Mayfield Girls Class of ’78 Reunion was held on 10th June 2017 at Hardys Grill, Mayland, Essex. The ladies who came, maiden names used; Elaine Ponter, Julie Cooper, Karen Ruby, Amanda Brown, Lynn Gaitely, Pam Nicholson, Charmaine Hodge, Catherine Anderson, Elaine Tree, Kerry Newell, Tracey Impey, Janice Logan, Jackie Rozee, Susan Boyce, Tracey Ellis, Julie Tunnicliff, Karen Hardy, Jane Farnfield, Karen Ash, Janette Martin, Susan Derbyshire, Tina Griggs, Christine Percival, Mandy Bolton, Jackie Windsor, Janet Harris, Jean-Marie Storey, Julie Grey, Melanie Williams. A fantastic evening was had by everyone, so much so that next years 40th year Anniversary is being organised. Watch this space. If you would like more information for this reunion please contact Elaine Ponter or Julie Cooper via the Mayfield Memories Website.

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Yvonne Jenkins (nee Roper), Ann Pardoe (nee Beattie), Evelyn Brown (nee Tayler), Jill Smart (nee Trevalyn)

Photo of our ‘Mayfield Girls of 1952 Get Together’ on 12th June this year. We all met at my apartment in Gosport Marina, Hampshire, and as you may imagine we never stopped talking from the time we met. It was great to catch up on everyone’s lives – you would be surprised what we have all managed to achieve since we left Mayfield. But what I would like everyone to know is that we all have very happy memories of our school and especially the quality of our teachers.
– Yvonne Jenkins (nee Roper)

The Reunion at the Holliday Inn, Brentwood, on 26 September 2008 was organised by Brenda Cornhill (nee Allen)

 Standing: Valerie Faheem (nee Halligan), Valerie Lean (nee Jones), Pamela Allmand (nee Jones), Joy Clayton (nee Clements), Christine Horsely (nee Staniforth), Jane Hardy (nee Clark), Valerie Stephenson (nee Hopkins), Linda Brandon (nee Vince)
Seated: Janet Broom (nee Devis), Eileen Dean (nee Fifield), Brenda Cornhill (nee Allen), Valerie Groome (nee Andrews)

A very big thank you to everyone who attended the reunion. It was a great success with 12 representatives from the girls school and one from the boys school. Everyone enjoyed catching up after 46 years, chatting until 11.30pm. Pamela Allmand and Valerie Lean are sisters and were visiting from their homes in Canada. The reunion was prompted by their visit.
– Brenda Cornhill (nee Allen) Continue reading →

Kathy Cuttriss, Harry Valentine and myself were classmates at South Park Juniors and we all ended up at Mayfield. Kathy and Harry spent the next four years walking to school together. When Kathy arranged to meet Harry, she picked a pub roughly halfway between their homes. The pub they visited, the Three Hammers, is in St. Albans – the town where I lived for 24 years after leaving Ilford in 1970. How’s that for coincidence?
– Tony Gocke

Well, we did it. We met at 12.15pm at the Three Hammers. When we all scrambled out of our cars, with hugs and kisses all round, I reminded Harry that he had in fact met my husband when we were courting, but of course Harry didn’t remember that. We went in and ordered a round of drinks so that we could toast each other. We sat talking and catching up on all the gossip, 50 years worth. Where have those 50 years gone. It was so great to meet Harry and his lovely wife Jackie, and we all got on like a house on fire. It was so weird, all I kept thinking was that Harry’s eyes were the same as when I last saw him. That made them all laugh. Continue reading →