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Quotation dates: 1991-1992
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NORMAL SCHOOL, prop. n. College for training school teachers.Gsw. 1991 Anna Blair More Tea at Miss Cranston's 40:
And with the 'blue' [trams] to the Normal School, the 'green' to the east end, the yellow along Allison Street, folk made their colour-coded way from the city-centre grid to all points of the compass.Edb. 1992:
There used to be a Normal School in Edinburgh — Dalry Road I think it was...
