I had a meeting with a number of people at the College earlier in the week just to keep everyone up-to-date with the way things are developing. We have now sold 120+ tickets and around 90 of those have already booked overnight accommodation. There is a broad mix over all the years with some lumpy bits where groups have booked. All those who have booked should have received their draft badges by now but we still have a disappointing number where I don't have photos of the attendees from their student days. If you do see a badge in the reunion badge photo album that's displaying a picture of Thomas or Jane Holloway and you think you have a photo of them somewhere (or have seen one on the site) then please let me know.
The Heritage event will be occurring on the Sunday of the reunion. This means that almost all the College will be open with a variety of tours and activities going on. Many of these will be ticketed (mostly free and to manage numbers rather than to earn revenue) but will include historic tours, access to the Archives and Picture Gallery, various talks and a trip to the Sanitorium - very worthwhile if yo never got to see when a student. The Heritage event will start at 11 AM but tickets will be available from about 10:30 onwards so if there is a tour / talk / visit you are interested in it will be worth getting a ticket for a timeslot fairly soon after breakfast.
There will also be tea and coffee for alumni served in the Herringham Room from 10-12 AM (it was a new one on me as well). This is on the first floor on the East side of the South Wing and is a fabulous double height room usually available for Post Grads and Staff to use.
The College have also agreed that check-out time for rooms inTuke will be mid-day (rather than 10AM) so it should all be a bit more relaxed for those of us who find it increasingly difficult to get going in the mornings after a late night.
If you find booking rooms as a group a bit awkward - the technology does not make it very easy - then let me know. I will give you a group reference that each of the people in your group can add to their booking and then we'll try to pull it all together later.
If you are coming as a group of 8 or more who all want to sit together for the meal then please let me know and we will try to manage the seating arrangements to accommodate you. I'm not sure how practical this will be yet but if I have the information then it may be possible to plan something. It will not be possible to plan this in any detail until we have a clearer idea of numbers.