Rutherglen Academy Pictures
A Bad Memory from 1969
Of course not all times at Rutherglen Academy were pleasant ones. It would be kidding ourselves to suggest otherwise.
Recently a classmate recalled how, during late 1969, several pupils -
Yet, despite what was widely known then about regular hand washing as a principle means of infection control, not once, in any of the boys’ toilets or on any of the public wash hand basins available to pupils at Rutherglen Academy, did I see soap.
So perhaps it’s unsurprising that such a large number took ill that term. For example
-
Unforgettable!