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Well, after all the advertising, the evening arrived. Around 40-50 people visited the Exhibition on teh Saturday afternoon and surprised Peter Chester by filling in lots of blanks on some of his pictures. (Names not grafiti). Thanks very much to Peter for organising that. He would like to have any memorabilia you would like to find a good home for, to continually improve the Exhibition at the College. In the evening around 90 Old Coathamians met at the Rugby Club and by all accounts had a great time. Badges, next time I think, to lose some of the uncertainty of identification. Personally, while it was very nice to meet so many people that I had only met before through e-mail I was delighted to meet the eight or so classmates of my own year who had come. It was my first reunion and to see them all after thirty odd years was very emotional. Of course everyone remembers embarrassing moments that we would rather forget, but the good humour and genuine interest people showed made it a wonderful evening for me. It was lovely to meet up with Brian Jack,Alan Old, Pete Nightingale and Tony Allison, and delightful to see Doug Gillett so well, after the scares for his health of two years ago. The next reunion will be on Saturday June 25th 2005. Perhaps some alternative arrangements could be made for the Saturday during the day (I know that some people had an informal game of golf.) This should enable those of you who gave feeble excuses like “living in Australia or Canada” to plan your holidays in good time. Finally, Thanks again to Stuart Fawcett for organising the do and thanks to all of you who said such nice things about the website. I would be happy to extend the picture gallery here with your own pictures if you send them to me. Also, if anyone wants the high quality version of any of these pictures, just let me know and I will e-mail the ones you want. My apologies if you escaped my camera and thanks to Phil Broomhead who has loaned me a number of photos to add to the website. Best Wishes until next time and I hope you see a few pounds less of me by then........... and I will NOT be driving back to Rochdale the same evening and will be delighted to accept the libations offered. |
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