Published: Wednesday, 2nd July, 2008 10:35
Saint Meccano High
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As part of her duties my wife regularly travels past the sites of both new secondary schools now under construction in Clydebank.
Now that the groundwork has largely been completed, the erection of the metal framework continues apace. From the look of the projects in their present state of completion, my wife has taken the rather amusing step of naming the schools Meccano High and Saint Meccano.
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