Friday 20 November 2009

        United we stand!


We need your photos!
Do you have any photos from the reunion weekend which you can send to Neil? If you do, we would be really grateful if you could email them to Neil by the end of November. And if you uncover more old pictures from school, please include them.
Sorry we couldn't be with you!
A PDF with greetings and news from 18 of our school friends was distributed to everyone on Saturday, 21 November 2009.
New photos added to the "then" slideshow.
Five old photos have just been added to the "then".
They start with the fourth image.

5 new photos added 21 November,
starting at the fourth image.

Sunday 18 October 2009

Latest news Thursday 22 October




NEWS FLASH! Thursday 22 October
1) David Lyons just joined the "Now" slideshow.
2) Brian Ter-Morshuizen will be joining us on Skype
after dinner on Saturday.
3) Four more images have been added to the
"Then" slideshow.
4) Sandy and Clodagh's photos in the "Now" slideshow
have been "upgraded".
NEWS FLASH! Wednesday 21 October
Alan Holmes has just joined the "Now" slideshow.
Who's actually coming on Saturday evening?
The "final" list was emailed out on Tuesday 20 October.
Not there but "there"
On Saturday you'll have the opportunity to browse a folder with photos and short bios of a dozen or so school friends who wanted to join us but who, for various reasons, are not able to attend.
You'll receive the folder as a PDF file after the reunion.
Dot MacLeod (Hendler) and Patricia Leighton say hello
Dot and Patricia both live in New York City. They're really sorry that they can't join us on Saturday but ask to be remembered to everyone.
Margaret Brown (Lang) sends us greetings from Vancouver
Margaret has been living in Vancouver since 1981. She already visited Britain in August and so will not be able to join us
She sends her best greetings to everyone.
16 new photos added to the "now" slideshow
Pictures of David Lyons, Alan Holmes, Alison Smellie, Linda Paton (McLaughlin), Sandy Crawford, Fiona Blake (Sellers), Joan Hoggan, Dot MacLeod (Hendler), Sue McDougall, Andrew Paxton, Patricia Leighton, Margaret Murphy (Miskin), Sheena Halliday (Hemmings), Anne White (Lind), Iain Liddell and Douglas Parkhill have just been added to the beginning of the slideshow.
We now have 38 photos and would very much like to add
yours if it's still missing. Email it to Neil super asap!
New photos added to the "then" slideshow
Want to see Mr Chadwin? Or what the school looked like in 1859? New images uploaded on 21 October bring the total to 74.
Have a look!
1151 emails by 21 October (and no longer counting)
That's how many emails Neil has sent and received since the reunion project began in September 2008.

Thursday 10 September 2009

Latest News 16 September

Isobel and Alison bring us to 44!
Our latest confirmation have come from Isobel Mackenzie
and Alison Clark (Pope).
Moira, Elspeth and Andrew up the current photo count
Have a look a the "now" slideshow. The newest additions,
Moira Hutcheson (McInnes) and Andrew Dougal have pride
of place.
Our research continues
Alex Aitkenhead (Australia) and Jim Barr (New Zealand)
have just been contacted and we hope to hear from them
soon. No news from Rodney Mitchell in Medicine Hat, but
letters have gone out to Louise Rillie at five addresses
in Texas and Florida (a long story!).

Sunday 6 September 2009

Latest News 8 September

40 (+) years and now 41 confirmations
Linda Paton (McLaughlin) has been in touch to say that she will be joining us on 24 October and that she will contact Shirley McMillan.
Practicalities
Neil emailed everyone with with exact times, dress code (lack thereof), bank details and so forth on Sunday 6 September.
Latest photo
Scroll down to the current photo slideshow. The latest photos to be added are of Lorna Campbell (Wells) and Alister Robertson. Can't see yourself?
That's because you haven't sent a photo to Neil :-)

Sunday 30 August 2009

Latest news 3 October

Scattered to the wind
On our journey towards the reunion we have written and emailed around the globe. Here are some examples: Melbourne (AU), Wellington (NZ), San Diego, Washington DC, New York City, Daytona Beach (FL),College Station (TX), Bryan (TX) Medicine Hat (CAN), Perth (CAN), Cooma (AU), Port Edward (ZA).
So far we have located eight school friends living abroad. We also believe that Louise Rillie lives in the USA, Rodney Mitchell in Canada, Sally Adam in Greece and Jim Barr in New Zealand, but so far we have had no success in reaching them.
Numbers make the world go around
Our contact list contains 73 email addresses. We have failed to contact 34 people. And 5 have been emailed multiple times but choose not to answer :-(
Jim Barr is not Jim Barr
We thought we had traced Jim Barr in Wellington, New Zealand but it turns out we had the wrong person. Pity! The Jim who emailed us was very friendly, so that's some solace.
Fiona Blake (Sellers) is unable to join us
Fiona has told Neil that unfortunately she will be unable to attend the reunion. She sends her very best wishes to everyone and hopes that we have a very pleasant time together.
Payments are coming in fast
More that half of us have made our payment into the reunion account. Please don't forget that Anne would be very grateful if you could email her to confirm once you have paid

Saturday 29 August 2009

Latest News 29 August


Reunion Album
We'll have a sample
version of a reunion
album to show you
on 24 October.

Any images you can send Neil will be included in the final version together with photos from the reunion weekend.

Thursday 27 August 2009

Latest News 18 September

Alex Aitkenhead is down under!
We've "found" Alex. Here's an extract from his reply:
My wife and I emigrated in 1991 with our three children. We have moved around in Tasmania and NSW and are now settled in Cooma, NSW near the Snowy Mountains.
Alex will not be able to attend the reunion, but sends everyone his best wishes.

Saturday 22 August 2009

Latest News 22 August

We now have 39 confirmations
Douglas Clements and Stuart Robb hope that they can join us, but will not know for certain until nearer the date.
That was then, this is now
We now have a new slideshow with recent photos of 14 old school friends. It would be great if you could send Neil a current photo so that we can continue to expand the gallery.
Jim Ramage, Colin Porteous and Muray McFarlane
Jim, Colin and Murray have let us know that they will not be joining us, but all three send their very best regards to everyone and hope that the reunion will be a success.
Can you help?
New to our list are Annie Titterington, Victor Nichols and Jim Barr. Does anyone have any leads?
Don't worry about the deadline!
We really want as many as possible to join us on 24 October which is why we are happy for you to confirm at the last moment if it's just not possible for you to commit right now. You have totally not missed the boat - just contact Neil as soon as you know how you are placed on 24 October.

Friday 21 August 2009

Latest News 25 August

39 confirmations just became 39 confirmations
Neil apologises for getting the numbers wrong in the last update.
But now we do have 39 confirmations since Rona Diack (Gibbs) has
just been in touch to say that she will be joining us in October.
Don't worry about the deadline!
We really want as many as possible to join us on 24 October which is why we are happy for you to confirm at the last moment if it's just not possible for you to commit right now. You have totally not missed the boat - just contact Neil as soon as you know how you are placed on 24 October.
Help us with the uncontactables!
Go the Latest News dated 2 August and check the list of people we have been unable to contact. Can you help? Do you know, for instance, if any of the women listed have changed to a new, married surname?

Sunday 16 August 2009

Latest News 16 August

We now have 37 confirmations
Fiona Blake (Sellers), Gordon Crawford and Clydette Powell are all hoping to attend but will not be 100% certain until nearer the event.
Don't worry about the deadline!
We really want as many as possible to join us on 24 October which is why we are happy for you to confirm at the last moment if it's just not possible for you to commit right now. You have totally not missed the boat - just contact Neil as soon as you know how you are placed on 24 October.

Saturday 8 August 2009

Latest News 8 August

We now have 32 confirmations
Alan Holmes and Stuart Robb has been in touch and told us that they will be joining us at the Kip Marina. Stuart may have a conflicting engagement on the evening but hopes to be able to be with us.
New contacts in the last week
Our latest contacts made are with Ross Sinnamon, Fiona Blake (Sellers), Douglas Clements, Gordon Crawford and Norman Baird.
15 new photos added 8 August
Courtesy of Ian Dickson we now have 15 new photos in the slideshow. The photos now appear in left-to-right sequence and this allows you to speed up or slow down the display by multiple clicks on the "+" and "-" symbols. You can also pause at any particular photo by clicking on the "║" button.
Untraceables
Scroll down to find the list and contact Neil if you can help in any way.
Thanks, but no thanks
Ian Taylor, Alan Urguhart and Fiona Bates (Duthie) have informed Neil that they will not be attending.
They do however all send their best greetings to us.

Sunday 2 August 2009

Can you help us with any of these names?

We currently have 119 names on our contact list. Unfortunately, we have had no success tracing the following 40 people. Time is beginning to run out for us to be able to get in touch with them and invite them to the reunion. We would be tremendously grateful if you could read through the list to see if by any chance it includes anyone you can contact and let Neil know asap. Thanks!

Alex Aitkenhead
Andrew Shuttleworth
Carol Bell
Charles Collingwood
Cheryl Grace
Christine Hooper
Colin Cousins
Colin MacFarlane
David Flockhart
David Jenkins
David Marshall
David Runciman
Derek Chambers
Elisabeth Davidson
Elisabeth Young (Benzie)
Frank Cockburn
Gordon Young
Graham Hutton
Graham Cochran
Hank Crosby
Ian Morton
Jacqueline Muir
James Barr
Jon Norwood
Kenneth MacKenzie
Kenny Hall
Linda Hannah
Louise Rillie
Marion Reid
Moira Hamilton
Murray MacFarlane
Norman Baird
Patricia Johnston
Raymond Berry
Rodney Mitchell
Sandy Orr
Tom Lawrie
Tom Morgan
William McBain

Sunday 19 July 2009

Latest News 2 August

We now have 31 confirmations for the reunion.
Ken Colquhoun has contacted Neil and confirmed that he is planning to join us, which is great news. Brian Ter-Morshuizen has been in contact via Facebook and we are now hot on the trail of Rodney Mitchell who is believed to be living in Medicine Hat, Canada.

Married names?

Can any of you help us with the married names of any of the girls in our year whom we haven't been able to trace? If you can, please contact Edna or Neil as soon as you possibly can and we'll take it from there.

Latest News 29 July

Anne White (Lind) has just let us know that she will be joining us in October and Patricia Leighton has been in touch from New York. Here is a link to some of her public art: http://www.4culture.org/publicart/registry/sites/sites_artist.aspx?artistid=27
Married names?
Can any of you help us with the married names of any of the girls in our year whom we haven't been able to trace? If you can, please contact Edna or Neil as soon as you possibly can and we'll take it from there.

Saturday 18 July 2009

Latest News 27 July

We now have 30 confirmations for the reunion.
Alan Holmes confirmed today that he will be joining, bringing confirmations up to 30. Patricia Leighton (who lives in New York) and Alan Urguhart have informed Neil that they will not be attending but they send everyone their best greetings. Clydette Powell, who was in our year '65/'66 has also just been in touch from Washington where she works as a doctor.

Friday 17 July 2009

Latest News 21 July

We now have 29 confirmations for the reunion.
Sandy Crawford's confirmation on Monday has now brought our numbers up to 29. Edna has been giving Neil a lot of assistance tracing old school friends, so our chances of reaching the current "uncontactables" are improving daily.

Latest News 19 July

We now have 28 confirmations for the reunion.

John Hall, Andrew Morrison and Joan Finnie are the
latest contacts we have made. John was one of those who had
never answered our emails, but it turned out that although
the email address was valid, it was an address he no longer
checked. And this is probably the case with several others
who haven't responded.

We have "almost" contacted Jimmy Ramage, Gordon Todd, Frank
Cockburn, Margaret Murphy and Lynne Brown. However,
we really need all the help we can get.

Would you like to receive a copy of the latest contact list to
see if there is anyone you know how to reach?
Just send an email to Neil.

Wednesday 24 June 2009

Latest News 25 June

In the last two weeks we have received five more confirmations: Alison Smellie, Joan Hoggan, Lorna Wells (Campbell), Moira McInnes (Hutchinson) and Roderick McArthur.

Michael Inglis, who left our class after primary 6, has told us that unfortunately he is unable to attend because the reunion clashes with his retirement bash, but he sends his very best wishes to everyone.

Several others not attending would like to have been with us but have previous engagements on the day. We're going to ask them if they would like to provide us with some information about what they have been doing, hopefully including a recent photo or two.

Finally, check out the photos above. Ten more have been just been added. See if you can spot yourself! Don't forget that you can skip the slide show and see all the photos individually by clicking on "View All Images".

Saturday 6 June 2009

Latest News 6 June

John Lyle has been in touch with Neil and sends greetings from San Diego where he has been living for 21 years. John moved to the States in 1981 where he has had a successful career in the shipbuilding industry.

Friday 5 June 2009

Latest News 5 June

The current contact list was distributed at the beginning of June, but has already been expanded. Linda Graham (Bates), Fiona Bates (Duthie) and Gareth Davies are the latest additions to our contact list.

Wednesday 27 May 2009

Latest News 27 May

Anne Hughes (Perrett) has just confirmed that she will be attending the reunion and is looking forward to meeting us all.
Incidentally, if you have visited this website at least once, could you let Neil know?

Tuesday 12 May 2009

Latest News 12 May

The latest people we have traced and made contact with include Dot McLeod in New York City and Brian Ter-Morshuizen in South Africa.

Tuesday 7 April 2009

Latest News 6 May 2009

We now have 18 confirmations and are expecting more soon. We set the final date for confirming well forward - 1 August - but don't forget that we would love to hear from you much earlier than that. Do you have any photos you can share with us? Please email or post them to Neil.

Monday 6 April 2009

Transport to and from the venue

Nearer the time for the reunion and when we have more information about who is attending and where they are staying, we will commence the coordination of transport to and from the venue in Inverkip. There is no need to worry about getting to and from the Kip Marina at this stage. We will ensure that there are taxis/mini buses available.

Sunday 29 March 2009

Latest news 29 March 2009

The invitation to the class reunion was emailed to every email address on our list on Sunday, 29 March. So far we have managed to contact 46 people and have another 65 people we are trying to reach. Scroll down to the name list below and see if you can help us get in contact with these "missing" persons!

Anne, Neil and Alister

It's good to talk!

We don't need to wait until October to share information, memories, suggestions and comments. We can do it right here and now.
Simply click on any headline to see what others are saying. Want to add something? Just click on the Post a Comment link and type in your comment. Then select the profile Name/URL and enter you name (ignore URL). Finally click on Publish your Comment, and you're done.
Perhaps you would like a new headline section opened up?
Just let Neil know at
neil.c.henderson@gmail.com

Help us with these names!

We have so far been unable to contact the people listed below. Can you help? If you can, please get in touch with Neil as soon as possible: neil.c.henderson@gmail.com
Alex Aitkenhead
Andrew Morrison
Andrew Shuttleworth
Carol Bell
Charles Collingwood
Cheryl Grace
Christine Hooper
Colin Cousins
Colin MacFarlane
David Flockhart
David Jenkins
David Marshall
Derek Chambers
Douglas Clements
Elisabeth Davidson
Elisabeth Young (Benzie)
Fiona Bates
Fiona Blake
Frank Cockburn
Gordon Crawford
Gordon Todd
Gordon Young
Graeme Hutton
Graham Cochran
Hank Crosby
Ian Morton
Jacqueline Muir
James Barr
Jimmy Ramage
John Dempster
John Wilson
Jon Norwood
Kenneth Colquhoun
Kenneth MacKenzie
Kenny Hall
Linda Caldwell
Linda Hannah
Louise Rillie
Margaret Murphy
Marion Reid
Moira Hamilton
Murray MacFarlane
Norman Baird
Patricia Johnston
Raymond Berry
Rodney Mitchell
Ross Sinnamon
Sandy Orr
Shirley McMillan
Tom Lawry
Tom Morgan
William McBain