Photograph of Cornaig School staff during the 1970s
Colour photograph of some of the staff at Cornaig School in the 1970s. L-R: Flora MacArthur, Archie MacKinnon, Mary MacArthur, Catriona MacLean (Ard Beg), Mary Brown, Jean MacFadyen, Catriona MacKinnon (Parkhouse?).
Photograph of Archie MacKinnon at Cornaig School door, 1970s-80s
Colour photograph of Archie MacKinnon, Cornaigmore, standing outside the main door of Cornaig School in the 1970s-80s. Archie was the school janitor from 1952 to 1992.
Photograph of prize-giving at the School Sports Day 1969
Colour photograph of the prize-giving at the School Sports Day in 1969.
Photograph of the old canteen at Cornaig School 1974
Colour photograph of the old school canteen at Cornaig School in 1974
Teachers strap
`Lochgelly` brown leather two-tongued teacher`s strap (or tawse) for punishing school children. John J Dick maker. Embossed with an `H` at the handle end.
Composition about water, transport, heating and lighting in the Cornaig School building and grounds from the 1920s to 1970s. Written by Archie MacKinnon, Cornaigmore, who was the school janitor from 1952 to 1992.
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Photograph of the windmill that pumped water to Cornaig School during the 1970s
Black & white photograph of the windmill on the shore of Loch Bhasapol that pumped water to header tanks at Cornaig School. Danny Gillespie in the foreground was preparing the windmill for demolition when the photo was taken during the 1970s. Sitting next to Danny is Iain Baker (son of the policeman, Jimmy Baker), with Bobby MacLean (Bobby Mhialuim) in the background.
Photograph of Cornaig School in 1930
Black & white photograph of the exterior of Cornaig School in 1930 and annotated photocopy indicating the staff room, headmaster`s house, entrance gates and headmaster`s garden. In 1938, all the stonework on the school and school house was plastered and roughcast as it is today (2011).
Photograph of men at work building the Cornaigmore School in the 1920s
Black & white photograph of workmen putting the finishing touches to the newly built school at Cornaigmore in the 1920s. The building firm was Dallas of Dunoon. From right to left: Angus MacKinnon, Mr MacBain – clerk of works, Archie MacKinnon, Hector MacKinnon.
Photograph of Cornaigmore School, shed and met station in the 1930s
Black & white photograph of Cornaigmore School in the 1930s, with the meteorological station within a fenced enclosure on the far right and a new shed on the left. The Met Office was looked after by the headmaster D.O. MacLean.
