Reunions - past and future
This page will provide details of the next reunion and a countdown to it. When tickets are available for sale and overnight accommodation available for booking we'll provide links to how you can do those things. If you want detailed information (such as who is going) or information and photographs from past reunions then you need to log-in to the site.
Who are they for?
We've now had a number of reunions for alumni who first attended the College during the 70s. Over time these have slowly extended themselves to cover all those who did their time between 1965 and 1985. This was a very unique period for the students; as the sixties got into the swing of things, male undergraduates were admitted for the first time changing the environment forever. New halls were built to accommodate this strange new species, the character of the social life changed forever but the college remained relatively small with only around 1000 students. This number grew slowly and the balance between female and male students grew towards equilibrium until 1985 where a merger with Bedford College took place and numbers grew rapidly.
When have they happened?
Reunions covering the 70s decade were held on a three year cycle between 2007 and 2019, and prior to that there had been some smaller events, several of the earlier events were organised by Pete Challinger and the 2007 event was organised by thye alumni team at the College.
Those since 2007 were organised by the tone-deaf Jon Cutter with Pete Challinger providing the musical accompaniment and the evening disco.
Details of all of the earlier reunions can be found on the various pages of the web site - provided you have registered your alumni details and are signed in. There you will see all the attendees with badges showing how they used to look to compare with how they look now. It is one of the few indicators that we have all aged!
When's the next one?
The 2022 reunion was somewhat marred by the death of the Queen a few days earlier and the College limiting the amount of partying that could take place resulting in a more subdued event than usual.
However John & Janet Parker were undeterred by this last-minute setback and organised another one for 2024 with around 230 attendees, which was a huge success but which tested the capability of the old to drink as much wine as they could 50 years ago
There will be another one on 12th September 2026 and the plan will be to keep on going until the last volunteer to organise can manage no longer.
We'll add more details as they become available - but, for now, save the date
RHC65-85 Reunion
September 2026 reunion
The event this year will be a little bit different. Registration will still take place in the Hub Dining Hall so that you can pick up your badge and room keys and get settled in to the accomodation (which will be in the normal Tuke Hall block). However because the Bar and Disco building (the old Cameron Dining Hall) has been repurposed it won't be available to us. Instead most of the event will be run in Founders.
During the event drinks will be available in the Crosslands Bar (in the South Quad below the Dining Hall) and the evening disco will also be held here.
The evening meal will be held in the Founders Dining Hall (as will breakfast the following morning). If we have more folk coming than can fit in the Dining Hall, then there will be some additional seating in Crosslands that can also be used for the evening meal.
The Disco will be in Crosslands after the evening meal.
If the weather is kind to us then we will make use of the South Quad as well and if the weather is less kind then we will be able to use the Senior Common Room (SCR). The SCR is based on Founders first floor (same as the Dining Hall) and occupies the Southern turret area on the East side of the building.
Tickets for the event
Tickets for the 2026 reunion will go on sale from January 2026. The booking system is being administered by the College and the button below will take you to the appropriate page on their site (once it's open). Ticket prices will be the same as they were in 2024 (£75)
Once you purchase a ticket you'll get an automated response from the College confirming the booking. You'll also get a (non-automated and therefore a lot slower) email from Jon with a draft badge for you to check for errors and a request for a suitable photo to use on it.
Log-in to this site if you want to be seated with a group of friends who are also coming.
Accommodation
Overnight accommodation will be available in Tuke Hall and usually about 80% of the attendees take advantage of this as it allows the reunion to go on into the night . It also includes a breakfast on the Sunday morning in Founders which is usually very good.
The link below will take you to a booking page on the College site so you can book rooms. It auto-fills a booking code to ensure you will be in the same hall as other attendees.
You will be able to book rooms up until the event (or we run out of the rooms that have been reserved for us!!)
Register / Sign in to get more information
There will be a lot more information about the 2026 reunion for those who are registered on the website and signed in once planning has developed a bit further. You will need to go there to see the lists of who has tickets and to get more details of arrangements for table seating,
Once signed in you will also be able to see details of all the previous reunions as well as a messaging service to allow you to contact other alumni and make arrangements for your own plans over the weekend.