Chris Essex (K69-75) writes : After just 4 weeks notice, 20 1970s leavers and 5 partners travelled up to the College to enjoy a great lunch, an extensive tour of the place and best of all sharing many happy memories with contemporaries. At least one of those attending had not been back in side since they left over 50 years ago!
I provided some statistics on 1970s leavers – there were 886 pupils who left the College in the 1970s and sadly we are aware of 47 deaths. Of the 839 I was able to email 311 and there are another 110 we only have a postal address for and therefore just receive the annual OF Newspaper. The other half (418) we sadly currently have no contact details for & I circulated the list. Please encourage any OFs you are in contact with to make sure that the Society has their up to date contact details.
After the 3 course lunch in Paul’s Courtyard, I read out quite a number of messages from those not able to join us on the day, starting with an apology and message from our new Society President Kim Dickel (M97-98). There were also apologies from our new Hon Gen Sec and former President Simon Dougherty MBE (G60-67) who with his wife Maggie were walking in the French Alps.
Andrew Cook, Director of Development at the College, gave an update on the College and then led us on the tour.
Those attending, in leaving year order, were Norman Porter (K50-57 – former SOF President), Chris Shaw (G64-70), Fred Limer (S61-71), Ian Cockill (S67-73) and Jennifer, Richard Elliott (R64-73) and Sarah, Terry Hurlock (R66-73), David Carr (S67-74), Simon Bloomfield (K68-75), John Ellerby (G67-75), Chris Essex (K69-75), Nick Jacob (K67-75), Andy Slade (K71-75) and Louise, Paul Geater (R68-77) and Judy, Mike Schneidau (M72-77), Malvern Tipping (M73-78), Andrew George (K74-79), Paul Goring (M74-79) and Sarah, Jeremy Kemp (S74-79), Graham Scott (M74-79) and Michael Stewart (K69-79).
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