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Reunion 2010

M.O.S.A. & B.O.S.A. JOINT REUNION 2010

14^th – 16th May 2010

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Wednesday 7th July 2010

MIDLAND BRANCH OF M.O.S.A. & B.O.S.A.

Summer Lunch Party

at 12.30pm

We are pleased to tell you that Julie Lodrick, the Principal at the Mount has accepted our invitation to come to our Summer Lunch Party on Wednesday 7th July which is to be held at the above address. We do hope you and your husband/wife or partner will be able to come.

Julie Lodrick became Principal at the Mount in September 2009. She first met Old Scholars at the Joint Reunion in May 2009. Since taking up her appointment she has attended M.O.S.A. Committee Meetings in November and March and the Joint Reunion Committee held in September. She has expressed a willingness to meet Old Scholars at Branch functions and to bring them up to date on events at the School and to learn from Old Scholars.

Please reply by 25th June using the attached slip or E-mail greysuitsaviemore@btinternet.com

We look forward to hearing from you

I/We(state numbers___) hope to come to the Summer Lunch Party on 7th July

Signed_____________________

Joint Midland Branch Secretaries

RECENT PREVIOUS EVENTS................

Friday 9th October 2009

North West Branch

The North West Branch is having a lunch at
The Whoop Hall Hotel
near Kirkby Lonsdale

(Click here to see details of the Hotel)

We will meet from 12.15, and sit down to lunch at 1.00pm.
The cost will be £12, which includes a small gratuity for staff.
For those wishing to stay overnight the hotel is offering a deal of £40 bed and breakfast per person. Husbands, wives and family are most welcome.
Contact Rosemary and Michael Crook for more details, and for the menu choices.

Thursday 17th September 2009

North Yorkshire and Humberside Branch

The North Yorkshire and Humberside Branch of MOSA has arranged a visit to the Arboretum at Castle Howard on September Thursday 17th September followed by a light lunch in their excellent café.

There is an admission charge. BOSA members are warmly invited to join us.

(Click here to see details of the Arboretum)

Please contact Ali Baldwin – please book your place with her as soon as possible.

Tuesday 8th September 2009

East Anglia Branch

The East Anglian Branch is visiting
Wimpole Hall
a National Trust property near Cambridge

(Click here to visit Wimpole Hall website)

We are hoping to have a tour of the gardens with the gardener, the house and gardens will be open, and we shall lunch in the café before the visit.
For those who are feeling more energetic, there are lovely walks in the park, and the farm has historic breeds of cattle, sheep and goats.
We meet at 12.00 -12.30 in the café.

The cost is free to National Trust members. Otherwise £3.70. (Gardens only) Garden, house and farm £8.80. If enough people would like to have a tour with the gardener, the cost will be £5 non-members and £3.70 for members.

A Report on this event by Joy Saunders

The East Anglia Branch met for lunch and tea at Wimpole Hall during October. Our numbers were small but swelled by a very small member of the next generation, but we had great fun. Some of us explored the grounds with a member of the gardening staff, and were fascinated by the work of the team recreating the garden as it was in the 18th century. Others went round the house, or visited the animals in the Home Farm. Many thanks to all who came – and I hope that others may join us next time.

Sunday August 9th 2009

North East Branch

Chesters Walled Garden

The North East Branch of MOSA/BOSA is to meet at Chesters Walled Garden six miles north of Hexham on Sunday August 9th 2009 at 2.30 pm.

This will be followed by tea at the home of Sally (Stuart) Napier and her husband Bruce in Wark.

Sunday 2^nd August 2009

West and South Yorkshire Branch

Midsummer Walk.

We are planning a walk on Sunday 2nd August followed by tea at Stonecroft, Pearson, Street, Calverley, Pudsey, West Yorks, LS18 5RG.

The walk will be a section of the Calverley-Millennium way, taking about two hours.

Arrive any time after 1.30pm for a 2.pm start. Tea will be at 4.00pm.

Old Scholars will be welcome to come for tea only, if they do not wish to go on the walk. Please reply to David and Carol Allan.

A new branch has been formed in Herts, Bucks, Oxon and Hants. Many thanks to Sarah (Piercey) Bell who has taken this on, and held a first very successful meeting in July 2008.
Here is a short report on that gathering

The new
Herts, Bucks, Oxon and Hants
MOSA Branch.

Joy Saunders writes

It was great to be invited to the first meeting of the new Hertfordshire branch on July 26^th 2008. Sarah (Piercy) Bell and her husband Alex made OS very welcome at their home in Hemel Hempstead, and the ten of us enjoyed a delicious bring-and-share lunch together. Sarah and Alex are doing grand works in their new garden, and a model railway is being installed. We admired their wedding photos – no surprise to note that it had a railway theme! It was a lovely afternoon, and although a visit to Waddesdon Manor was mooted, we opted to sit in the garden and chat. We reflected on how The Mount had influenced our lives, remembering the friendship and good fellowship, the excellent teaching we had been given, and above all the values and ideals we had been taught and which guide us in our lives. Old times were then recalled, and there was much laughter over the things we had got up to, and the subject of school meals came up. Does anyone else remember ‘dead baby’s leg’ and ‘flies’ cemetery’?
Thank you, Sarah,
for a lovely day.

The MOSA address list

The MOSA address list is now available cost free online from the school. If you would like a paper copy, the charge is still £5.

The MOSA rose badge

A new MOSA badge has been produced at a cost of £5. It will be on sale at the Reunion, and members can also apply to the School if they would like one.