Thanks for a memorable reunion

Sir--When I retired from teaching in July last year I took a couple of class photos of my first and last tutor groups at the school for publication in the Down Memory Lane section of your publication.

When they appeared I was approached by a couple of students who suggested a reunion and the idea was born.

The year group started at the school in September 1977,the same year as I started, so I set up a group on facebook thinking that perhaps it would attract a few and maybe the idea was "pie in the sky".

How wrong could I have been??The event was held on 18th May at the Reresby Arms in Thrybergh and around 70 or 80 ex-students from the year group came along.They came from places as far afield as Canada,Germany and all over the U K as well as locally.

I was overwhelmed by the turn out and we had a fantastic evening catching up on 30 years of gossip.

I also had many messages from ex-students who could not make it for personal reasons on that date.

Through your paper I would like to thank all those who came along and made the evening such a success.I would also like to thank Steve and Betty Lyon at the Reresby Arms for their hospitality.

It really was a very memorable night and one which will stay with me forever.Thank you all. You really made my night.I look forward to repeating this in the future.

Kevin McCourt, Regent Street, Rotherham.