OWENS Start Class 1957 Reunion – 12th September 2017
On Tuesday 12 September 2017, Old Owenians from the Class of 1957 met at 1 p.m. over an informal and convivial lunch at the ‘Pearl and Feather’ (Formerly ‘The Empress of Russia Public House’) in St. .Johns Street, EC1, (adjacent to the former Owens School), to celebrate the 60th Anniversary from the date that they all started at Owens. We spent several hours eating, drinking and reminiscing and this was such a successful event that we all agreed to meet again in 60 years time! Special thanks to Derek Webb for organising the event.
In attendance from the Boys School were John Corson, Lawrence Cooper, Richard Denman, Mick Hine, Eric Le Sueur, Keith Mann, Chris Meredith (who lived in the Empress of Russia when he was a pupil at the School) , Alan Singer, Michael Stein and Derek Webb. Mike Daniels lives in Toronto and was unable to attend but thanks to the sort of technology that was not around in 1957 we managed to Skype with him.
Also in attendance were some Boys from the years above and below, namely: David Justice, Chris McHugh, Roger McHugh, Fred Munday, Alan Munday.
Also in attendance were a good number of Old Owenians from the Girls School of a similar vintage and together with us they thoroughly enjoyed the occasion and came together with us for photos during the course of the afternoon.
In attendance from the Girls School were Dot Ireland [Akers], Wendy Smith [Andrews], Patricia Pearcy [Bedford], Hilary Kelly [Brown], Patsy Whiteside [Donoghue], Pauline Robertson [Durrant], Drena Irish, Prunella Levis [John], Mary Long [Kelly], Jennie Rands [Landeryou], Lesley Christiansen [Lewis], Janice Hatcher [Ranson], Maureen Stevens, Irene Roper [Williams].
Special thanks to Michael Stein for his report of the above.
See photos below of the gathering.
