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I took my partner to Specsavers in town for an eye test and I was left waiting in a waiting area on the first floor while tests were done. The address is 56 Union Street Aberdeen.
I was sitting opposite e a staircase that went up another 2 floors.
While I sat there I saw many pairs of boots going up and down those narrow stairs - very neat, polished, Victorian boots with high heels and buttons. But the quantity was too many for just workers...and too neat really. It then came to me that it was some kind of school for women.
The building was unlikely. It was a 3 storey narrow building with large windows but nothing like a modern school layout. I asked the staff if it used to be school but nobody knew and I just got a lot of funny looks.
So I researched it when I got home. I found this -
Scottish Post Office Directory 1849-1850
(186) - Towns > Aberdeen > 1848-1854 - Post-office directory > 1849-1850 - Scottish Directories - National Library of Scotland
Page 182
'Teachers' - Meston Thomas, 56 Union Street.
I have also found an advert for the finishing school in another publication for that address.
So it did used to be a school for girls in 1850.
I was sitting opposite e a staircase that went up another 2 floors.
While I sat there I saw many pairs of boots going up and down those narrow stairs - very neat, polished, Victorian boots with high heels and buttons. But the quantity was too many for just workers...and too neat really. It then came to me that it was some kind of school for women.
The building was unlikely. It was a 3 storey narrow building with large windows but nothing like a modern school layout. I asked the staff if it used to be school but nobody knew and I just got a lot of funny looks.
So I researched it when I got home. I found this -
Scottish Post Office Directory 1849-1850
(186) - Towns > Aberdeen > 1848-1854 - Post-office directory > 1849-1850 - Scottish Directories - National Library of Scotland
Page 182
'Teachers' - Meston Thomas, 56 Union Street.
I have also found an advert for the finishing school in another publication for that address.
So it did used to be a school for girls in 1850.