CCHS

News of Old Girls

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Reunion of 2006 Leavers

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Amy Hart:  This date was actually put in our diary whilst sat in the common room one day in the winter of 2006 and it’s remarkable how fast it’s come around. Back then, we put it in the diary as 1st December 2016, and the original plan was to meet at the restaurant at Harrods. Little did we know then that 1st December 2016 would actually be a Thursday and that Harrods probably wouldn’t make the most sensible meeting point (not least because it’s still out of our price range).

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Alice Gilbert (organiser): On December 1st 2006 we tried to predict who’d be married and who’d have kids, and how many, when we were to meet for lunch in exactly ten years in Harrods. In reality, Colchester was more convenient but most importantly we’d never lost contact so we knew there would only be one of us with a wedding ring. Social media’s great but nothing can replace the warm, familiar feeling of being in the same room as the girls you shared so many hilarious, ridiculous, embarrassing and even mundane moments of your life with for seven years. This was the first time in years we’d all been together and it really did feel like nothing had changed - we all pretty much look the same too. One of our PE teachers coincidentally walked into the Church Street Tavern as we were having our afternoon tea so it almost felt like we were back in the canteen at CCHSG; not quite though as Martyn’s chocolate brownies were noticeably absent but at least there was significantly more wine! Thankfully the next date in the diary is in less than a month rather than ten years this time!”

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Niccola Swan (Rees) - 1969-76