Northfield Academy has a strong history of school shows and musical performances. Today’s archive photo showcases the cast of Tiddler’s Trials. The school pantomime script was written by Mr Wood with help from Mr West and Mr Burnett. The music was written by Mr Nicholson. Tiddler’s Trials was performed in Christmas 1966.

The story was about a boy called Tom Tiddler who was very poor but later inherited a fortune.

The hero was played by William Sim with other leading roles played by James Clark, Jane Edwards, Avril Souden, Alan Sutton, Peter Buchan, Edwin Robb and Patrick Dalgarno.

The first foreign trip in April 1958 took 35 pupils and 6 members of staff on a 14 night tour of Holland.  Numerous trips to Holland have followed since.

The party consisted of

Girls – Joan Beagle, Sheena Brand, Gwen Bruce, Sandra Campbell, Wilma Coutts, Marjorie Gerrard, Anne Hamilton, Margaret Jackson, Isabel Johnston, Muriel Milne, Sheena Murdoch, Margaret Naughton, Patricia Rhind, Louisa Tait, Eileen walker, Margaret Walker, Lyndsay Watson, Gladys Wilson

Boys – Ian Anderson, Ivor Anderson, Dennis Beattie, Gordon Bennett, Steven Brodie, Terence Cadman, George Durward, Alexander Geddes, Douglas Glass, James Green, Charles Hendry, Ronald Mennie, Stewart Raeburn, George Robertson, Roy Rogers, Kenneth Ross, Gordon Smith

Staff –  Miss L E Buchan, Miss L Dickie, Miss M Willox, Mr J Eddison, Mr D Masson, Mr G Moir

Today in school the Staff Photograph of 2016 was taken. Looking back in the archives, the first full staff photograph we have dates from 1992.  24 years on, five staff in this photograph still work in the school. Can you spot them?

Northfield Academy celebrates its 60^th anniversary in August this year. As way of a build up to our celebrations, each week we will share another photograph from our archives. Can you recognise anyone in our photograph this week?

Taken in 1961/2  a group of girls are photographed with the first Head Teacher James Eddison.

Back Row (r to l)  Lesley Smith, Jeanette Porter, Marjory Reid, Hazel Bruce, Evelyn McKenzie, Margo Hughes, Anne Cooper

Middle Row (r to l) Joan Dempster, Adelaine Anderson, Christina Baxter, Maureen Annand, Lorna Baker, Christina Park, Margaret Rebecca

Front Row (r to l) Kathleen Cruickshank, Jennifer Forbes, Helen Jamieson, James Eddision, Pamela Morland, Kathleen Gordon, Lillian Rettie