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REUNIONS

to the reunion; Dave Bennett, Julia
Spotswood, John Head, Tom Lonsdale
from Australia and Rog Owen from
France. Some did make the trip from
far afield; two from Australia, Sheena
Adamson and Martyn Jeggo, and one
from America, Steve Newsholme.

I provided copies of all my archive
material, together with the film, to
everyone who was there, and later to
some of those who were not. I requested
a donation to Guide Dogs for the Blind
Association (a charity traditionally
supported by the RVC) and raised £220.
We had no after dinner speakers, just
the film show, but that gave a good
opportunity for us to spend more time
together talking and catching up - a lot
has happened in 50 years. Our previous
reunion was in 1997. It is amazing
how much we have changed physically
since then. The event was a great
success, thanks to Pete Wood and John
Mackinnon’s organisation.

Photos from Bill Starr
and Kevin McCullen

Alumni events

We have been really pleased to If you are organising your own RVC classmates meeting up
be able to run alumni reunion events reunion, please do let us know so please do send us updates
in-person this year, starting with an as we will be happy to support and photos!
alumni reception as part of VMX you. We also love hearing about
in Florida in January, followed by
BSAVA in Manchester in March and
London Vet Show in November.
We eagerly await the completion
of the Hawkshead Campus
developments (update on page 6),
so that we can invite our alumni
back there. We have missed not
having our annual alumni reunion
and are looking forward to making
plans for 2023.

We have been pleased to hear from
several alumni that they have held
their own reunions this year, including
the Class of 1972, who recently met
up. We will be assisting with reunions
and tours of campus that alumni are
looking to arrange for next year.

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