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Jessica Stewart, Steven Mason, Eamonn Fitzpatrick, Nadia Forbes, Paul Slater -
Shocked faces as we realise the 6th formers (Yr 12 & 13) have their own personal canteen & Wi-Fi access! |




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A key element of the Alumni Association is about reunions. Whether is been 10 years or 50 years since you last met, reunions provide the opportunity for old (figuratively speaking of course!) friends to catch up on how their lives have developed and of course to swap stories from behind the bike shed (ok maybe from behind the pavilion!)
We¡¦ll be listing the coming reunions on this page with the relevant links and contact details.
If you are planning a get together or a full blown reunion let us know so we can help spread the message and let people know¡K..
Watch this space for the write up of the August London Reunion organised by Sarah Paterson¡K¡K.
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CLASS of ¡¦88 REUNION by Paul Slater
A few years back 3 or 4 of us thought it would be nice to head back over to HK & take in the Rugby Sevens. We thought about '06, '07 and finally decided on '08 as it would be 20 years since we all finished Upper 6. This was around the same time that Facebook began to appear on our horizons as more than just a gimmicky web tool. I created a KGV Class of 1988 group, invited a number of known friends as well as raided the emails from the KGV Alumni website. Within a few weeks we had grown to a membership of around 30-40 people. Needless to say peoples' enthusiasm spread like wildfire. Old classmates not seen or heard of in 20-25 years came out of the woodwork - it was simply amazing! We had folks from the UK, US, Oz, NZ, Singapore, as well as a strong contingent who remained in HK.
reunion until the early hours.
Monday 31st March was the 'Official Reunion Day', since this incorporated both the arranged trip to KGV as well as the evening function at Yumla in Lan Kwai Fong. We all arrived at school at differing times - my excuse was the Cross Harbour Tunnel traffic is terrible at that time of day, others may disagree - but we were all seated by 12 noon in the 6th form common room. As in traditional days, we sat boys to the left and girls to the right with a few needy cups of strong black coffee. The new (to us) headmaster Ed Wickins gave us a great insight into the current standing of the school and what had occurred in the last 20 years. Questions arose like¡¨ What happened to the running track?¡¨ and ¡§What, no curry fishballs - the staple diet of every KGVer!?¡¨ I do recall we even broke into a shortened chorus of Honestas Ante Honores. Adam provided Ed with one of our official KGV 20-year Reunion T-shirts and then who should turn up but none other than our old chemistry & rugby teacher, Phil Arnold! It was great to see him again. We continued our school tour, still reminiscing and commenting how young the present students looked, as well as posed for some infamous group photos on the KGV steps. What great memories! After that it was rest until the evening's events began..........
Big thanks go to Amrit Sethi, Charmaine Michael, Ravi Sujanani and Carol Yau who were our eyes and ears on the ground in Hong Kong. Looking back over the trip, it has to rank as one of the most exhilarating holidays I have ever had. But that¡¦s not the end of it, since we are already talking about our 25th Anniversary in Hong Kong in 2013 - older, greyer, fatter (and that¡¦s just the girls - joke!).
We are already planning our own 'local' Class of 88 get together in London & Sydney this year to keep the memories burning. What more can I say except¡K¡K¡K¡K Honestas Ante Honores!
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Year groups |
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Spring 2009 |
Hong Kong |
70¡¦s and any |
Eleanor Sackett Dave McKirdy
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September 2009 |
US West Coast |
60¡¦s 70¡¦s 80¡¦s and any |
Sandra Fattedad |
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October 2009 |
Thailand |
60¡¦s 70¡¦s 80¡¦s and any |
Skip Heinecke |