. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. lock ofbuildings known as Richmond Place, occu-pies the site of the Trades School. In1826 the Convenery of the Six IncorporatedTrades of Elgin, realizing that the familiesof the more straitened craftsmen,workmen, and mechanics of the townwere placed at considerable disad-vantage for want of a school, wheretheir children might receive a soundcommercial education at reasonablefees, opened such a school in their Trades Hall in High Street,which, under the tuition of Mr William Russell, became a greatsuccess. Twelve years la
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. lock ofbuildings known as Richmond Place, occu-pies the site of the Trades School. In1826 the Convenery of the Six IncorporatedTrades of Elgin, realizing that the familiesof the more straitened craftsmen,workmen, and mechanics of the townwere placed at considerable disad-vantage for want of a school, wheretheir children might receive a soundcommercial education at reasonablefees, opened such a school in their Trades Hall in High Street,which, under the tuition of Mr William Russell, became a greatsuccess. Twelve years later the Convenery felt the time hadcome to build a school. Disposing of their old Trades Hall, andsupplemented by subscriptions from town and county, sufficientfunds were raised. This Trades School was opened in 1838, MrRussell continuing to conduct the classes till his death. Hewas succeeded by Mr James Mackenzie, who was for twenty-eightyears the faithful and esteemed teacher, one of the best of the manyteachers with whom Elgin for generations has been favoured. With. Old St Giles Pulpit. 6 ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT the passing of the Education Act of 1872 the Trades School ceased tobe a necessity, and having served its purpose was closed in 1874. Irefer to all this because many may not be aware of the practical servicesthe Incorporated Trades had rendered to education. There are stillmen and women who recall with great pleasure the fact that they hadreceived their education at the Trades School, and although it hasdisappeared from the educational activities of the city, it remains avery dear memory. (For a history of the Incorporated Trades seeAppendix.) A little way down Institution Road we have St Sylvesters RomanCatholic Church with school adjoining. When the storm of the Reforma-tion broke in 1560 it was unlooked for by the Catholic Church, andtheir expectation of a restoration through the knowledge that thenation was not by any means unanimous in the change, protractedthe
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