As school pupils across the country get back to the classroom, we felt it was worth looking through the archives at school days in Banchory from the first day of primary right up to prizegiving in secondary school.
Regardless of where you went to school, this gallery is sure to get memories flooding back to the weird and wonderful class projects in primary school and mucking around with mates.
We also share sympathies with the pupils at Banchory Academy working away on their school newspaper and magazine from 1978.
Did you go to school in Banchory? What are your favourite memories of class? Are you in the pictures below? Let us know.
1979 – Chairman of the Keep Grampian Beautiful Campaign Paul Miller presents Banchory Academy pupil Brian Geekie with the trophy for best kept secondary school in the region.
1982 – Carl Gulland, right, after his cartoon character was chosen to introduce Banchory Primary School children to their new magazine.
1988 – Banchory Academy pupils vying for the Design Council’s Schools Design Prize Scotland 1988, sponsored by British Aerospace.
1971 – Badminton enthusiasts of Banchory Academy with Mr G. Murray, principal physical education teacher.
1988 – School Scottish-style for these French youngsters involved in an exchange visit with pupils from Banchory Academy.
1986 – Proud fifth-year pupil Christopher Mair, 16, shows his dux medal and Emslie Cup for golf after Banchory Academy’s prizegiving in St Ternan’s East Church.
1962 – The infant class at St Leonard’s, where the youngsters make their first acquaintance with school.
1979 – Principal geography teacher at Banchory Academy Neil Grant points to the Belgian destination the members of the school’s under-14 and under-15 football teams were headed for.
1978 – Primary 3 pupil Fiona Wink shows off the school’s centenary magazine watched by pupils from most of the other classes in both primary and secondary schools.
1989 – Primary 5(1) pupils Chris Sharples, right, and David Hughes, of Banchory Primary School, study the results of their crystal experiments.
1990 – These Primary 5 Banchory School pupils enjoyed a project all about wood.
1978 – The editorial team for Banchory Academy’s school newspaper, from left, Marian Mackay, Anne Beverley, Hazel Walker, Margaret Bain and Lucille Chalmers.
1988 – Pupils of Primary 4/1 point out geographical areas on the globe to parents at the Banchory Primary School open day.
1989 – Pupils of Primary 4/1 point out geographical areas on the globe to parents at the Banchory Primary School open day.
1985 – Accident prevention officer Bill Duncan presents the divisional winners of the Grampian road safety competition trophy to Rachel Mair. Looking on are other members of the Banchory Primary team.
Gallery: Class projects, designs for British Aerospace and deadlines for the newspaper – Banchory schools through the decades
