October 18, 2016

60s Era Afternoon Tea, September 2016

37 Old Leightonians and guests attended the first 60s era Afternoon Tea in September. Everyone congregated and chatted in Peckover. There was a display of old photos from the era which enthralled many.  Later there was an opportunity to have a tour of the school. OLs came from far and wide, but particular note must to go to Julian Davis (F 1969), who came with his wife from Canada. It coincided with the beginning of his holiday in the UK.

Photos from the day can be seen in the Flickr album below:

OL 60s Era Afternoon Tea 2016

“Thanks so much for hosting the afternoon tea reunion for 1960s OLs. It was great to catch up with some old faces and to see we’re not entirely in our dotage yet! Also wonderful to see the Park again and especially Old School – I haven’t been inside it since 1971 so you can imagine it brought back many memories! They’ve done such a marvellous job renovating Old School. As for all those carpets and curtains – didn’t have that in our day!”

Michael Burton, (S 1971)

 

“Leighton Park has changed, but it’s not changed – it’s improved.”

Mark Wells (F1976)

 

“Thank you very much for your kind welcome and to you and your colleagues for putting on the recent OL event. It was very good to see Leighton Park again after many years and also to be able to show my wife – my having spoken about it so often. We enjoyed our visit very much and it was good to meet up with some Old Leightonians I had known and also with others from a slightly different period. It was also good to see how happy the present Leightonians appear to be.”

Tim Willcox (R 1969)

Guy Loosmore, Fiona Loosmore, Nick Burton & Richard Bickerton at the afternoon tea

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