The Newsletter of Homerton College, Cambridge & The Homerton Roll

Yorkshire and Derbyshire
Branch
Over the first two years since it was
re-formed, the Yorkshire and Derbyshire
Branch has swelled to a membership of
nearly thirty ex-Homertonians, spanning
a total of seven different decades. Our
meetings to date have thus been a very
interesting mixture of reminiscences.
In 2010 we suffered rather a dip, with a
combination of factors (and the Secretary’s
ever more busy day job) stopping us
meeting. However, messages of support
continue to appear, and we will continue to
run the biggest and most popular events
we can in 2011.
The meeting in the grounds and restaurant
of Chatsworth House is still a vivid memory,
with a number of us basking in the fine
weather and beautiful surroundings. We
hope this summer will see us on a similarly
splendid day out, somewhere interesting
in the countryside, or perhaps at the very
popular Yorkshire Sculpture Park for a
Homerton picnic!
If there’s a venue near you that you’d like
the Branch to visit, let us know. If you’d like
to join the e-mailing group, just to keep
up with what we’re hoping to do next, you
can contact the Branch Secretary, Chris Cox,
who’ll be happy to talk to you.
Chris Cox
1992–1996
Wessex Branch
Last October we decided to try a new
venue in Shepton Mallet which is more
central for most people, but it was not
such a successful choice as the food was
not up to standard. (I think the hotel had
better remain nameless!) Nevertheless the
Wessex members who gathered there had
a great time chatting together on a lovely
sunny day. Those of us who had been to
College for the Royal Charter were able to
show photos and mementos of that special
September Reunion.
Coral Harrow (née Hemsley)
1949–1951
Southern California Branch
As Alumni Secretary of Homertonians in
SoCal, I’m really hoping to be able to build
a Californian network for current and future
Homertonians to use to find professional
opportunities and work experience
placements here. This is, of course, largely
dependent on YOU! So please get in touch
and I will add you to our mailing list !
Should anyone hear of any opportunities for
Homertonians in Southern California, please
do not hesitate to contact me so that I can
communicate back to the College.
If there are events around Southern California
where you would like to meet up with other
AT THIS YEAR’S REUNION
Homertonians, please let me know and I will
send out an email.
Should anyone wish to be notified of
Cambridge in America events through the
emailing list, please let me know.
Should anyone wish to be notified of Oxbridge,
InterNations or other expat events though this
mailing list, please let me know and I will
forward you relevant emails or send out the
necessary invitations.
I should make it clear that none of these
events or emails are organized by the
College in an attempt to solicit donations
of any kind. The purpose of this group
is really to try to build something of a
community for Homertonians old and new.
(Also, wouldn’t it have been nice when
you’d moved here if you’d known about a
Homerton group?).
Angela Das
2000 –2003
Were You on the HUS Exec or involved with the HUS?
Do you have happy memories of hustings
and re-open nominations, of open
meetings and college committees or
even of rent strikes and marches? Did you
devote a significant amount of your time
to drinking coffee in the HUS office, or
perhaps editing BEd Times? Do you ever
look back to those happy HUS days and
wonder what became of everyone else?
Well, now is your chance to find out.
The Homerton Roll Reunion weekend
is always an entertaining occasion but
this year it features the added bonus of a
dinner on Saturday 24th September for
former members of the HUS Exec and
those involved with HUS to reminisce
about their days of Exec meetings and
making badges. You may want to make
a weekend of it – the main Roll dinner is
taking place on the Friday night and there
will be plenty of activities, both formal and
informal, taking place through the day
on Saturday. For those of you of a certain
era, though, a word of caution: the Union
Room in the black and white buildings has
long since been demolished, so there can
be no tear-stained visits to the site of our
former glories.
So, there you have it. Put September
24th in your diary, start getting in touch
with your friends and fellow former Exec
members, and I look forward to seeing you
there for what promises to be a great night.
James Thomson
1987–94 (HUS President 1989–90)
Saturday Dinner
The Saturday Dinner is intended for all those who come to the Reunion, but are unable to
come for Friday evening, or who wish to attend both evening events. Last year two of the
special year groups used it as a focus for their get-together. This year we are also hoping to
attract many of you who have been on the HUS Exec over the years, or who were actively
involved with HUS, as James has written above.
The Saturday Dinner is less formal and starts in the bar. We hope to see many of you there.
Dr Ian Morrison
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