"The Academy" primary school, Derry Road Strabane
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"The Academy" primary school, Derry Road Strabane
Image: © Des Colhoun Taken: 14 Jul 2001
Basher, Bomber and Miss Adams come to mind when I look at this photo. I attended here in 1957 and am most thankful for that. Basher was an inspired teacher and Bomber was Mr Stirling the headmaster, a credit to the teaching profession. He could handle the cane and I have only one memory of perhaps one miscarriage of justice. He called a boy to "come here" for punishment who had the same surname as myself. My mind was elsewhere at the time and although I was not the intended victim he told me that I would not have "come here" if I was innocent so his only course of action was to cane both of us. I have only gratitude for Mr Stirling and forgive him entirely.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.832395
Longitude
-7.46389