A north-east man is endeavouring to catch up with people he went to primary school with – the year they will be turning 70.
Peter Greig went to Peterculter Primary School in the 1950s and left in 1959.
Now he is planning a reunion for the class.
The 69-year-old, who now lives in Stonehaven, said: “This year is a milestone in that class as quite a few will be reaching the grand old age of 70.
“When you reach those moments in your life you tend to look back and wonder.
“I would like to take the question marks away and hold a reunion for those who wish to attend.”
In the days when Mr Greig was at school, pupils took an exam at the end of primary and were separated into A, B and C classes in secondary according to their results.
But some who were put in the lowest class went on to thrive, and this is part of the reason why Mr Greig wants to catch up with them.
He said: “A lot of people from the C class went on to set up their own business.
“You wonder how did the education system let them down, what did it not see in them?”
When he left school,the oil boom was yet to get going so the sector did not dominate the career choice of people leaving school as did in the decades which followed.
Mr Greig said: “People did pretty much everything, I had one friend who became a solicitor, I went into engineering, others went into general business.”
“People went all over, some went to Canada and some to Australia and some stayed in Peterculter.
“In those days you could go to Australia from Southampton in a special deal for £10.”
He hopes to make contact with as many people ahead of the reunion which he wants to take place in September.
Anyone from the class or with information can contact him on loreen.peter@tinyworld.co.uk
