A Message from your President

“I must say that I felt very flattered when approached about the possibility of being elected President of the Old Ratcliffian Association for this year. It softened the blow of realizing that it is already 40 years since my year left the College. I do not really mind being the age that I am but I am slightly alarmed at the speed with which I have arrived at 58! Where did those decades go?

The reunion at the College in June brought together a great variety of characters from my year – about half of the students of ’71 were able to put in an appearance over the weekend. It was wonderful to see them again. Life has treated us differently and our journeys showed a great variety of careers and experiences. Some might have said that their lives had followed something of their ambitions and expectations as they left Ratcliffe; others had certainly found themselves going in very unexpected directions.