The school was celebrating its life and times over the 44 years since it had opened. It was taking a collective trip down memory lane before it relocates after Easter to the new replacement school building on Lothian Crescent. The replacement school, a merger between Whitfield and Newfields Primary Schools, will also house the Whitfield community early-years centre. The new school will be known as Balumbie Primary School.
But Thursday afternoon was all about reminiscing with former pupils and teachers of Whitfield Primary School returning to peer at school photos, press cuttings and memorabilia.
This was certainly an event when I appreciated that the page was being turned on a significant chapter in the life of Whitfield.
