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23 June 2000

Former pupils write in...

See below for some details of the planned Former Pupils' Reunion.

We've now had e-mail and letters from a number of former pupils. Some saw Mr Queen's letter in the "Scots Magazine" asking for former pupils to get in touch. Others saw the article in the "Ayrshire Post" about the school Web pages. This was featured on the "Post's" Internet edition at www.inside-scotland.co.uk/ayrshire/post.

We've also had replies to the tear-off slips printed in Millennium/175 newsletters sent from the school.

Former pupils come from as far away as

• Queensland, Australia; Los Angeles, California, USA; Ottawa, Canada;
  Tokyo, Japan;
• in Britain, Caithness, Kirriemuir, and Brighton;

and in Ayr, as close as Saint Andrew's Street, Craigie Lea and Hilary Crescent.

On the next pages, we have notes from a couple of Former Pupils who describe their feelings on hearing of the Anniversary, the planned FP Association and our Web Pages.

As noted elsewhere in this issue, Sandy Murdoch is heading a group to organise a Former Pupils' Reunion on Saturday 25th November, near Saint Andrew's Night. He needs to know soon what numbers to expect. He's written to the local newspapers, asking FPs to get in touch. If you'd like to come, you can e-mail Sandy c/o the editors at HolmstonPS@dial.pipex.com - please tell him your name, dates at Holmston (and name then if different), postal address and telephone number.

Please let Sandy know if you think you'll be able to come to an evening meal on Saturday 25th November (cost to be determined later, depending on likely numbers) or whether you'd prefer to come during the day for a cup of tea and a look round the building. We'll get back to you with more details when they're available.

Several FPs have contributed reminiscences of their time at the school, which we've used in the History "mini-series" features - Jimmy Fairlie, Norman Johnston, Jimmy Brown, Susanne Nixon, Moira Anderson, Lesley Bloomer, are just the first of many.

As part of our Holmston Time Machine features, we've got class photos from 31 years ago, 47 years (P7), 51 years (P6), 51 years (Infants 3), 67 years (7-year olds, ?Infants 3), 70 years (also 7-year olds), 73 years (also 7-year olds), 85 years, and 88 years ago.

There's also a brief list of the people who've contacted us so far.

As noted above, we've used some of the FPs' recollections in items in the School History section - the Holmston Time Machine history mini-features.

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