Rebirth for 50s school mags

Jamie Borthwick • Published 28 Apr 2010 13:00

BANKIES can get an insight into Clydebank High in the 1950s after a book featuring every school magazine from the era was published.

'Clydebank High School magazines 1950 to 1959' is a fascinating insight into the Radnor Park school's past - starting with the first annual magazine published after the school's return to its original site after the 1941 Blitz.

The 540-page paperback includes countless articles by pupils in the 50s, photographs of clubs and sports teams, cartoons and numerous opinion pieces which will bring memories flooding back for many.

The book was the brain-child of ex-pat Bankie and former Clydebank High student Andrew McGhie, who thought it up at a 50th anniversary reunion in 2008.

There he learned that the prizes for the current high school duxes were "very low" - around £25 for the dux and £15 for other prize winners.

Andrew resolved to raise funds to give the winners a more fitting prize and hit upon the book idea.

The Radnor Park man, who now lives in America, told the Post: "I decided, with my eight magazines I kept from the old days, that I could publish a book to make money for a fund for prize giving.

"Another former pupil found the two missing editions to make the ten for the fifties and I found a small publisher in the States to run it for me."

The books are on sale from Clydebank High and Clydebank Library, costing £16.

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