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Title: Edinburgh school
Post by: Wee lassie on Wednesday 15 June 11 00:56 BST (UK)
Can anyone help me find a small independent girls school that was in the Henderson Row area of Edinburgh near Edinburgh Academy in 1930s
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: Unė kthimi i papenduar on Wednesday 15 June 11 16:02 BST (UK)
There was the Deaf and Dumb Institution Edinburgh at number 54, next to the Academy.
Named changed and merged I believe with Donaldsons Hospital.     Check out  Jean Brodie links.

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/137994/details/edinburgh+54+henderson+row+donaldson+s+school+for+the+deaf/
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: oldfashionedgirl on Wednesday 15 June 11 16:05 BST (UK)
Will ask a friend who went there and now works there at the end of the school day.

The Academy was used as a backdrop for "The Marcia Blane" school for girls
in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie but i'm sure you are looking for a real one ! ;D
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: Wee lassie on Wednesday 15 June 11 16:44 BST (UK)
The building looks promising. My mother who died many years ago went to a small private school for girls but she was not deaf or dumb. I am not sure whether it was primary,secondary or both. She was born in 1921 so it must have been from around 1926 to 1938.
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: Anni B on Thursday 16 June 11 01:24 BST (UK)
Have you tried contacting Edinburgh Academy to ask if anyone there has any knowledge of this School?
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: Wee lassie on Thursday 16 June 11 10:33 BST (UK)
Is it possible to look at census records for a street rather than a name at Scoctlands People? I think the school was at Dundas Street end of Henderson row before you get to Academy.
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: Unė kthimi i papenduar on Thursday 16 June 11 14:43 BST (UK)
There was also Mrs Illingworth, Preparatory School at 22 - but  the same number of years earlier.
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: Wee lassie on Thursday 16 June 11 17:57 BST (UK)
22 Henderson Row sounds right. Where did you find out about it? I would love to find out more about it.
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: Unė kthimi i papenduar on Thursday 16 June 11 21:34 BST (UK)
Early 20c PO Directory at http://addressinghistory.edina.ac.uk/search.jsp  although I would be inclined to contact the Edinburgh Room at the Central Library Edinburgh for a more precise year directory look up.   

There  are a number of reference books at the Edinburgh Room listing various Education establishments over the years.
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: Wee lassie on Thursday 16 June 11 22:40 BST (UK)
Thank you so much for your help
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: Al Fin on Thursday 13 March 14 16:39 GMT (UK)
My mother went to a private school in Henderson Row in 1935 which subsequently closed in 1936.  She remembers it being run by 2 sisters one of whom she thinks was named Miss Robertson.  This may be corroborated by the following:

http://www.mocavo.com/Post-Office-Annual-Directory-1928-29-Volume-1928-29/647143/1338

Alasdair
Title: Re: Edinburgh school
Post by: Wee lassie on Tuesday 08 April 14 11:46 BST (UK)
Thanks so much Alasdair that looks like the correct school. The dates add up too. She was born 1921. She then went on to secretarial college in Queen Street and became a shorthand typist.
I am amazed how many small private schools existed at this time. Edinburgh has obviously always had a huge number of pupils in the private system
Thanks again