Hilton Academy was a school well-loved by its pupils with its premises in the heart of the community.
From school trips and art clubs to winning awards and working to better the world through charity efforts, youngsters could anticipate encouragement from their teachers and peers to fight for what they believed in.
Explore our nostalgia-filled gallery which shows off the unbeatable spirit of the school through fundraisers, speeches and even fond farewells.
Did you attend or teach at Hilton Academy? Can you spot any familiar faces below?
1970 – A group of pupils making good use of their school library’s array of books.
1983 – Fifth-year prefect Linda Simpson addresses a meeting of Hilton Academy pupils as the fight to save threatened Hilton Academy started in earnest, with pupils and parents rallying round the staff.
1984 – Celebrating with a pint of milk after winning an art competition run by the Aberdeen and District Milk Marketing Board are, from left, Lloyd Paterson, 14, Jan Crowe, 15, and Gillian Dingwall, 15.
1984 – Pupil Lisa Gordon presents a cheque for £120 to Oxfam’s district secretary Pauline Wilson.
1984 – Pupils who took the first four places in the age 14 category of a RSPCC poster competition.
1984 – Head teacher Charles Milne with pupils and staff after hearing the school’s future was safe.
1984 – Third-year pupils on an educational tour of Kildonnan Investment’s Sunnyside development at Drumoak.
1984 – Head teacher Charles Milne and a group of pupils celebrating the end of a threat-of-closure period.
1985 – Some of the 41 pupils and five teachers who left Aberdeen by coach on a trip to Italy and Yugoslavia.
1988 – Pupils getting set to deliver firewood – offcuts from the technical department – to pensioners in Hilton.
1987 – Rector Douglas Marr presents a token of appreciation to Vicky Smith, who designed the school logo.
1988 – Pupil Stephen Duguid speaking at a meeting about controversial school closures.
1988 – The last of Hilton Academy’s pupils wave their old school goodbye on the day it closed its doors for the last time.
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Gallery: Looking back at the passionate pupils of Hilton Academy
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