Above left: Circa 1993-94: Mr Pollard, Head Master talking to two girls in Front Hall. Left is Mrs Miles who taught Classic and Latin. The photo had been taken for display purposes and used on open days for the school. (If anyone can identify the two pupils please let me know). Right: August 2013 showing Front Hall today (Photo: Liz Donlan)

Liz Donlan spoke to Steve of Crudens (the Building Contractors) in August 2013 who confirmed the following:
"• It is the original fireplace with a new hearth and new inners to cover the tiles.

• The staircase up to, and including, the first landing is the original. The staircase up the second flight of stairs and on the second landing is new and was matched, as near as possible, to the original. The original was brushed and paint-sprayed and the new was just paint-sprayed. We couldn't have kept to the original because it would have needed to have been stripped down to the original wood and would have been horrendous – besides which, it wasn't in the remit! The new staircase was brought in in two complete sections and hoisted into position.

• There had been a lot of rework to do after the previous contractors and whilst there are still a few minor teething problems to finish we are pleased with the overall result."

Display/Trophy Cabinet
Note the cups, trophies, shields and bible in the display cabinet in the left-hand photo above. Some of these were found and returned to Liz Donlan in September 2013.

Liz Donlan arranged for the cabinet to be used for St Elphin's School memorabilia which has been welcomed by not only former pupils and staff of the school, but, also, by residents and visitors to St Elphin's Park. Over the years various memorabilia items have been added and the silverware has been cleaned by Liz Bailey-Donlan, Angie Tye-Marrows, Lizzy Atwell-Dickie and Beverley Grierson.

In October 2019, Angie Marrows (nee Tye) and her husband, Roy, revamped the cabinet with some additional shelves which Roy had kindly made for us.

Photo: Angie Marrows.