Organisers of First (07) Reunion
Just to let you that the original idea came from Mary Harries. Working in Barclays Bank Carmarthen she sees plenty of people.I (Ruth Phillips) have helped with the advertising and organising of the venue and school. Also been tracking people down with the help of Liz and Glyn (plus many others of course who have helped with information).
Thanks
I'd like to thank Mary, Glyn and Liz for helping me track down all of you.
Especially Liz who has helped me out no end with the teachers names and contact details.
This has been a group effort as its not the sort of job one person can do on their own and we've only been able to trace so many due to combined efforts - so thanks again.
We're sorry for the few we couldn't locate but we may track them down by next time!!!
Funding for 2007 Reunion
Just to let you know we collected £298.50 from the buffet money and raffle. This was spent as follows:- Buffet (£250) school visit (£20) cakes (£18) postage (£5.75) red display card (£2.37) sweets and dishes (£5.11) - a total cost of £301.23. Not bad as we were only down £2.73 - I thougth it might have been worse!! We should have run at a profit but had about ten people and spouses drop out during the last few days after booking.
Whitland Grammar School Reunion - Class of 67 (Including some School History). Reunions held in 2007,2009, 2012, 2017 and 2018. The school began in 1894 but the buildings were built in 1896/7 but ceased to be a Grammar in 1989.
Showing posts with label Reunion 2007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reunion 2007. Show all posts
Saturday, 26 May 2007
2007 Reunion Booklet?
Memento of evening - Whitland Grammar School Booklet.
Jean had the idea of everyone completing an A4 sheet with details of their life, jobs, family etc.
She will need a small photograph of yourself on the night to use in her booklet.
This we can do on the night and take lots of pics to include as well.
Update July 07 - Jean is still short of a few sheets so I may have to get back to some of you before she can proceed.
Jean had the idea of everyone completing an A4 sheet with details of their life, jobs, family etc.
She will need a small photograph of yourself on the night to use in her booklet.
This we can do on the night and take lots of pics to include as well.
Update July 07 - Jean is still short of a few sheets so I may have to get back to some of you before she can proceed.
Reunion Cakes 2007
Thanks to Mary for ordering and collecting them, and to my neighbour Sue James who has also been to the 'gram' and who helped me pick out the designs from the many I'd done on the pc!!
Those Who Attended our First Reunion March 2007
RUTH PHILLIPS, MARY HARRIES, ELIZABETH PENN, JEAN THOMAS, LLOYD EVANS, ALED JONES with partner, ERYTH HUGHES, LYN DAVIES, HUW DAVIES, JANET CLAYTON, IONA MORGAN, GLYN THOMAS, SUE WILLIAMS, ROSETTA FUSCO, YVONNE DAVIES, CAROLINE MUSTOE, RHYS PHILLIPS, CHRISTINE HAYES, EURIG THOMAS with partner, ROSALIND HOLT, KEN JAMES, SARAH THOMAS, FIONA CARROLL and friend, GERDDA HOWELLS, LINDA THOMAS with partner, BRIAN JONES, GERAINT BOWEN, NEV STOCKING, ROBERT WATTS, CATHERINE FIELDHOUSE, GARETH RICHARDS, PATSY ALLAN, MARGARET THOMAS, ROBERT THOMAS, KEITH THOMAS, ROB KING and partner, TIM DONOVAN, Mrs J.James, Mr & Mrs A.Jones, Mrs M.Bowen, Mrs L.Williams. (47)
Tuesday, 24 April 2007
07 Press Report
Tenby Observer
Had a nice write-up today on page four of the Tenby Observer - plus three pictures (of female teachers and cakes). Sorry its not on the net so can't give you a link.Have also got a report in the Western Telegraph (2nd May), none in the Carmarthen Journal I'm afraid - I did send it in.
Monday, 23 April 2007
New Pics, Linda and Ahmed 2007 - Thanks Very Much
Rob and Linda (was it a good joke??)
Ruth and Linda
Mary sorting her raffle money!!
Boys Group
Linda, Mrs Williams and Mrs Bowen
Rosalind, Gerdda, Janet, Mary and Linda
Boys GroupsLinda, Patsy, Mary, Rosetta and Yvonne (just!)Girls Groups
Eurig, Jean, Linda and Mrs Eurig ThomasRuth, Jean, Tim and Linda
Thanks to their daughter Mari who e-mailed all these to me tonight - glad you know what to do!!
Saturday, 14 April 2007
Ruth's Photos From 2007 Reunion
Our two Whitland cakes 
More views of our cakes. 
Mrs Bowen (Domestic Science) cutting our cake. 
Mrs Bowen again. 
Mr Arfon Jones (who wrote Sqr Root on his name badge?? Wasn't me!)
Jean (Thomas), Tim Donovan and Linda (Thomas) - what did he say Jean? 
Mrs M.Bowen, Mrs L.Williams and Mrs J.James.
Catherine (Fieldhouse) and Rosalind (Holt) 
Yvonne (Davies), Rosetta (Fusco) and Sarah (Thomas) 
Mrs Ruby Jones
Ruth (Roberts), Jean (Thomas), Tim Donovan and Linda (Thomas) 
Iona Morgan, Elizabeth (Penn) and Sarah Newlin
Lyn Davies and Mary (Harries) 
Nevil Stocking
Christine (Hayes) and Patsy (Allan)
Our three Roberts - King, Watts and Thomas!
Part of 'girls' group - not the offical pic I'm glad to say!
Ken James, Glyn Thomas and Gareth Richards 
Huw Davies and Brian Jones 
Susan (Williams) and Janet (Clayton)
Margaret (Thomas)
Caroline (Mustoe) and Robert Watts 
Rhys Phillips and Aled Jones 
Gerdda (Howells) and Eryth (Hughes)
Lyn Davies and Fionna (Carroll)
Keith Thomas, Lloyd Evans and Geraint Bowen
Sunday, 1 April 2007
Views on the 2007 Whitland Grammar Reunion
Whitland Reunion Report 2007
Well if I remember correctly we were 47 people at The Roadhouse on Friday night - don't be offended if I've missed you out - its not intentional!
The evening whizzed by in a haze and it was 11pm before we knew it. There was so much going on and so many to speak to - I didn't have a chance for a good chat with anyone!
Hopefully some of the numerous pictures taken will come out and as soon as they're processed or received I'll be putting them up here. So if anyone has any digital ones please e-mail them to me for inclusion -so that we can all share them.
Dan at The Roadhouse had offered a disco but there was so much noise on the night we'd not have heard the music anyway!
Jean gave out sheets to compile for her little memento booklet but I've not heard how many contributed yet.
For those of you who weren't able to come - the evening started with a trip round the school (I couldn't go so perhaps someone else will tell us what it was like!).
Then it was all back to The Roadhouse by 8pm - everyone was given a name sticker (some had changed quite a bit!) - and after 35yrs some of our memories weren't as sharp as they could have been. A few clever souls wore their old school tie, badge or scarf - a great idea.
We'd decorated the room with red and blue balloons, had two of the long school pictures and the 6th form group on display and done a school banner to go round the buffet table - plus badge decorations on the tables - with dishes of kiddies sweeties - remember those flying saucers??
I said a few words to thank people for coming, and to remember those who couldn't make it - then handed over to Huw Davies who did a toast to Wayne Davies who had passed away about 7yrs ago.
Rob King then said a few words and had us in stitchces with his impromtu comic routine and then gave me a lovely basket of flowers - thanks Rob - (felt a bit guilty afterwards as Mary had been involved from the start with the reunion too - so sorry Mary).
Then I tried to get everyone into the buffet room - a difficult task as they were so engrossed in their conversations!
Whilst people actually helped themselves to food - I and others were taking pictures - hopefully some will show us in a good light!
Mary meanwhile was going round selling raffle tickets (thanks to all who donated prizes).
We'd got two cakes with the school badge on which we got Mrs Bowen (Domestic Science) to cut - she was most unimpressed that we'd bought them and not made them ourselves (only joking!).
Linda's husband very kindly 'volunteered' to take some group photos - these had to be done in two batches - boys and then girls - trying to get everyone into their places was worse than herding sheep - you couldn't stop them talking long enough!
Towards the end we had few verses of the old school song - expertly sung and remembered - nearly good enough for your choir competitions Euros!!
Before we knew it our lifts were arriving at gone midnight - I finally got home about 12.45 - feeling very tired but pleased that everyone had seemed to enjoy themselves.
The trouble was I was so busy I didn't get to chat to people much - so the next time I'll make sure everyone pays in advance and does their own name badges so I get more time for the gossiping!!
The evening whizzed by in a haze and it was 11pm before we knew it. There was so much going on and so many to speak to - I didn't have a chance for a good chat with anyone!
Hopefully some of the numerous pictures taken will come out and as soon as they're processed or received I'll be putting them up here. So if anyone has any digital ones please e-mail them to me for inclusion -so that we can all share them.
Dan at The Roadhouse had offered a disco but there was so much noise on the night we'd not have heard the music anyway!
Jean gave out sheets to compile for her little memento booklet but I've not heard how many contributed yet.
For those of you who weren't able to come - the evening started with a trip round the school (I couldn't go so perhaps someone else will tell us what it was like!).
Then it was all back to The Roadhouse by 8pm - everyone was given a name sticker (some had changed quite a bit!) - and after 35yrs some of our memories weren't as sharp as they could have been. A few clever souls wore their old school tie, badge or scarf - a great idea.
We'd decorated the room with red and blue balloons, had two of the long school pictures and the 6th form group on display and done a school banner to go round the buffet table - plus badge decorations on the tables - with dishes of kiddies sweeties - remember those flying saucers??
I said a few words to thank people for coming, and to remember those who couldn't make it - then handed over to Huw Davies who did a toast to Wayne Davies who had passed away about 7yrs ago.
Rob King then said a few words and had us in stitchces with his impromtu comic routine and then gave me a lovely basket of flowers - thanks Rob - (felt a bit guilty afterwards as Mary had been involved from the start with the reunion too - so sorry Mary).
Then I tried to get everyone into the buffet room - a difficult task as they were so engrossed in their conversations!
Whilst people actually helped themselves to food - I and others were taking pictures - hopefully some will show us in a good light!
Mary meanwhile was going round selling raffle tickets (thanks to all who donated prizes).
We'd got two cakes with the school badge on which we got Mrs Bowen (Domestic Science) to cut - she was most unimpressed that we'd bought them and not made them ourselves (only joking!).
Linda's husband very kindly 'volunteered' to take some group photos - these had to be done in two batches - boys and then girls - trying to get everyone into their places was worse than herding sheep - you couldn't stop them talking long enough!
Towards the end we had few verses of the old school song - expertly sung and remembered - nearly good enough for your choir competitions Euros!!
Before we knew it our lifts were arriving at gone midnight - I finally got home about 12.45 - feeling very tired but pleased that everyone had seemed to enjoy themselves.
The trouble was I was so busy I didn't get to chat to people much - so the next time I'll make sure everyone pays in advance and does their own name badges so I get more time for the gossiping!!
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