The following has been added to Al Senter’s Obituary Friends of Al Senter gathered at the National Theatre in London on Tuesday the 7th of June 2022 to celebrate his life. We met up in the foyer of the Lyttelton Theatre where the NT Bookshop was located when Al was the manager. We recounted how […]
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Al Senter
We have posted an obituary of Al Senter who passed away recently after a long illness. There is also an article on this website by Al Senter about his third year rugby team. Al is seen here interviewing Royal High School rector Pauline Walker at our 2015 Annual Dinner. There is also an obituary in […]
The 1934 Melrose Sevens winners
New on the Edinburgh RHS FP Website History section, the story of the success of the Royal High School Former Pupils Rugby Football Club (RHSFP RFC) in the Melrose Sevens in 1921, 1934 and 1962, with biographies of the seven players.
Edinburgh Revisited
New on the Edinburgh RHS FP website News section, an exhibition at the Open Eye gallery in Edinburgh featuring ‘Edinburgh Revisited’, a splendid lavishly illustrated volume of photographs and poetry by RHS 1976 alumni Gordon Hunter and Don Ledingham. And “The First Minister’s Christmas Card”. The Scottish First Minister’s 2021 Christmas card had been created by Emily […]
National Music Centre for Scotland
We have just become aware that the Old Royal High School building in Regent Road is to become a National Music Centre for Scotland. On 7th October 2021 the Edinburgh city council’s finance committee agreed to grant a long-term lease on the building to the Royal High School Preservation Trust, which has secured £55 million […]
Sir Walter Scott 250th anniversary
The great Man’s 250th birthday was celebrated on Saturday 30th October, with a ‘National Service of Thanksgiving for his life and work‘ in St Giles Cathedral, followed by a procession from Parliament Square to the Scott Monument. The school was represented by Head of Biology Gordon Rutter (doubling up in his capacity as Officer to […]
The Janitors
No history of the School is complete without mention of the Janitors who have played a prominent role in school life since 1694. Several have been ex-servicemen, notably Falconer, Percy Campbell 1954-1963 (a sub-mariner and POW for 5 years) and James Fulton MBE 1964-1968 (also a POW). Pupils at the school in 60’s will remember […]
School Remembrance Ceremony 2021
The Royal High School 2021 Remembrance Ceremony is available on YouTube using the link below Kate Fraser used the website Remembrance topics from the Royal High School (Edinburgh) FP Club website, in their entirety in her address to the video-based Remembrance service. The link to the RHS Club Remembrance article is at https://royalhigh.co.uk/remembrance/ The article includes an […]