again many thanks for your kind reply
Regards Eric
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Would it be possible for me to have a photo of the school also as several of my family members must have gone there ?
Please please please
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Hi.
Can you send me your email address and I will send pictures as jpg
Regards Eric
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Hi Eric.
To see a photo of what the photographer describes as almost certainly an old school house go to www.geograph.org.uk and in the search boxes enter Old School near Beattock.
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For what it's worth, that looks like the old school to me, but it looks like a reasonably recent photo, and I think the school has been there a long time. My grandmother was Agnes Paterson, one of 11 children living at Buckrigg in the second half of the 19th C, and she attended it. I pass the old school every time I call at the graveyard at Kirkpatrick Juxta, and was there a couple of weeks ago. A few years ago I think it was turned into an outdoor centre, and then the past few years looks like a private house?
I'm sure someone in the area will know better than me whether that is even the original building
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Hi everyone
Sorry ot hijack this thread but I wonder if anyone who contributed here knows of a teacher called Margaret, (Maggie), Blyth from Moffat who may have been a teacher or headteacher at Beattock School? She was born approx 1882, so the time scale would be early 20th century up to the 1940's.
Thanks
Jean :)
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Re Beattock School and House, My grandfather was head master at the school around 1928-30 up until the end of the WW11, his name was John Bulman, they lived in the white sholl house, my dad and his brothers and sisters attended the school and he went on to Moffat Accademy he was 1 of 8 children. My uncle has photos of the white house and the school.
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Hi Jackie,
Many thanks for your kind reply,my daughter has a wall in the old school dedicated to the
history of the school and I would be thrilled if you could email me copies any photos you may have so I can frame them up. My daughter is keen to add to her collection but photos and artifacts are hard to find. It is intended to keep the school exterior as close as possible to how it has looked over the years. Your help would be much appreciated.
Kind regards Eric.
My email address is (*)
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Hi
Unfortunately my father is not with us anymore. But I will ask my Aunts and Uncle for any information or photos they have they will be just as pleased to keep thing as they were as they all went to school there. My grandfather and grandmother are buried at Beattock Church cemetary, John Bulman and Emma Bulman. My father worked for Jack Kirkpatrick before going into the Airforce during the war he was a shepherd, they lived at the big house as you go into Beattock I think it was turned into a hotel it was called Lough House then and was a farm.
Speak to you again as soon as I can get the information
Regards Jackie
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My grandfather was Jack (John) Kirkpatrick who farmed at Loch House, Beattock.