Class of '95

I attended my school reunion yesterday down in Devon. I actually attended three secondary schools; I did my GSCEs at Knowles Hill. I was initially a bit nervous about seeing all my old school colleagues again. Although I’d kept in touch with a few since school (Simon, Goose, Newton) some people I hadn’t seen since 1995. I arrived quite early so I was one of the first people there. I was warmly greeted by Dawn, Rachel, Emma and Rachel. They had organised the reunion and had put a lot of time and effort into it (including pinning an embarrassing Year 5 photo on the wall). Gradually, more and more people started to arrive. It was fun waiting to see who was going to walk through the door and seeing whether you’d recognise them. There was no mistaking people like Andrew and Nick, as they’d hardly changed at all. It was actually a lot of the girls I didn’t recognise at first. A lot of them had really blossomed. Some people had lost weight; some people had gained weight (two of the girls there were heavily pregnant).

Here’s what some of the Class of ‘95 are doing now:

Dawn: journalist
Ian: computer programmer
Phil: scaffolder
Rebecca: radiologist
Stephanie: student
Rachel: clinical psychologist
David: surveyor
Andrew: Navy

It was a great turn out: there must have been at least fifty or so people in attendance. Much drink did flow, inspiring a lot of bad dancing (to some truly bad songs: ‘Cotton Eye Joe,’ anyone?). I had a fantastic evening, one of the best Saturday nights out I’ve had in a long time.

Here’s to the next Knowles Hill reunion in 2016!