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Gallery: Archive images show Aberdeen schools through the decades

By Callum Main
The bomb-damaged Victoria Road School, pictured in 1940.
The bomb-damaged Victoria Road School, pictured in 1940.

This week we’ve taken a look back in our archives at images of some of Aberdeen’s best known schools.

The opening image in our gallery shows Victoria Road School the morning after it was devastated by a Luftwaffe bomb in 1940.

 

The gaunt shell of Victoria Road School, Torry, after Aberdeen's second air raid on July 1, 1940, the school, a pre 1914 building lined with pitch pine, was a roaring furnace. The glare was seen over the whole city and attracted huge crowds. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Torry Academy 1978-09-21 (C)AJL
Used P&J 22.09.1978; 16.04.1980.
‘The large extension at Torry Academy, Aberdeen, is expected to be completed early next year.
The original date for the annexe being ready was last May but the contractors encountered various difficulties and the end of this year was given as the likely completion date.
But yesterday a Grampian Regional Council spokesman said it did not look as if the annexe would be ready until early in the New Year.
The extension has three floors, and as our picture shows, is of very modern appearance.
Torry Academy 1979-02-02 (C)AJL
‘Next month the extension to Torry (Aberdeen) Academy is due to come into use. The blending of the old and the new demanded much design and building skill. The old school itself requires ‘’treatment’’ but the annexe at the old Aberdeen Academy in the city centre will no longer be required. Above are the old Torry building and the new (on right).’ 2 February 1979.

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