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<\/a>Mrs Ramsay’s Class 1915<\/em><\/p>\nThe school continued to be in Smith Street until 1883 in a building used by the Skin, Hide, Fats and Wool Co. The next year it was transferred to its present site in Holmston Road, and in 1930 its name was changed to Holmston Public School.<\/p>\n
The Holmston Scroll<\/em><\/p>\n The bequest of John Smith would do little to maintain a school today, and the school has long ceased to serve the poor to any greater extent than the other schools in the town. It is good however that the original benefactor will not be forgotten – the name is commemorated in the school\u2019s Charter for its Coat of Arms granted on the 27th April 1950. Still clearly visible, inscribed in Ballochmyle red freestone on the front of the school facing Holmston Road, are the words Smith\u2019s Institution. Time and man permitting, John Smith may well be remembered well into the twenty first century.<\/p>\n Gallery of Photos<\/strong><\/p>\n The origins of Holmston Primary School can be traced back to the early nineteenth century when Captain John Smith ,a mariner and native of Ayr, bequeathed the sum of \u00a32,000 to found a school for educating the children of the poor, where the master\u2019s salary should be provided by interest earned on the money invested … Continue reading School History<\/span> <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a>