Murrary Henderson lived at Oxendean Sawmill on the Duns Castle Estate until he was 2 years old. After that he lived for a time in Pitlochry and then in Jedburgh before moving to Clumledge Mill from where he attended Preston village school followed by the Berwickshire High School. In this piece he talks about his primary schooling in Preston village school.

Murrary Henderson lived at Oxendean Sawmill on the Duns Castle Estate until he was 2 years old. After that he lived for a time in Pitlochry and then in Jedburgh before moving to Clumledge Mill from where he attended Preston village school followed by the Berwickshire High School. Murray is currently involved with the Wildlife Trust and History Society and other groups in the town. Here he is speaking about the school dinners when he was a pupil at the Duns High School

Murrary Henderson was born in 1945 and attended Preston Primary School followed by Duns High School. Murray is involved with the Wildlife Trust and History Society and other groups in the town. School life has changed in several ways but maybe the pupils haven't! The subject of 'Activities' gave children to try something different and it seems sometimes they were disappointed. Murray Henderson tells a story.

Isabel Allan was born in 1941 and lived at Cumledge Mill and went to school at Preston. Her father was a haulier for the mill collecting coal from the station to drive the looms for the mills blanket making. In this extract she talks about the school toilets! The photograph of school children shows pupils from the whole school. We have a few names which you can see by using the 'Transcript' key, please let us know of any others you recognise.