These teenagers seem to be enjoying their class at Allan Glen’s school in 1953, following  a long line of young students who made the most of the education it provided from 1853.
This image was taken as the  school celebrated its centenary – with Mr A A Smith’s engineering class focusing on the lesson at hand, as generations before them had.
The school was founded on the death of Mr Glen, atradesman and successful Glasgow businessman, who left a trust. He  instructed that the school give the sons of tradesmen or those in “the industrial classes” a practical education to prepare them for
a career.
The Townhead facility had space for 40 to 50 pupils, who paid for the scientific and techincal education if they could afford it, but were given free classes if they showed ability but could not afford to pay.
The school merged with colleges and went through a number of name changes, before becoming Allan Glen’sSecondary School in 1973, after selective schools were ended by the local authority in 1972.
Former pupils include MPs, engineers, industrialists and businessemen, with some
actors, including Dirk Bogarde, as well.

Glasgow Times:

Bad weather affects everyone – and everything. This lad is doing his bit to help the birds get through a
chilly winter’s day in Glasgow’s George Square