The Rev Malcolm Lyon, minister, Musselburgh: St Michael’s Inveresk
“As I sat down to think through this question, to my utter surprise, there are quite a few teachers who fit the bill and I had never really realised or appreciated how much of an influence my schooldays are playing on my journey through life.
“My wife and I both went to the same schools, King’s Meadow and Knox Academy, in Haddington and over the years as we have recalled friends of the past and old classmates, teachers inevitably get a mention. Some teachers taught both of us although not in the same class.