The Ragged School Edinburgh…21st April 2007
Personal Feedback by,
Mary Cunningham SP Investigator.

THE RAGGED SCHOOL
Orignally sited next to the Camera Obscura Outlook Tower in Ramsay Lane.
Established in 1847 by Dr. Thomas Guthrie, a preacher and reformer, this boarding school housed 45 of the old town’s most destitute children.They were educated, fed and lived here.
The boys were also taught how to make shoes and clothes whilst the girls were trained to be ‘thrifty wives for working men’

Scottish Paranormal Team in attendance:
Ryan O`Neill
Mary Cunningham
Jim Cunningham
Ewan Irvine
Andrea Byrne
Scott Drinkel
Emma Clark
Heather
Fiona Williamson.
Equipment used: Full set-up.

Arriving at the old school in early afternoon we were ushered inside by one of the staff members there. My expectations were high and I wasn`t disappointed.The school was fantastic and had that certain feel to it. Steeped in history and, if only walls could talk I`m sure they could tell me a thing or two of what went on there. Not being a Sensitive or Medium myself I relied on what Fiona and Heather would pick up, if anything, again I wasn’t disappointed.
Throughout my whole time spent there at the school I can honestly say that my mind did wander sometimes when hearing about the things that may have went on there, punishments using a cane and getting put in cupboards were picked up on by our Team Mediums. I did at one point find myself having trouble taking down the Mediums notes for our records. I could so relate to some of the children that had been in that school as I myself had been in a similar situation a long long time ago, not an orphan but, experienced first hand what it was like to be in a place like that with other kids in the same circumstances as me.
Seeing that little old battered pram that belonged to a child at one time sitting in the middle of the room almost made me cry and, it did bring some memories flooding back to me, some happy and some not so happy.
I really did enjoy the day there at the school and setting up our equipment but, I felt we didn’t have enough time in the place to really get into it deeper. I hope that sometime in the not so distant future Scottish Paranormal will revisit this place when we can stay longer and maybe have some “quiet” to continue our research and bring a little piece of History to all our Forum members.

A big thank you to the staff at the school for letting us come in, see you again soon.