Blackfriars. St.Andrews. In front of the Madras College.

Blackfriars is the modern name for the Dominican friary of St Mary which existed in St Andrews, Scotland, in the later Middle Ages.
Behind this ruin is the Madras College which I attended from the age of 11 for almost a year before we moved to England. I am not listed in the famous Alumni, but one of my good friends, Gavin Brown, is: Professor Gavin Brown (1942 – 2010) - Professor of Pure Mathematics at University of New South Wales, Australia . I used to sit next to him when we were at the Burgh School. He was very brainy.

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Roger (Grisly) ^club

Lovely shot Amelia

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to Roger (Grisly) ^club

Thank you, Roger. At break rimes it was the custom to walk round the large quadrangle, girls going one way and boys the other. It was possible to meet someone you liked at most twice. ;-)

7 years ago.

Doug Shepherd ^club

A fine image Amelia.

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to Doug Shepherd ^club

Many thanks, Doug. I have decided to post some shots of St.Andrews before Ipernity gives up the ghost.. Watch this space. ;-)

7 years ago.

Doug Shepherd ^club has replied to Amelia ^club

I look forward to seeing them:)

7 years ago.

Daniela Brocca ^club

They at last saved this nice place, Amelia. Hugs,Dany

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to Daniela Brocca ^club

St.Andrews is an historic burgh, so any thing like Blackfriars is well maintained, Dany. My old school is in the background.

Hugs, Amelia

7 years ago.

RHH

Beautiful old stonework and a very prestigious school. Not only would I not be on any lists of famous alumni of the schools I attended. No one would ever ever have heard of them.

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to RHH

It sounds as if I didn't know how lucky I was! I don't think many people, apart from those who live in Fife would know about the madras College - until now, Ron. ;-)

7 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

Lovely series of "school" photos Amelia, with charming stories to go with them. You have a good memory - I can can barely remember anything of my schooldays except that I hated nearly every minute of them..!!

7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to Keith Burton ^club

I loved school, Keith, until we moved to England. I was sent to a Secondary Modern because they didn't accept the Scottish 'Qualify', and sat twiddling my thumbs for about 3 months until the authorities saw fit to test me on the 11+. I then went to an all girls school min Aldershot. I really didn't like it there except for biology and music lessons.

7 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club has replied to Amelia ^club

I left at age 15 to join the RN...........without any qualifications at all. I evenually got a couple of GCEs when I was around 25 years old and evenually (through the Open University) got a Bsc (Hons) degree...........but it was hard work. I needed the GCEs to get promotion, but the degree was just to prove to myself that I could..!!

7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

Nick Weall ^club

Do brains rub off ? xxx

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to Nick Weall ^club

If only they did, Nick. I might have made something of myself, as I sat next to Gavin Brown for 2 years when we were at The Burgh School. ;-)
LGM x

7 years ago.

Little Nightwitch ^club

this is really a fantastic building! Dreamlike!

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to Little Nightwitch ^club

Thank you Aleks. The school behind this building is also rather impressive,

7 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

Your schools are getting more and more interesting!

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

They are - until now, Gudrun. The next school I went to was built with red brick, looked vety boring, and all the girls spoke with a strange English accent. ;-)

7 years ago.

John Goodwin

Lovely old buildings Amelia, it puts my old school buildings to shame... surplus WW2 Army huts!!.. still, it was somewhere to sit in the cold... YS.. John.

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to John Goodwin

I remember that when I was training to be a teacher at Madeely College in the late 60s, some of the lessons were conducted in Nissen huts, John. The conditions were atrocious! At least when I eventually went to Keele uni, all the buildings were made of red brick. ;-)

7 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Same as John; prefab huts surrounding a concrete space for playing football in the breaks with a tennis ball and knees scraped to shreds!

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to Andy Rodker ^club

At least prefab huts were better than Nissen huts, Andy. I wonder how we all became so well-educated! ;-)

7 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club has replied to Amelia ^club

I remember Nissen huts at my junior school. I suspect that with fewer distractions in these places we had little choice but to concentrate on our lessons. But I didn't learn all that much at school, it was all through reading books - I was an inveterate bookworm. There were (and still are, I'm pleased to say) many like me.

7 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Terrific capture!

7 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

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7 years ago.

Amelia ^club

Thank you as always, William, for your praise and the invitation. :-))

7 years ago.

tiabunna ^club

A lovely old structure, but my goodness, how many impressive stone schools there are in St Andrews!

7 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to tiabunna ^club

This is the only stone built school in the town that is still a school, George. The town, apart from being the home of golf, is very historic, everything is well maintained, and the house prices are amongst the highest in the country! ;-).

7 years ago.

Jean

Lovely shot and a nice little bit of personal history too.

7 years ago.

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