William Armitage was a student at the Royal College of Science and Technology and later lecturer in operational analysis and accounting at the University of Strathclyde.
Following posts with Manchester Public Libraries and the Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Lawrence Ardern was librarian at the Scottish College of Commerce, 1962-1964, and deputy librarian at the University of Strathclyde, 1964-1972. He was an expert in the field of micrographics. Following his retirement, he opened a bookshop in Kirkcudbright.
Florence Adams was a student at the Glasgow Provincial Training College from 1919 to 1921.
Georgina Paterson Mathie received an MA degree from Glasgow University in 1924, later going on to study at Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow. She received a further two degrees from Glasgow University, her thesis submitted in 1946 was entitled, ‘A clinical study of the infantile child’.
In 1949, Georgina Paterson Mathie went on to work for Stirling County Council in the Child Guidance department. She retired from this post in 1968.
Bet Low was born in Gourock in 1924. She studied at Glasgow School of Art also attending Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow. During her training at Jordanhill she became a friend of the comedian Stanley Baxter and became involved with the Unity Theatre.
She co-founded, along with John Taylor and Cyril Gerber, the New Charing Cross Gallery in Glasgow in 1963.
Alexander Gardner was a physical education student at Jordanhill Training College, Glasgow from 1939 to 1942. His studies were interrupted by war service with the Royal Navy.
Joseph Foxworthy was born in Glasgow in 1987. He attended St Mungo’s School, and after some years working in the Civil Service, went to Glasgow University and graduated with first class honours in English in 1924. He underwent teacher training at Jordanhill College of Education the following year and took up a teaching position in St Patrick’s School, Dumbarton.
In 1928, he married Elizabeth Costello in Dublin and in the same year published a book of poems by Porpoise Press under the title of ‘Shy Traffickers’.
In 1933, Foxworthy was appointed headmaster of the newly built St. Modan’s School in St. Ninians, near Stirling. He remained in this post until 1952 when he retired. He died in 1975.
David Cunningham, known as Kenneth, was a student at Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow from 1968 to 1972. He was a member of the Student Representative Council and treasurer from 1971 to 1972.
Marjorie Cairns was a student at Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow from 1944 to 1945. She trained at Hillhead School, Glasgow.
James Wallace was a student of Mathematics at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College from about 1907 to 1909.