Past Times

GALLERY: Racing through past school days at Oldmachar Academy

1984 - Students and teachers hold a sponsored run along the prom in aid of their school funds.

By Kirstin Brown

December 11 2022, 6:00 am

December 11 2022, 6:00 am

A staple in the Bridge of Don community, Oldmachar Academy builds strong relationships with it’s students, parents and guardians.

The school believes forming a support system for students is of the utmost importance and encourages pupils to achieve their goals and aspirations- with the school catchphrase “No fish we can’t catch; no tower we can’t climb; no river we can’t cross”.

Oldmachar Academy also aims to encourage students to have fun- which we can see here some of these old photos of pupils through the years.

Do you have any fond memories from Oldmacher Academy? let us know in the comments below.

Four teenagers leaning on a pool table with a game of chess set up on it, the boy on the left is holding a pool cue, the boy next to him holds up a chess piece.. The two girls on the right are smiling at the camera, one holding a table tennis paddle and the other a can of juice — 1993 – From left, Craig Ogston, Lee Greenhowe, Claire Hosie and Gillian Retti at the Oldmachar Academy youth club.

A group of Oldmachar academy Aberdeen pupils gathered around a table with wooden bat-boxes on it, on the right is an Aberdeen University research student — 1986 – Aberdeen University research student Philip Neville, extreme right, receives 10 bat boxes which were made by 4th-year craft and design pupils. They were to be used at Haddo Country Park, near Tarves.

An Oldmachar academy Aberdeen teacher smiles at the camera with his students, one of which is holding up a pizza — 1989 – Principal teacher of home economics Patricia Fearon, right, holds up a pizza to show some of the pupils and visitors who attended a healthy eating promotion evening at the school.

students in the library, surrounding a table covered in rows of books — 1983 – A new book for Oldmachar Academy library – about famous Scots featured on postage stamps – gets the stamp of approval from 2nd-year pupil Stanley Valentine.

A boy plays the trumpet at the front of a large group of students — 1987 – Russell Kidd is on tune for an evening of Midsummer Music at Oldmachar Academy.

Students gather around council officials — 1984 – Rector Joseph Leiper and pupils welcome various council officials during a visit to the school.

Four students, two boys and two girls, trial a board game they invented — 1992 – Members of Oldmachar Academy’s Young Enterprise company Trade Secrets try out their new board game, Tri-ad. Pictured are, from left, Kevin Geals, Ellis Walker, Joanne Leiper and Sarah Dewar.

A girl with a flag draped over her and a game board in her hands is being leaned on by another pupil — 1992 – Set for Europe with game board and flag to represent Grampian at the Young Enterprise European Congress are 6th year pupils Ellis Walker and Jane Peatie.

Oldmachar Academy Aberdeen pupils gather around a table-top christmas tree with trays of food in their hands as an elderly woman drinks a cup of tea — 1987 – An unexpected festive treat for Isabella Legge, 79, as Oldmachar Academy pupils Karen Pirie and Lynne Cargill deliver a Christmas food parcel.

Four students surrounded by rows of toy cars — 1987- Gateway manager Alex Barr and pupils, from left, Sharon Young, Esther Savage and Samantha Massie with toy cars collected via fuel station vouchers to go to needy children.

A man in a suit sits among three oldmachar academy aberdeen students with string instruments — 1989 – Rector Joseph Leiper is serenaded by pupils, from left, Judi Richards, Shirley Fong and Miranda Dalgarno before a concert at the school.

Three pupils in costumes rehearse for their performance of Bugsy Malone. — 1989 – From left, Iain Baikie, Mark Copland and John Kelly rehearse for the school’s staging of Bugsy Malone.

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