1974: Life at Britain's SMALLEST SCHOOL | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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- Nationwide reporter John Swinfield travels to the Scottish Highlands, to speak with students at the smallest school in Britain - both of them.
Originally broadcast 13 June, 1974.
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I would have liked to hear the teacher being interviewed, too.
i’d love to know so much more about this charming story. i’d love to hear from the children now.
See my comment above!
Ditto, would be very interesting to see how these children are now as adults living this incredible life.
I thought I had a small primary school with 72 pupils
It was quite easy to track them down using Scotland's People and Facebook (I'm nosey). Catriona married three times and is now Catriona Miller. Alexandra married twice and is now Alexandra Hope. The unborn one was to be named Fraser Diarmid Cairney. They all still live in the North of Scotland. They will surely remember being filmed but I think they have probably no idea it's now turned up on RUclips!
Nice job, mate! Someone needs to tell them about this video!
Honestly a bit creepy stalking them.
@@cait812 Did the BBC get their permission to put this on RUclips 50 years later? I'm not stalking anyone, I didn't contact any of them on Facebook, merely looked for them out of curiosity. If anyone wants to message them, that's up to them. I'm fairly sure they'd love to be told about such a happy memory of their childhood.
@@joeduffy52 hi ya, joe. i appreciate your sleuthing, and it can in no way be considered stalking. (for crying out loud!) i hope the children (now grown-ups) do find out about the video and gift us a little sharing of their thoughts. they should get the bbc to do a follow-up!
cool!
I taught a class of one for a while. It was terrific. Lots of walking and teaching, getting the challenge just right for the 'whole class', and so many laughs. It was worrying when the child began to pick up my mannerisms though.
Two of the luckiest school children in the world. Paradise. I wonder what they are doing now.....
It's like another world. I bet it blew their minds when they went to the other school.
Waaah i bet the children are in their 60s now and the land rover is still in working condition🐱👍🏿
Two thirds of all land rover products made are still running
I doubt it
@@handsoffmycactus2958 they were made back then reliably unlike the modern range rovers today which are endless money pits
The pause and rethink after "I told them wh.." is hilarious, we all know what he really said lol 😂
Where I grew up on a group of islands on one of the islands the school only has two pupils as well. They were super clever as guess it's basically like one on one tutoring lol
this is heartfelt
It looks idyllic and they were lovely children but when the girl said she'd always wanted to go on a train but never had it just seemed a bit sad to me.
Getting everything you want is proven to be harmful to character & satisfaction in life. I know kids that can't go past middle school (8th grade), because it costs money. Sad is a matter of perspective.
don't be sad = Im sure shes been on one by now
I was born and raised in Shetland. To this day there are no trains and it was always my wish. Got eventually at 18 when I first left the island and visited Scotland. Didn't like the sensation or the actual 'mainland'/Scotland. In Shetland, we call the 'big island' our Mainland but the mainland proper, is Scotland!
How lovely!
Thanks for this, very interesting!
One recurring theme in all the videos is how much better people were dressed and groomed. People took more pride in their appearance it seems. You wouldn’t have someone in the PJs out or dirty tracksuits as you see now.
Wow my ideal place to live , the freedom the quietness the landscape, escape from the madness 👍
That's what I thought spontaneously, but I'm afraid there are no safe places left on this planet today if the worst comes to the worst. Hopefully the red button folks will come to their senses soon.
@@Volker_GR your right there
TBF that land was cleared and most tenants evicted by the Staffords 200 years ago; a shameful chapter in history
@@garryleeks4848 Or his left there
@@johnmcgahern3946 right on there 👍
She is dressed so modestly 👍
Who is “she” which girl /woman are you on about you creepy cu t
Apart from the isolation, an ideal education
I wonder how many empty villages were round about that school.
I wonder how they are today...
See my comment above!
@@joeduffy52 Okay!
Apparently the boy ended up in prison for armed robbery in 82 and the girl became an alcoholic living in a squalid flat in Glasgow.
@@areyouserious3092 Aye, and the faither is Lord Lucan under that bushy beard.
🤣🤣🤣@@areyouserious3092
Made Me Smile ! I wonder if the two kids are still in Contact with each other ?
See my comment above!
I wonder if they had a sports day , although the relay might be a problem.
Any clips of talking to the teacher?
Has anyone any idea what the name of that pastoral tune is at 2:25?
I kept waiting for this to turn into a Hammer psychological horror film..
Good example of how public services have been decimated since then
I so kike the fact they tell you who the reporter is, as they don't often do that when they share these clips on Facebook.
This looks lovely on film but then I looked up where Loch Choire is. Similar to Altnaharra. Harsh, bitterly cold for many months in winter then midge infested in summer. Did they even have TV?
ok the wife had four kids, cool. I wonder How many the teacher had lol 🤣
Great gift, grace of god’s given.
2:50 that lamb was put in a pie
nice
No telly no signal no barbers...but yes we can RIDE A BIKE!!!!!
Imagine comparing 70's Inverness to current day. In comparison it's practically a metropolis now!
O where does the teacher live?
What a culture shock going to the secondary would be😮 . I work in the countryside and spend a lot of free time there. Still I'm not sure these really small schools are a good idea. Your average schools in small to medium sized towns expose kids to a much wider range of society. It must have been quite traumatic for those kids to have to go and stay in a school boarding house in a town or larger village.
Father concerned his son doesn’t have any other boys to fight with! Worried he will be unable to defend himself
What's the village called, does anyone know?
Just found out that it's called Loch Choire! Wonder what those children are doing today?
@@ArtfulMaverick probably retired in their 60s today
Cutemuir (just kidding!!) The rural people of Britain are so pretty though!!
when the world was in black and white
so, i'm guessing, the teacher lives on-site?
How gorgeous and healthy the scottish highlanders (just like Norwegians) are despite their poverty!!! Must be the fresh air and clean food!!!
Bit like the Irish in prior generations
PLUS GOLDEN HEARTS 💕
The Gamer Gentlemen's voice is similar to Late Hollywood actor Robbin William's and the parents were much aware that something can't be snatched from someone is their education and how important it will be to the children.
No…..
1:57 - are they praying? The grasp of the church on English schools is so 19th century. I've heard it is even worse in Ireland.
grasp? lol
In 1974 in the UK every school day started with an assembly (an "act of collective worship") in which hymns would have been sung and prayers would be said. This was a legal requirement under the 1944 Education Act - but individual parents did have the right to object, in which case their children would be excused from taking part. The law was superseded by the 1988 Education Reform Act.
By the way, this school was in Scotland, not England.
Absolutely decent people. I am happy they enjoyed a healthy youth, unaware of how awful life would become in 21st century UK.
Always preferred STV myself...
Idyllic
I would call him a tooter not a school teacher.
Depends on what she ate....
Surely you mean “tutor” perhaps you should invest in an education yourself or a dictionary at least ?
@@handsoffmycactus2958 my little sister says it is spelled right.
didn't they have colour tv back in the 70's???
Unfortunately not. The UK didn't get colour TV until the late 90s. And even then it was dull grays and brown.
@@areyouserious3092 think u mean the eighties
@@As-zn3cd No definitely the 90s. It's the same as cars. The UK didn't get its first family car until about 1982 and even then you could only buy dark blue ones. Of course now days you can get well over 6 colours so things have improved.
Yeah
@@As-zn3cd no it was the late 60s. BBC2 Colour began in 1967, BBC1 Colour and ITV began broadcasting in colour simultaneously in 1969. It wasn’t mainstream until the early 70s.
Sorry, I’ve got no head!
1:06 Michael eavis with a full beard, , it could of been another Glastonbury
Pity it's not like this now too many foreigners who can't speak English and they get better help than our own kids
isolated populations tend to be inbred
Aren't we all?🤔
@@johnmcgahern3946 to varying degrees. but some are a lot worse than others.
I hear you. Many are pure and have other CLANS that they intermingle with.. CJ x
sweet xx
Do you reckon he went for a kebab afterwards? Looks like he fancies a kebab.