The first school built in EK.
“Careful consideration was given to colours, textures and light both inside and outside of the school. Each of the two-storey classroom blocks originally had a sun terrace while the internal wall of the foyer was covered with a colourful mural by William Crosbie representing the history of the Clyde.”
Boys and girls were kept apart for some activities – there were two gymnasia, separate playgrounds, cloakrooms and even entrances. The girl’s entrance was timber clad with flower boxes, while the boy’s entrance was given a more robust finish of stone and rubble.
The building was demolished in 2007.
[Basil Spence archive]
Duncanrig secondary school interior, 1956