500 years… 600 years… anniversaries in 2013

[tobyaw]

Between the ages of eight and eighteen (from 1980–90), I attended Nottingham High School. I was the third generation of my family to go to the school, following my father and grandfather. Founded in 1513 by Dame Agnes Mellers, the school will be celebrating its 500th anniversary next year. There will be a series of events; I’m wondering whether to travel down to Nottingham to attend one or more of them, particularly the reunion weekend in mid-June.

Between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, (from 1990–93), I attended the University of St Andrews. I was the first generation of my family to go to university, and I liked St Andrews so much that I’ve chosen to spend my life here. Founded in 1413, the university will be celebrating its 600th anniversary next year. There will be a series of events; no doubt I’ll be going to several of them.

Comments

[houstonjames.livejournal.com]

Mine is similar - the annual reunions being black tie rubber chicken jobs of very little appeal, the rest of their events being sports-centric. A handful of the people there are interesting/familiar, which is nice, but very few, and it would help if the catering were above prison grade. (Of the £50 ticket price, I suspect about £48 goes on the alcohol...)

[tobyaw]

It is sad that catered events seldom have good catering. Makes me wish that hotels served a breakfast buffet at all large events; hotel breakfasts are one thing that they can scale up while maintaining quality, and it is socially acceptable to read a newspaper or do a crossword at breakfast if the conversation lulls.