Search results
Jan 4, 2020 · Ian spent most of his life in and around Greenock Academy. His father taught Primary Seven there and Ian himself was a pupil all the way from Primary One to sixth year, when he was head boy.
- Matt Vallance
Dec 21, 2019 · Ian McCrorie, who has died at the age of 78, was a force of nature. To former pupils of Greenock Academy he was a long-standing chemistry and guidance teacher whose involvement in the wider ...
Dec 6, 2019 · TRIBUTE has been paid following the death of Ian McCrorie who was much-loved and highly-regarded in many aspects of life in Inverclyde including education, music, Clyde ferries and steamers and the church.
Dec 5, 2019 · He spent most of his life in and around Greenock Academy. His father taught Primary 7 there and Ian was a pupil all the way from Primary 1 to sixth year, when he was head boy.
Ian McCrorie, who taught chemistry and was assistant rector at Greenock Academy, passed away peacefully on December 5 at Ardgowan Hospice at the age of 78. Ian was born in Union Street, Greenock, on May 6, 1941, the night of the Greenock Blitz, and lived all his life in the town.
Jun 15, 2012 · Ian’s father taught Primary 7 at Greenock Academy until 1951. Ian was a pupil there from 1946 till 1959 (in the Nelson Street building) in both primary and secondary departments. He was Head Boy of the school in session 1958-59.
Ian has recently retired as Assistant Head and Chemistry teacher in Greenock Academy. As official historian of Caledonian MacBrayne, he has published extensively on the vessels, sea routes and piers of the Clyde and the Western Highlands.
