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Wednesday 23 January 2013

WEB OGC 49ers reunion Weetwood Hall

A group of OGs celebrated their 80th birthdays in style with a special lunch at Weetwood Hall, a tour of GSAL and a wander through the archives of their school days.

The 49ers – named after the year they took their school certificate examinations – have been meeting up every five years since the 40th anniversary of their exams. However this latest reunion was a particularly special one with collective 80th birthdays to celebrate too.

The group all joined Leeds Girls’ High School at different times – some as juniors, others as seniors – but most left following the school certificate. The women went on to varied careers with six becoming doctors and almost half of them still living in Yorkshire.

The idea for regular get-togethers came from Pat Turner (née Harbinson), who now lives in France, and who instigated the first reunion in 1989. Meetings are coordinated by Wendy Stevens (née Watson), who was head girl from 1951-52, and who had stayed on at LGHS to do her Oxbridge entrance exam.

After their birthday lunch at Weetwood Hall members of the 49ers were given a guided tour of GSAL by current head girl Charlotte Martin. The group also spent some time in the school’s archive, looking at records and photos from their school days.

Photos: above – Members of the 49ers at Weetwood Hall; below – head girls Charlotte Martin and Wendy Stevens

WEB Head Girls Charlotte Martin and Wendy Stevens

 

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