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lefthanded Sat 24-Sept-16 15:03:39

My year was only the second year that it was mixed (or "co-educational" to use the 1960s buzzword). Previously boys and girls were on the same site, but attended segregated classes.

Stansgran Sat 24-Sept-16 14:48:02

DH has a 50th graduation next summer. I have mixed feelings about going. Some we still keep in touch with anyway but going back to Liverpool is always a bit sad as I associate more with funerals than fun.

Judthepud2 Sat 24-Sept-16 14:35:47

We had a school reunion the year we were all 50. I walked into the room and had to look at the name badges to recognise most of them. Very surreal experience! On closer inspection, the familiar faces began to appear through the ravages of time. BUT the personalities were much the same. The rich mean girl crowd were still just that and I could feel my old sense of inferiority beginning to resurface.

Fascinating life stories though. Hope it goes well lefthanded.

shysal Sat 24-Sept-16 13:09:35

Was it a boys school or mixed, lefthanded? I, perhaps wrongly, assume most of those who attend this sort of occasion only go if they have done well for themselves and are proud of their achievements. (And why not?! grin). That is the very reason I have never been to one!
Hope you have a great time. brew

spyder08 Sat 24-Sept-16 12:32:28

Hope you have a lovely evening lefthanded...as Alima says...don't forget the camera!

jusnoneed Sat 24-Sept-16 12:24:05

Hope you have a good evening.
There was one for my old school, organised for 60th birthday year, last Saturday. I didn't go (don't live near there now) and to be honest there are only a couple of people I would ever want to be in touch with - and I am already. We meet up a couple times a year now, have a nice lunch and catch up, and we have always written since we moved into different areas.

janeainsworth Sat 24-Sept-16 12:09:36

Enjoy your evening lefthanded.

BlueBelle Sat 24-Sept-16 12:00:01

I and a friend organised a school reunion last year we had 70 turn up ( we were only a school of 200+ ) it was really good I d never been to any before as I didn't fancy them but I really enjoyed this one and now in touch with a number of school friends through FB and email

There are a dozen of us who meet up every month and have done for about ten years I m not close with all of them probably four who I see outside the group but it's still nice to reminisce and swap photos etc

Alima Sat 24-Sept-16 11:53:20

Have a brilliant evening lefthanded, remember to take some pictures!

lefthanded Sat 24-Sept-16 11:45:58

I left school in 1967 (aged 16). I never really kept in touch with my school companions, and out of the 130+ of us in that intake year I really only know 4 today (and one of those lives in Tasmania).

We held a reunion in 1991, which was the year that we all turned 40. For a variety of reasons I was in an unhappy place in the early nineties and although I went to that reunion I don't really remember it.

Well this year we all turn 65, and we have another reunion - tonight. My life is a bit different today to how it was in 1991. I am solvent, sober (teetotal in fact), and loving life. So I am going to see how many people I can recognise. Wish me luck!