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

Hill Walking Club climbed Ben Nevis in 1966.

Writing in the Northfield Secondary School Magazine at the time, Dennis Christie 3S and Alan harrow IVS recalled:

“We travelled to Inverness, then down past the lochs to Fort William, then two miles on to Glen Nevis Hostel where we were to stay the two nights.

On Saturday morning we got ready to start our ascent. The climb was very steep at the start until we reached the path at 1000ft.  Although strewn with boulders, it was a lot easier.  We stopped for lunch at 2000ft and then started climbing the most difficult part.  The snow was now very deep and we were becoming very tired.  However, we struggled on to the top and the joy at our success overcame our fatigue.

We came down at considerable pace, and after falling in the snow many times reached the bottom where we took off all our wet clothes and had a meal before returning to Fort William for the night. ”

From the school archives…. 1979

Northfield Academy celebrated winning the Under 13s football league cup in 1979. Aberdeen Football Club manager Alex Ferguson  presented the League Trophy to team captains David Morland and Stuart Manson at a special school assembly with coach Ken McKenzie looking on.