JEAN B HURST writes: "Prior to the Bank Holiday you published a picture and article for me about Markland Hill School. You couldn't have put the picture in on a better evening, for some of the friends I mentioned were in Bolton for the long weekend.

Others I managed to contact, and a small group of us, spent a lovely afternoon in the garden on the holiday Monday. I have since been contacted by others, and have managed to find out addresses for several more who live out of town, and we are hoping to have a larger reunion in the spring of next year, perhaps around the May Bank Holiday. The photograph is of our group who got together at the end of August.