Our abortive attempt to organise another reunion in June of this year led us to believe that this was not a good choice! So we decided that October would perhaps prove to be more popular.

We encountered awful weather as we set off on the mornining of Saturday 4th October and wondered whether we would be washed out and confined to indoors. However by the afternoon the skies had cleared and the sun shone and conditions couldn't have been better.

We welcomed folk around 4pm and were delighted to see Mike Sinclair again all the way from Nova Scotia and for the first time Barry Randle joined us having come over to the UK from his home in the Phillipines. There was a good number of "regulars" but we were pleased also to welcome some new people who had made contact with us during the year.

Last year we were pleased to have Martin Kemp and his daughter in law to play and sing for us. Martin is a Winbury Old Boy fom the early 1950's and plays the clarinet and sax whilst Sarah is a professional jazz singer. Unfortunately (for us!) she could not be with us as she had just produced her first child. Instead Martin brought another accompanist John Cherry who entertained us with his guitar playing and singing.

The food and drink were well received and seemed to be enjoyed by all and our thanks are due to Mike Crees, Lindsay and Annie for cooking and preparation and to Mike Spicer who provided the wine and beer. Barbara came later to help with the washing up!

There was a lot of talking and reminiscing and viewing of old photographs and memorabilia. Thanks are due to Mike Caridia for putting together a slide show of photos on our website.

The day ended after dark when those who stopped saw a bonfire ablaze on the island opposite the Fishing Lodge where we held the reunion. Our grateful thanks go to Peter Prior who provided us with this splendid venue once again.

We apologise for the lack of photographs this year as our photographer was otherwise occupied in the kitchen.

If any of you took photographs at the reunion please send them into Mike Caridia (mikec@mcapres.com) so he can add them to the pictorial record of the day, below