Plaque taken from David Kilpatrick Public School, Leith

The large plaque sits on the boundary of an open area of ground on North Junction Street. The former school is obviously long gone and the engraved stone plaque remains as a record of the building. The inscription reads: "DAVID KILPATRICK" PUBLIC SCHOOL, LEITH. THE MEMORIAL STONE OF THIS PUBLIC SCHOOL WAS LAID ON 27TH SEPTEMBER 1913 BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R.C. MUNRO FERGUSON P.C.. L.L.D.. M.P. FOR LEITH DISTRICT OF BURGHS MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. REV. DAVID KILPATRICK (CHAIRMAN) MRS. ELIZABETH LOGAN CALDER, MR. JAMES MURPHY, MR. J. DUNCAN CRAN, REV. M. O'REILLY, MRS. JANET CRUICKSHANK, REV. JAMES M. STOTT M.A., MR. JAMES DEMPSTER, MR. THOMAS SCOTT, MR. JOHN GARDEN, MR. WM. L. SHARP, MISS CLARICE M. MCNAB, MR GEORGE W. TAIT S.S.C. MR FRANK J. TROTTER, CLERK AND TREASURER, MR GEORGE CRAIG, LICENTIATE, R.I.B.A., ARCHITECT. THE BUILDING WAS READY FOR OCCUPANCY ON 1ST SEPTEMBER, 1915; BUT OWING TO THE PREMISES BEING REQUIRED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR, THEY WERE NOT FULLY UTILISED FOR EDUCATIONAL WORK UNTIL 2ND SEPTEMBER, 1919.

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