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Author: Thomas McNally

EIS 175 Anniversary

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Research, interviews and substantive writing:
Adi Bloom

Design and lay-out:
Stuart Cunningham and Paul Benzie

Additional writing and research:
EIS Comms Team and assorted staff members

Printed by:
Ivanhoe Caledonian, Seafield Edinburgh

Photography:
Graham Edwards, Mark Jackson, Elaine Livingston, Toby Long, Ian Marshall, Alan McCredie, Alan Richardson, Graham Riddell, Lenny Smith, Johnstone Syer, Alan Wylie

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Thanks to the many former activists and officers who gave of their time to be interviewed and taken a stroll down memory lane. And of course a very special thanks to the EIS members who created this history through their activism and commitment to the cause of Scottish Education.

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