The meeting of the Hampshire ONL group was held at Kay Hassell's house on 11th October 2008. As usual, reminiscences and chatter flowed, while we enjoyed the various and delicious dishes we had each brought for lunch, washed down with a glass of wine. A collection was taken to cover costs, and following the meeting a small donation was made by Kay to the Carroll Youth Centre in Stanmore.
Those present were:-
Joan Whiting (nee LANGTON, left 1939)
Kay HASSELL, left1946
Jennifer Bourdillon (nee THOMAS, left 1947)
Jean Bassett- James (nee EDWARDS, left1949)
Christine Jones (nee FROOMS, left 1951)
Jean Wissett- Warner (nee STRATTON, left1952)
Heather Bowering (nee WILLIAMS, left 1956)
Sandra Goodchild (nee ODY, left 1958)
Janet Staples (nee WEBBER, left 1960)
Marilyn Ayres (nee SWALLOW, left 1963)
Jacqueline Batchelor (nee CRAWFORD, left1975)
Helen JEX, left 1983
Joy TAYLOR (French and German teacher, 1956-1968)
Apologies were received from the following: (One member was bell-ringing and another was in Russia!!) :-
Susan Jones (nee PURKIS, left 1954)
Angela Bassam (nee McLENNAN, left1960)
Rosemary Spencer (nee LEA, left 1960)
Jane Anderton (nee ROWLAND, left 1965)
Susan Griffiths (nee MORGAN, left 1966)
Lorna Fitzpatrick (nee HAMLIN, left1986)
The next meeting will be at Marilyn Ayres' house on 4th April 2009
For details of this meeting or of our group, please contact Helen Jex, helenjex@tiscali.co.uk