Singapore
Schools – Spring 2020 Reunion
Back
in February 2002 three old school friends met for the first time in 32 years
and some 35 years since they were in the 6th Form at school
together.
Their
names were Alan Cottrell, Phil Crawshaw,
and Ken Wildon, and
the school was St.
John’s, Singapore.
Within
just a few minutes they were like long lost friends bringing each other up to
date on their lives since Singapore and soon they were sharing memories as if
they were just yesterday. Obviously not all meetings will be as smooth and
seam-free but this one was so good that we did it again! This time over two dozen people turned up, and they all
said they'd like to do it again! And again! And again!!! So guess
what..........? We are pleased to bring you the Spring 2020
Half
yearly reunion SATURDAY 28th March 2020 at the
Chandos
Public House, Trafalgar Square, LONDON
And
this is where you come in!
We are sending this
invitation to everyone whose address we have who was at St John’s or related
schools around the same time as us and whom it would be nice to meet again.
Please pass this same
message on to any of your old friends from Singapore that you would like to
meet again, or who might enjoy it even if you won’t be able to make it yourself
on the day.
If you are reading this on Facebook, www.singas.co.uk
or any other site you can do this quite easily by copying and pasting this text
into an email or by printing it off and sending it by snail mail.
If you haven’t yet done so
please send a brief email to Lynne Copping at singaporeschool.reunion@gmail.com to ensure you get full updates on all future reunions
wherever we may hold them.
For those without Facebook e-mail etc. there’s always snail-mail or the
phone.
If this really takes
off we could bring London to a standstill and if it doesn’t we’ll still meet up
with the chosen few.
The day will be very
loosely planned, having only a beginning and an end, leaving the middle free.
We plan to meet at a pub in
London on Saturday 28th March from about 11.30 a.m. where we will
again commandeer the comfy seats upstairs. The pub is called the Chandos and
it’s in St Martin’s Lane to the northeast corner (top right) of Trafalgar
Square between the National Gallery and the Post Office and near the Royal
Opera House (nearest Tubes Charing Cross & Leicester Square). If you’re not
sure you’ll be recognised, stick a post-it note on your forehead or a luggage
label in your buttonhole.
From there you can do whatever
takes your fancy. Make arrangements with old friends to take in a gallery or
two, go to a matinee, go sightseeing, Covent Garden, Tate Modern, ride the
London Eye, shop in Oxford Street, or just plain chill out and chew the fat,
which is what everyone chose to do last November.
Meet back at the same pub
anytime between 5 and 7pm and if you’re still up for it, walk round the corner
into Soho for Chinese nosh in any of several eateries ranging from all you can
eat for a fiver and on upwards.
After that the rest
of the day’s your own.
If you like the idea,
tell
someone. If you’re going to be
there tell
someone. If you’re looking for
someone, let
it be known. Why not add their name to
the list? Just maybe someone will know where they are.
Worried you won’t know
anyone there? Don’t! Many who are good friends today we didn’t know existed
until they met at Chandos.
There’s none so
hard to find as those who don’t know you’re looking for them!
If the event this Spring 2020 reunion is as resounding a success as all the
previous events, there’s no reason why others couldn’t do the same at other
regional or international centres as indeed they do.
See you there?
Ken, Alan & Phil
singaporeschool.reunion@gmail.com