Millburn Secondary School senior basketball team 1969-70

Millburn Secondary School senior basketball team 1969-70

ID: PC_WGORDON3_003_011 DESCRIPTION: Millburn Secondary School senior basketball team, of the school year 1969-70. Standing left to right, back row, are Hamish Gordon, John MacIver, Robin Morrison, Malcolm Pringle and James Grant. Standing left to right, front row, are Robert Steadwood, Charles Forbes and unknown. The school was established in 1961 as Millburn Junior Secondary School, the school name deriving from the nearby 'Mill Burn.' It was not until 1967 that the school became known as Millburn Academy, having gone through several name changes in the interim. In 1979 Millburn Academy commenced development into a six year school and it has remained as such to the present day. Millburn Academy now has a school role of over 1000 pupils and is held in high regard throughout Scotland for the excellent level of higher education it provides and for its high record of sporting achievement. A new school was opened on November 3rd 2008 and was built on the old school's playing fields. PLACENAME: Inverness OLD COUNTY/PARISH: INVERNESS: Inverness and Bona PERIOD: 1960s; 1970s SOURCE: W Gordon COLLECTION: Winnie Gordon (photographs) Asset ID: 30306 KEYWORDS: