by Robin Thompson | 12 Jun 2016 | Articles
Mary Abernethy Thomson By Elaine Campbell Few people nowadays have heard of the Female Industrial School or of its inspirational head teacher, Mary Thomson. However, for a large part of the 19th century this school was one of the largest and best known schools in...
by Robin Thompson | 28 Feb 2016 | Did You Know?
Did you know… ..that the Manse in Cairneyhill was once a Seminary for Young Ladies? by Elaine Campbell Mrs More was the wife of the Rev John More and they ran a residential school in the Cairneyhill Manse from the 1830’s until the 1860’s....
