Thornliebank Primary School was first built on its present site on Main Street around 1877, but that building burned down in 1895.
ANNIE: "I heard my father talking about [the fire]... [the students] thought it was great, they'd all get a holiday. But they were all taken up to the public hall, and lessons were resumed!"
The current building was opened 2 years later; it is now a listed building. Most of the group members who grew up in the Thornliebank area attended the school.
Created by
Paula Cuccurullo and Howard
Mitchell
Updated 1 September 1999
© 1999 WEA Scotland
