1960s

The Mikado – 1961

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Back row (left to right): N. McMillan (The Mikado), G. Gray (Nanki-Poo).

Centre row: A. Wyper (Pish-Tush), W. Wallis (Pitti-Sing), A. Allardice (Yum-Yum), J. H. Gillies (Pooh-Bah), M. Ferrier (Katisha).

Front row: E. Napier, D. Paterson (Ko-Ko), A. Harrison (E. Napier and A. Harrison shared the part of Peep-Bo).

With thanks to David Paterson for submitting this photograph. Names were taken from the original listing which appeared below the photograph, but for space and clarity purposes I have reproduced them here.

1962 6th year class

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Back row: Calum Craig, Kenny Meffin, Bill Simpson, Russ Aitken, Stuart Matheson, Roy Totten, Syd Johnstone, Rodney Souter.

Third row: Ian Cook, Alistair Tough, Sandy McInnes, Duncan McCaskill, Alan Loudon, Kenny Campbell, Ian Hood.

Second row: Alex Clarkson, Ian McFadyen, Sammy Cooper, George McKerracher, Gordon Robertson, David Allan, Ian Caird, Owen Sayers.

Front row: Colin McBride, Ian McGregor, Douglas Campbell, Douglas Clark, Robert Armstrong, Allan Stewart, Alan McGhee, Ian Shirley.

With thanks to Allan Stewart for this photograph.

1966 – Class 2F

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Back row: Moria Neilson, Ann McArthur, Helen Mathew, Janette MacFarlane, Elizabeth Moore, Susan Middleton, Sandra Miller, Linda Provan, Gillian MacAuley, Carol Kerr, Lyndall Merchant, Margaret Montgomery, Maureen MacArthur.

Middle row: Joyce Paton, Caroline Nisbet, Helen Nicholson, Irene Lyon, Ann McGowan, Iris Munro, Pauline Nichlson, Margaret Proctor, Sandra McLean, Janice Kean.

Front row: Grace Moffat, Joyce McPherson, Irene Love, Aileen MacKay, Ann McLeod, Sandra Muir, Moyra McNeill, Ann McGovern, Janette McLucas, Catherine Magee, Margaret McIntyre.

Absent: Catherine Kennedy, Joan MacKintosh, Beatrice Phillips.

With thanks to Moira MacDonald (maiden name Neilson) for this photograph.

Football 1st eleven 1961/62

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Back row: William Wallace, Robert Kerr, Allan Stewart

Middle row: Grant Thomson (Teacher) Alistair Tough, Russ Aitken, Ian Black, Alan Stewart, Gillie Mitchell

Front row: Davie Sharp, Alan Middleton, Andrew Scanlon, Andy Michie, Sammy Cooper

With thanks to Andrew Scanlon for this photograph and John Gilles & David Paterson for additional names and corrections. *Further corrections and additional information from Allan Stewart.

Football 1st eleven 1960/61

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Back row: Andrew Scanlon, Douglas Fowler, Robert (Bert) Stewart, Andrew Matthews

Middle row: Paton Wallace, William Wallace, Angie (Angus) McKay, Charlie Stimpson, Grant Thomson (Teacher)

Front row: Gillie Mitchell, Reggie Wilson, David Paterson, Allan Stewart*, Sammy Cooper

With thanks to Andrew Scanlon for this photograph and John Gillies & David Paterson for additional names and corrections. *Further corrections and additional information from Allan Stewart.

Prefects – 1961/62

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Back: Harold Mead, John Devine, Tom MacDonald, Robert Kerr, John B. Gillies, Andrew Scanlon

Row 3: Shiela Livingstone (Park), Jean Hamilton (Asher), Jean Ferrier, Peter Sloan, Ian McNeil, Ena Roberts, Sheena MacDonald, Annette McPherson (Gillies)

Row 2: John H. Gillies, Miss McLaren, Norman MacMillan, Dr. Davidson, Caroline Ireland (Steel), Mr. Munro, Anne Allardyce

Front: Aileen Cleare, Sheila Tait.

With thanks to Andrew Scanlon for this photograph and John Gillies for additional names and corrections.

Rector 1968-1984 – Mr J T Robertson

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1968 saw the arrival of Mr Robertson as Rector of Clydebank High School. He oversaw major changes in the education system, most of all comprehensivisation in 1972 when CHS became one of four comprehensives in the area. He also oversaw the building of the school extensions, most notably, the “tower block” as it was known.

Mr Robertson came to CHS with the reputation of an impresario. This reputation grew with plays like “Everybody out!” and “The Wizard of Awe”. His shows ensured that all pupils were able to contribute whether they were musical or not. Another claim to fame was that he wrote “The Bash Street Kids”, and this was the talk of the school during the seventies.

Mr Robertson died in 2007, his obituary can be found here.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 44 – Class 1G

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Back row: Donna Smillie, Carol Swan, Susan Sillars, Moyra Simpson, Linda Smith, Kathleen Scott, Elaine Ritchie, Morag Young, Janice Nicholson, ?.

Middle row: ?, Eunice Phillips, Elizabeth Shannon, ?, Fiona Sinclair, Joyce Primrose, Carol Smith, Jan Wilson, Jeanette Scott, Pat Neville, Christine Rodgers, Catherine Nairn.

Front row: Heather Pattison, Barbara Shaw, ?, ?, ?, Anne Ward, Linda Steel, Dorothy Shaw, Betty Rooney, Joan Totten, Angela (surname unknown).

Thanks go to Ronnie Logan (CHS 1968-74) and his classmates who have come together to gather these names.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 43 – Class 1F

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Back row: Karen McKenzie, Elanor Moir, Linda Martin, Jean W McKenzie, Sandra MacDonald, Sheena McLean, Mary MacKenzie, Ann McNeil, Jean S McKenzie, Ray Mason.

Middle row: Elizabeth Murray, Ann McInnes, Lesley Miller, Esther Morrison, ?, Susan McVicar, Avril McKee, Anne McGarvie, Anne McKenzie, Catriona Murdoch.

Front row: Louise Meldrum, Janet McCutcheon, Margaret McFarlane, Margaret Morrison, Margaret McLeod, Irene McGavin, Marion McLean, Ann Moore, Eileen McLoughlan.

Thanks go to Ronnie Logan (CHS 1968-74) and his classmates who have come together to gather these names.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 42 – Class 1E

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Back row: Ewan McQuarrie, John Varney, Colin Petty, Callum Ross, Kenneth McPherson, Alasdair Ross, Donald Smiley, Roderick Shaw, Graham Patrick, David Paton, Alistair Turnbull.

Middle row: Gary Montgomery, David Stewart, David Munn, Lennox Smyth, Lionel Wickson, Stephen Nicoll, Jim O’Donnell, George Warnock, Philip Voy, Arthur Morrison, Timur Ruzgar, Alan Young.

Front row: Stephen Murray, David Ross, Jim Moodie, ?, Angus Wood, James Mitchell, Angus Morrison, David Runciman, David Salmon, ?, Ricky Shaw.

Thanks go to Ronnie Logan (CHS 1968-74) and his classmates who have come together to gather these names.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 41 – Class 1D

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Back row: Elaine Grieve, Jacqueline McCambley, Isobel Henry, Elizabeth McAlistair, Helen Howie, Eileen Graham, Ailsa King, Mae Ingram, Kay Kelly.

Middle row: Margaret Kane, Rhona McCubbin, Janice Lochhead, Sheena Geddes, Aileen Johnston, Helen Glen, Janice Kernaghan, Evelyn Hendrie, Evelyn Hudson, Janice Goldie.

Front row: Elizabeth Kelly, Pamela Keeble, Marion Leitch, Valerie Kennedy, Barbara Hillhouse, Janice Lawrie, Phyllis Lamb, Janet Johnstone, Fiona Hotchkiss, Pauline Harrison, Janice Kerrigan.

Thanks go to Ronnie Logan (CHS 1968-74) and his classmates who have come together to gather these names.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 40 – Class 1C

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Back row: Ian McColl, Hugh McCauley, Eric Kullwilm, Alistair Long, Jim McGregor, Charlie McKenzie, Neil McDougall, Robert Jack, Ross McEwan, Billy Jeffrey, Ian McNeil, Iain MacKay, Alex McKain, George McDowall.

Middle row: John McCallum, Ronnie Henderson, Colin McFarlane, Lindsay McCallum, John Inglis, Peter McLean, Alan Logan, John MacKenzie, Fulton McIntosh (Tosh), Ronnie Logan.

Front row: Robert McKay, Robert or Chares McMonigall, Duncan McDougall, Jim Macpherson, Alistair McKain, Gordon McGregor, Ian McLeod, Jack Long (Pongo), Ian McFarlane (Marty), Colin MacLean, Kenny McGarvey.

Thanks go to Ronnie Logan (CHS 1968-74) and his classmates who have come together to gather these names.

Ian McColl also got in touch to confirm many of the names.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 38 – Class 1A

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Back row: Stuart Carpenter, Robert Fleming, Ian Brown, Colin Campbell, Graham Dixon, Edward (surname unknown), Alan Halley, Alan Bowie, Ian Galbraith, Brian Dick, Ian Bradshaw, Ian (Skippy) Gardner, Gordon Gray.

Middle row: Keith (Fester) Chrome, Ian Hart, Jim Combe, Gordon Busby, Murray Brown, Roy (Bone) Crosby, Alex Hay, Colin (Clank) Clark, ?, Donald Campbell, Davie Allan, Kenny Graham.

Front row: William Aubrey, Douglas (Shuggie) Clark, Billy Braes, David (Pod) Ellis, Alan Boyle, Stephen Coombe, George Chalmers, Dougie Calderwood, Richard Betty, Gordon Graham, Andrew Clelland.

Thanks go to Ronnie Logan (CHS 1968-74) and his classmates who have come together to gather these names.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 37

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This photo is from an album held in the CHS archive labelled as 1968/69.

Back row: ?, ?, Kemal Ruzgar, ?, Harry Sutton, Alan Stevenson, Alan (Surname unknown), ?, ?, Davie Watt, Bobby Whitehill, Tommy Garrett.

Middle Row: Jean Shedden, Helen Smith, Grace Proctor, Linda Torrance, ?, ?, Jim Rowlands, Robin Chesters, Helen (Surname unknown), ?, Anne Stewart, Jan Silver.

Front Row: ?, Linda Stevens, Joan Sinclair, Annette (Surname unknown), ?, Aileen Patterson, Sheila Thorburn, Janice Sharp, Helen Watson, Jacqueline Somerville, ?.

Thanks to Jan Fraser, Alan Janeczko and Tim Ruzgar for providing us with the names above.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 33

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1968/69 Class 2C

Back row: Brian Gregory, Alistair McKellar (‘Kell’), Jimmy Waddell, George McGhee, Iain Miller, Gordon Dalziel, Joe McGuire, Martin Gavin.

Middle row: Colin Dow, Alan Coull, Baden Elliott, Brian Hill, Alan Bell, David ‘Darby’ Kelly, Iain Greer, Barclay Bannister.

Front row: Derek Bishop, Willie Black, Iain Bayne, James Douglas, Iain Duff, Jim Bennett, Alan Janeczko, Richard Dryden, Hugh Colquhoun.

Thanks to Alan Janeczko and Baden Elliott for the names and additional information. He also told us that Joe McGuire was “a real hero, I recall some years later reading an account, in the Clydebank Press, of him saving a guy from the canal while he was out for a ‘dauner’.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 32

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This photo is from an album held in the CHS archive labelled as 1968/69.

Back row: Marion Handyside, Gail McCardle, Margaret Maben, Ella Stewart, Maggie Clark, Joyce Bradshaw, Cy Alexander, Marianne Oliver, Gladys (Surame unknown), Christine Gemmell, Janet McSporran, Janice Yuill.

Middle row: Eileen Gilfillan, Judith (Surname unknown), Carol (Surname unknown), Alison Deas, Gillian Watt, Jaqueline (Surname unknown), Florence Brown, Sandra Bennie, Shona MacLeod, Irene (Surname unknown).

Front: Freda King, Muriel Lawson, Kareen Wilson, Phyllis Young, Irene Clark, Fiona Campbell, Heather (Surname unknown), Yvonne Black, Janis MacDonald, Roberta Hutton, May Miller.

With thanks to Alan Janeczko who was assisted by Janice Sinclair (nee MacDonald). Alan also told us that Muriel Lawson’s father was the school chaplain at this time.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 31 – Class 2A

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Back row: Gordon Ewing, Gordon McAulay, Kim Cranmer, Brian Smith, David Hendry, Graham McKirdy, Donald Campbell, Alan Hay, Hugh Edgar.

Middle row: Charles Brodie, Gordon Craig, Alan O’Brien, Ronald Russell, Alan Calderwood, Graham Sunderland, David Marshall, Lachlan Morrison, David Wylie, Barry Duncan.

Front row: Stewart Carmichael, Colin Burnett, Danny Smith, Brian Major, George MacDonald, Alan Mitchieson, Steven Winton, James Galloway, Walter Muir, Roderick Reid, Robbie Radford.

Since publication, Danny Smith got in touch and told us that this was his second year class (2A). He was helped with the names by Brian Major who also features in this photo.

Danny said: “When we started in 1967 we had our registration class in one of the huts on the Dickens Avenue side of the school (a technical drawing class if I recall correctly) and we all sat in alphabetical order. Our registration teacher, Mr Copeland, had us chant out the register (while he ticked away in the book), stopping if someone was missing. He’d then glance up and mark an “x”…and we’d carry on”.

“It was 49 years ago but I haven’t met a single guy from that class that can’t STILL recite that roster. I can even tell you the five guys from 1A 1967 that aren’t in the 2A 1968 picture, and also the name of a boy who actually never turned up at all, (his family had left Clydebank during the holidays) but was on the register, so we all chanted his name anyway for a year! For me then, it was only a case of matching the names to the faces, and Brian helped with a couple of Christian names. Thanks for posting the picture, it brought back a few good memories”.

Since Danny’s comments, Alan Janeczko got in touch and said: “I think it was Robbie Radford, not David( who was his younger brother ). Robbie lived in the street opposite me in Faifley, Burnbrae Street. He also had a younger sister, Valerie. We sometimes met him on the train to university”. We’ve amended the name in the listings.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 11 – Form IV B

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Back row: Moira Neilson, Karen Ester, Janice Kean, Catherine Fitzgerald, Eva Duff, Patricia Graham, Catherine Magee.

Middle row: Heather Deans, Jane Johnston, Margaret Bain, Aileen Gordon, Hazel Travers, Helen Nicholson, Ann Simpson, Davis Smith.

Front row: Marilyn MacAvay, Janette MacFarlane, Betty Humes, Lillian ?, Ian Cowan, Beryl Stewart, Caroline Frame, Ellen Dingwall, Janette McLucas.

Absent: Ann Maire.

This photo was originally sent in by Moira MacDonald (maiden name Neilson) before the complete set of 1968/69 photos was discovered. As such, all names provided are courtesy of Moira.

1968/69 Class photos taken October 1968 – 01

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Back: Marjorie Bain, ?, Morag Goldie, ?, ?, John Lyon, Joyce Campbell, ?, Margaret McArthur, Stuart Burrows.

Middle: Muriel Kirton, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Annabella McIver, ?.

Front: ?, Gina Totten, Jim Johnston (Head Boy), Miss McLaren, Mr Manning (Rector), ? (Deputy Head), Helen Macpherson (Head Girl), Stewart ?, ?.

Thanks to Helen Johnson (Macpherson), pictured, for getting in touch. She advised that the photo must have been taken early in the school year, as the Rector, Mr Manning, died in November 1968. Helen remembers attending his funeral in her capacity as Head Girl.