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made along the way. It was a really good day, every one was buzzing with the delight of meeting up again. There was an immediate connectivity and much shared laughter and memories. We are planning another reunion in May 2017 (a big 60th birthday party for us all!) around the time of Chelsea Flower Show because Mel Cambridge came all the way from America for this last reunion and wants to tie her next visit in with a long held ambition to go to Chelsea.”
L-R: Jill Crowson (Carding), Patience Trevor (Thompson), Sally Chater (Kidson), Caroline Draycott (Page).
Jill Crowson (Carding, 1971): “We had a mini get-together at my house yesterday. It’s one of several we’ve had since our BIG Reunion in May 2014. Three of us got together in Mallorca last year. Yesterday’s was way less exotic - it was in Wolverhampton! Everyone turned up with something for the meal and we all chattered away for hours - topics included what we’d been up to, who’d had more grandchildren, what our plans are for the coming year - and of course old memories. Anyone who’s thinking of arranging a reunion should
CLASS OF 1975 REUNION (using maiden names) Front: Felicia Saunders, Sue Fairhurst, Gail Cohen, Sarah Collins. 2nd row: Nicky Rigby, Sara-Jane Atkins, Jane Beebee, Sara White, Ann Clayton. Back: Mel Cambridge, Mandy Weaving, Sybella Gilbert, Sarah Caldicott, Charmian Cliff-Hodges, Rozzie Williams, Cynthia Dennis, Ann Hoare, Lorna Brydon, Clare Whitmore, Ali Nicholas, Jane Fraser. Mary Birley and Dotty Lunn are also there but you can only see the top of their heads!
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go ahead and do it. They are great fun and it’s a brilliant way to renew old friendships. We all left The Abbey between 1969 and 1971.” Ann Tudor (1975) wrote in: “The Abbey year group who sat O levels in the summer of 1973 held a reunion in June 2015. Sara-Jane Arden (Atkins) lives in Colwall and very kindly hosted the event at her lovely house, looking back on the Malvern Hills. Many emails were sent, finding old friends and organising the day which was attended by twenty six of us, with many more contacts
Calling all Abbey Old Girls: we have been asked to help track down a few Old Girls for Reunions. Sadly, we were largely (but not completely!) unsuccessful because many of the records that we hold are long out-ofdate. We’d really like to remedy this – so that we can help with Reunions, and keep people in touch – so please do send in your updated details when you move or change email. Also, if you could pass this message on to other Old Girls you are in touch with, between us, hopefully, we can bring the database up to where it should be. There is no charge for being added to the database. Most information is sent out in email form, apart from the OGA News which is published annually and posted.