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    Annfield Primary School  Cubie Street, Bridgeton        SPRAYS

 

Aug.2009, email from Les Jolly, Glasgow
I’ve attached a cartoon which may be of interest. It was written by an artist, I think his name is David, who was a pupil at Annfield Primary. I left the East End in 1973 and used the “Spray Baths”, it’s definitely part of our social history.   Regards,  Les.
Webmaister: yes indeed Les a part of our social history, I remember getting the 'sprays' at Dalmarnock Pimary School
                     A fabulous cartoon be great if we could get the artist's full name.



Sept.2016 Success !!!  received this email ..... I'm the author and artist of the cartoon that appears on your school photos page.
 It's from my Kindle book 'Walking doon the Gallowgate'.  I was at Annfield Primary in Cubie Street from 1955-1962.
Best wishee,  David Moffat


Webmaister: Lovely to hear from David and to credit him for the wonderful cartoon and indeed his Kindle book.....
                     Walking doon the Gallowgate
                     Walking doon the Gallowgate is the humorous story of the author’s childhood in 1950s Glasgow.
                     Told in words and pictures (over 300 drawings, and photographs) the book looks at family, school and life in general,
                     through the all seeing, unblinking eyes of a pre-teenage boy.


annfield primary school sprays

 

 

Webmaister I remember at Dalmarnock primary school in the late 1950s, early 1960s.  A big lorry would park in Albany street and silver 6ft by 6ft  panels were carried in and assembled into portable showers, only sides with no roof,  built in the playground. We were assembled and then sent in to get a shower.  Carbolic soap, a towel and scrubbers were given to you.  Outside school toilets too of course in the playground
                                                                                                                                                   
June 2015, Rod Gall, Australia
we used to get them a St.Marks Primary school in the 50s

June 2015, Margaret Reid, Melbourne, Australia
 
it was mobile showers we had in our school in Springburn too..

June 2015, Mary Farries, Australia
We had outside DRY toilets at St Luke's in the Gorbals. Attached to the back of the school was a school for special needs children. Every Friday morning we were taken there & a green lady checked us for nits & if we needed a 'spray' we went into communal showers

Sept 2016, David Moffat, Age 66, Glasgow, Scotland
  I'm the author and artist of the cartoon that appears on your school photos page.
 It's from my Kindle book 'Walking doon the Gallowgate'.  I was at Annfield Primary in Cubie Street from 1955-1962.
Best wishes,  David Moffat

Webmaister: Lovely to hear from David and to credit him for the wonderful cartoon and indeed his Kindle book.....
                     Walking doon the Gallowgate

June 2019, Margaret McDermott, Glasgow
I left Strathclyde Primary School  in 1972 we had these showers all through primary, the nurse ( don't know why) would check for nits 'n lice and look down yer knickers too.

Jan. 2020, Gordon Clark, Age 70, Fort William, Scotland
Came over the stories of the Glesga Sprays. This is close to my heart as the man in charge of the sprays and the "GREEN LADIES" was my dad.  His name was George Clark and he worked up to retiral in1973 at which point the "MOBILE SPRAY BATH UNIT" as it was called was also retired. If I can work out how to, I will post a couple of pictures of the unit for amusement. Aw ra best.                                                        clarkhome@talktalk.net

 

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