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Offline Isabel H

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Boarding school in Rothesay 1930s?
« on: Sunday 04 August 19 10:31 BST (UK) »
A friend's mother told her she had been a weekly boarder at a school in Rothesay in the mid-late 1930s.  However we can't find any reference to a boarding school there at that time, and are puzzled as to which school this could have been. Can anyone shed some light on this, please?



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Re: Boarding school in Rothesay 1930s?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 04 August 19 12:11 BST (UK) »
Maybe kids from outlying parts of Bute or even Arran?

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Re: Boarding school in Rothesay 1930s?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 04 August 19 12:34 BST (UK) »
Isabel,
I think the school you are referring to was located at Ascog, about 2 miles from Rothesay.  The building still exists on the landward side of the coast road and I understand is now "Chandlers Hotel"
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Istrice

Further digging around has come up with the name Agnes Patrick school.  The BBC appears to have some archived material on it.
Istrice

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Re: Boarding school in Rothesay 1930s?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 04 August 19 23:16 BST (UK) »
Thank you Skoosh and Istrice. That may well be it.
GRAY - Inveresk; Lanarkshire
LINDSAY - Lanarkshire
PURDIE - Lanarkshire; W. Lothian
POZZI - Elgin; Lancashire
MACKENZIE, MORISON - Isle of Lewis
ARCHIBALD, HAY, HUNTER, SNADDON - Clackmannanshire
COXON, HALL, JACKSON, SHOTTON - Northumberland