Reunion held on 29th June 2002


Venue:
Meadway Sports Centre
Time:
7pm ~ 1am
Cost:
Adults - £10.00 (advance), £12.00 (door), Children - £4.50
Those invited:
Any ex-pupils/teachers who attended the school
Details:
Over 100 people purchased tickets in advance and nearly 50 paid on the door. Those attending (including 12 teachers) were welcomed by the Meadway Steel Band and enjoyed a licensed bar, a buffet, a further full set from the Steel Band, and an 80s disco. A draw was held using all the tickets from the evening and a bottle of sparkling wine was won by Corin Lillywhite (1983) - congratulations!


Click on the links or scroll down to see the sections on this page:
 
Pupil Attendees  ·  Pupil Apologies
Teacher Attendees  ·  Teacher Apologies
Photos  ·  Thanks


Pupil Attendees:
Class of 1976
(Left 5th Year 1976)
Carol Bowker (now Pagan), Stephanie Cox, Angela Fairweather, Anna Jackson, Gary O'Brien, Angela Parris, Ady Rackley, Allison Romeo, Heather Sarl, Joan Scott (now Fullbrook), Phil Walker, Rose Whitchelow
 
Class of 1977
(Left 5th Year 1977)
Debbie Deacon (now Jex), Nicky Peal (now Ruddle)
 
Class of 1978
(Left 5th Year 1978)
Sharon Baugh
 
Class of 1979
(Left 5th Year 1979)
Leigh Champion, Helen Deacon (now Gooden), Jackie O'Brien, Jackie Parris, Deborah Smith, Denise Snarey
 
Class of 1980
(Left 5th Year 1980)
Marilyn Medford
 
Class of 1981
(Left 5th Year 1981 / 6th Form 1982/1983)
Mandy Baugh, Deb O'Riordan
 
Class of 1982
(Left 5th Year 1982 / 6th Form 1983/1984)
Mark Avenal, Andy Coutain, Gary Phillips, Lisa Savage, Stephen Smith, Gary Theobald, Richard Thompson
 
Class of 1983
(Left 5th Year 1983 / 6th Form 1984/1985)
Barry Carter, Simmone Jacobs, Corin Lillywhite, Mark New, Michelle Paxford (now Seymour), Pat Philo (now Maynard), Simon Sawyer
 
Class of 1984
(Left 5th Year 1984 / 6th Form 1985/1986)
Melvern Beckford, Lorna Coventry, Joy Ferguson, David Richardson
 
Class of 1985
(Left 5th Year 1985 / 6th Form 1986/1987)
Julie Arthurs, Michael Boahene, Angela Hutson, Natalie Jahans, Kim Lovegrove (now Hicks), Gillian Rees (now Keergwear), Bela Rodrigues, Karen Wright (now Sinclair), Skeete ?
Class of 1986
(Left 5th Year 1986 / 6th Form 1987/1988)
Sarah Chester, Emma Connolly, Susan Dance (now Whitlock), Cheryl Hague, Cindy Hall (now Harold), Karen Ignatowski, Mark Keeping, Joanne Lovegrove (now Jackson), Karen Neale, Paul New, Ginette Perrin, Lorraine Robinson (now Iley), Malcolm Sawyer, Paula Seymour, Allen Sinclair, Belinda South (now Barrett), Joanne Thomas, Merryn Weaver (now Manning)
 
Class of 1987
(Left 5th Year 1987 / 6th Form 1988/1989)
Lisa Allum (now Evans), Tracy Archer, John Betteridge, John Cannon, Christopher Connolly, Andrew Coombs, Christopher Dady, Debbie Finn, Christopher Horton, Babette Hunter, Oliver Hunter, Daniel Jerrome, Nicola McIntosh (now Hartley), Jo Rogers (now Reed), David Rosier, Brian Sharma, Rachel Stubbs (now White), James Wheeler, Tony Wiseman, Helen Worton (now Bishop)
 
Class of 1988
(Left 5th Year 1988 / 6th Form 1989/1990)
Kevin Dix, Theresa Marriott (now Shaw), Claire Maslen, Leon McArdle, Tracey Payne (now Percer), Nicola Simmonds, Samantha Slough (now Norris), Lisa-Jane Tompkins (now Reynolds), B Britton.
 
Class of 1990
(Left 5th Year 1990 / 6th Form 1991/1992)
Sam Rogers
 
Class of 1991
(Left 5th Year 1991 / 6th Form 1993/1993)
Marie Danton, Lisa Evemy (now Brown), Chris Hannington, Miriam Hunter (now Anderson), Julie Keeping, Sandra Rodrigues, Mark Stacey, Scott Walsh
 
Class of 1992
(Left 5th Year 1992 / 6th Form 1993/1994)
Heidi Briggs, Lisa Pattison, Christine Robinson (now Chitty), Claire Stratford (now Pickett), Akosua Boahene
 
Class of 1993
(Left 5th Year 1993 / 6th Form 1994/1995)
Nicki Carvath, Sian Dowding, Emily Goom, Michaela Biddle, James Bishop, Mark Willis
 
Class of 1996
(Left 5th Year 1996 / 6th Form 1997/1998)
Louise Sharp
Year of leaving currently unknown
Amma Boahene, Stephen Boyd, Jason Busby, Lee Elliot, Ian Harper, Andrew Pickett

Pupil Apologies:
1983
Katherine McGarry (now Ruddle)
 
1984
Duane Harris
Sarah Melhuish

 
1985
Julie Aldridge (now Read)
Glenn Gutteridge
Philip Payne
Jayne Reynolds

 
1986
Craig Sibley, Steven Stokes
 
1987
Richard Coombs
Claire Howell
Paul Larner
Ann-Marie Pilcher (now Mair)

 
1988
Tracy Bilsby
Duane Bishop
Scot Durrant
Dax Ellmer
Mandy Higgs
Paul Mead

 
1989
Steve Danton
Gina Starling (now Marwick)

 
1990
Richard Amos
Stephen Barnes
Paul Futter
Mandy Gardiner
Janine Lloyd
Miranda Rodway
Nigel Thorne

 
1993
Laura Barnes
Jonathan Ingram
Helen Smith
Angela Wicks

 
1994
Philip Dent
 
1996
Vicky Slatcher
 

Teacher Attendees:
 
NameYears taughtSubject
Angela Anderson1984 - 1990English / Drama
Keith Barnes1972 - 1985Science / Physics
John Beasley1978 - 1998English
Ruth Cullen/Thatcher1981 - 2000Head of Music / Head of 6th Form / Deputy Head
Ellie Donogue1980 - 2001P.E. / Year Head / Deputy Head
Malcolm Green1974 - 2001Woodwork / Deputy Year Head / Head of CDT
Nora Jones1975 - 1994English / Special Needs / Humanities
Anna McEvoy/Greaves1973 - 2001French / Italian / Head of Languages
Tina Messer/Barnes1979 - 1983Student Teacher then French / Italian
Brian Pugsley1984 - 1989Science / Physics
Trevor Smith1978 - 2001Humanities / History / Year Head
Ann Wells1973 - 1994PE / Year Head / Senior Mistress


Teacher apologies:
Debbie Dunn, Grazyna Guthrie
Dave French
   Regretably I will not be able to come to the re-union because of another long standing anniversary I must go to. Chas Cheetham is returning to his wife and daughter in the USA early in June and will not be available as far as I know. Have a great day.
Nicky Lofthouse
   Apologies for the delay in replying, which has been due to trying to alter my activities to fit in a visit to Reading at that date. Because I live quite a long distance away, and it takes around 3½ hours to travel down to Reading, I try to include making other visits etc. whilst there and in London. But my commitments up here, for that time, have made that difficult.
   I have visited the website that you designed for the school. It is excellent. It is good to see the amount of excitement of 'old' pupils who are looking forward to the reunion and those that enjoyed past get-togethers.
   I am happy to say that whilst still in Reading, many pupils who met me took the trouble to chat. Members of staff, some of whom who left the Meadway, still keep in touch with me. I have fond memories of the students at the Meadway and I must say, that I do wonder how many of them have got on over the years.
   Have a good time on the 29th June. I have no doubt that the event will be a success with your good organisation.
Clive Payne
   Thankyou for your kind invitation to the Meadway School reunion. Sadly my wife and I have a previous engagement on the 29th june that we are committed to.
   However I think it is a great idea and wish you and you fellow ex-students all the best for the future.
   I hope you have a splendid evening.
Rosina Marsh
   Thank you so much for your invitation to the Meadway School Reunion. I still treasure the tape of the Vivaldi 'Gloria' with you an Matthew White singing your famous duet. Sadly I shall be far away on holiday that day with the Portsmouth Museums and Records Society so I shall not be able to come this time. However I hope there will be a next time as I am sure it will be an outstanding sucess. Kind regards to all who attend.
Camilla Sheppard
   Thank you very much for your kind invitation to the reunion.
   I am afraid that living, as I now am, in east Sussex I shall not be able to attend. I shall miss meeting again sixth-formers from '88-'90 and I do hope many are able to attend and that the evening is a great success.
Steve Wellman
   Thanks very much for writing to invite me to the Meadway School Reunion. Unfortunately, I shall be away at the end of June through to early July for our annual Year 7 school trip to Brittany, and so shall not be able to attend.
   Well done for organising the event. I'm sure it will be a big sucess. Good luck with the final preparations and I hope you have a great evening.
   Best wishes and regards to all involved.

 

Photographs from the evening:
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Tickets & Registration
 
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The Meadway School...
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...Steel Band helped by...
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...Sian & James
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Buffet...
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...for 150 people...
 
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...standing...
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...or sitting.
 
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View...
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...of Keith, Anna, Tina...
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...with others...
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...in the corridor.
 
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Me & Angie Anderson
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Anna & John + ex-pupils
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Me with Ruth & Ann
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Malc & Brian
 
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Lisa & Allen
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looking at the photos
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classes of '87 & '88 mix
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some more of '87
 
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Me & Andy
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Lisa & Ellie
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Julie & Mark
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Me & Katy
 
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Chris, Dan, Brian & Tony...
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...-Chris, +Lisa & Me
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Chris, Nic & Leon
 
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A few die-hards
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enjoy the disco!
 

All pictures © Oliver Hunter & Emily Goom


My thanks go to all those who helped with the event:
 
Meadway Sports Centre
who hosted the event and helped arrange the logistics of the evening.
John Beech
(the school caretaker)
who brought over tables & chairs from the school and took them back afterwards.
Rachel White
who organised the ticket admin, dealt with callers at her house, and put up posters around the area.
Mike Goom
who helped with ticket admin, produced the name badges and bravely manned the reception at the event.
Trevor Smith
who acted as a liaison point for the school, helped contact teachers and arranged for the steel band to play.
Meadway Steel Band
who provided their services free of charge and professionally entertained the attendees for an hour and a half.
Lisa Allum
for helping to set up the venue beforehand.
Jane Goom
for buying, making and arranging the enormous buffet in a very short space of time.
Jeff Bufton
(of Ensign Signs Ltd., 9 Station Rd, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 2AD) for donating the reunion banners free of charge.
All ex-pupils & teachers
who supported the event by attending (or made the effort to send their apologies) and making it a success.
Leon McArdle
who helped set up the venue beforehand and compiled the quiz (that we will use next time - promise!).
Emily Goom
who put up with my stresses during the organisation of the event and helped set out the buffet on the night.

See you next time!


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