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Photos from Michael Lenaghan |
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| St. Columba's
1962/63 |
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| In early 1963 some of us went on a
trip to visit Abbotsford the home of Sir Walter Scott.
When we got there it was closed for renovations. I
returned in 2017 and finally got my tour of the place. |
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I took a group photo outside of the house. L-R Iain
McDonald, Peter Shorrock, Michael Costello, Thomas
"Tucker" O'Neill, Peter DeSouza(?), Tom McKeith, Paul
Glover, Fr. Ball, Billy Tonner, Tom Osowski, Jim
Gunning, Peter Coyle, Mick Cairns, Jim Kelly, Fr. Gerry
Smulders, Simon Blandford, Denis Starkey, Thomas Hillas
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unknown, Sean McAnallan(?), Michael Lenaghan, John
Conway
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A few minutes later John gets up to leave. L-R John
Leyland, myself, Sean McAnallan, John Conway
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| A blurry John Joyce
(With respect,
as I recall, John was always a bit 'blurry'. :-) -ts) |
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Me playing moth organ. The dancers are L-R
Anthony Quinn, Damien Moran and Tom Osowski |
| L-R Mick Cairns, Damien Moran, Tom Osowski, Anthony
Quinn, Dobbin |
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A view of the chapel, tower and Melrose dorm. You
can also see the row of huts in the foreground. Many of
the Brothers had their rooms there. |
| Me in a kilt. This was Paddy
McKinlay's kilt |
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I don't know these boys. I assume the one on
the left was a younger brother of the other. Can anyone
name them?
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John Conway
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John Leyland (sitting) and Anthony Quinn
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Mick Cairns on the green
suspension bridge across the Tweed.
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Ronnie O'Connor |
Thomas "Tucker" O'Neill
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and then came the fire..... |