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| Book "Stories of the Life Boat and the Fire Brigade" by Frank Mundell. Publisher: The Sunday School Union, 57 and 59 Ludgate Hill E.C. London 1894. Prize Plate inside the book states "Avondale School Board, Academy Higher Grade School, Strathaven, Senior Department 1st Class 1st Prize awarded to David Anderson for English and Arithmetic, 1st for Writing 25th June 1915.
Items from this archive relate to the Anderson family of Strathaven. David Fyfe Anderson (senior) was a draper in Waterside Street in the town and was married to Mary Ann Anderson (nee MacKay), their son David Fyfe Anderson attended Strathaven Academy and Glasgow Academy where he was dux and he later went on to become an eminent doctor in Glasgow. Daughter Margaret Mackay Anderson attended Strathaven Academy and Hamilton Grammar where she was dux, she later studied German and French at Glasgow University. |
