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Ladies Luncheon held at The Burlington Hotel 8th November 2012

10/11/2012

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The lunch was very well attended by 75 Old Girls. Over 30 other Old Girls had bothered to write and give their apologies for not attending.

Jane informed us that, sadly, Joan Flowerdew had recently died.

Carole Owen  then stood up and told us more about Dorothy Stevens. She did have a little trouble with the microphone 
and the taker of the video could have filmed it from a better place but having learnt a few things it should make for better
videos in the future. 


We were very lucky to have an after luncheon speaker, Betty Brown, who told us of her intrepid adventures on the Tall Ship "Tenacious".  She wrote a very nice poem about her experiences and to read it tells the whole story.  She is a very brave woman. She went back again at a later date and repeated the experience!
Betty was also one of the Olympic torch bearers and she graciously allowed us to pass it around which felt really special.
The memorabilia table went extremely well. many people were very interested and had a great deal of useful information they were prepared to share with us for the website. 

It was mentioned by Maureen Edwards (nee Reynolds) that there was nothing on the site regarding the wartime years in Retford in Lincolnshire when the whole school was evacuated.  This will certainly be rectified as Maureen is writing to me to let me know many details of these years. So watch this space!

Just a few snippets from the luncheon. The School Song is playing in the background but with the female chatter going on you can hardly hear it!
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Betty Brown
11/11/2012 07:58:11 pm

The Reunion Lunch at The Burlington Hotel was really enjoyable it was great meeting up with old friends, I am so pleased that my talk on the Tall Ships was enjoyed by the group and I was glad that my Olympic Torch experience could be shared as it will not happen again certainly not in my lifetime.
Well done to all who make the reunions possible.

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