Reunions

Reunion 2024 will be taking place at the Southport Coaster on Lord Street in September. Put the date of Saturday 28 September in your diary now. Further details about ticket prices and how to get them will be announced soon.

Tickets for the 75th Anniversary Reunion on 16th September 2023 are now on sale. The event will once again be at the Masonic Hall in Southport. Tickets cost £15 per person, which includes the buffet. Please note that vegan and gluten-free options are available on request. Full details of how to get and pay for tickets are here.

Tickets for Reunion 2022 will be available from this week. They cost £10 per person and includes a buffet. You can order via PayPal or by cheque.

Full details are on our Reunions page.

It’s official! The next Reunion will be taking place at the Masonic Hall in Southport on Saturday 21 May 2022. Further details about tickets will be announced soon, but for now, book the date in your diaries.

It has been decided it is probably best to not have the Reunion this year. Instead, we are looking into possibly having the event next Spring. Discussion is taking place on Facebook to get feedback on how people feel about this.

If you don’t use Facebook and have any comments or suggestions about this idea, please comment below or send a message using our Contact Form.

Following a discussion with Julie at the Masonic Hall, the Reunion Committee have made the decision to postpone Reunion 2020.

While lockdown restrictions are generally easing, social distancing will remain for a long time to come. This means large gatherings, such as our Reunions, will be very difficult to maintain.

Because of this, it was decided to cancel Reunion 2020 for everyone’s health and safety. The event will be rescheduled for October 2021.

We know some of you will be disappointed, but it is the right thing to do. It will give us all something positive to look forward to in 2021.

More details will be announced in due course. In the meantime, please continue to stay safe and remember to keep social distancing.

An update about this year’s Reunion:

The Reunion Committee hopes it will go ahead as planned on 3 October. However, we are all living in uncertain times and many events have already been cancelled. The Reunion Committee feels it is wise to start selling tickets for the event when it is safe to do so. The advice is to keep an eye on here for any further announcements.

Keep well and stay safe.

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We heard this week that ex-pupil Daffyd Howell passed away last year on 12 August. Daffyd was 65 years old. Some of you will know him as Goronwy Jones.

Here’s a date for your diaries – the next Birkdale Reunion will take place on Saturday 3 October 2020. It will be held once again at the Masonic Hall in Southport.

If you have any feedback or suggestions for this event, please use our Contact Form. The committee of Bob Bayley, Mike Fahey and Tony Wright will consider any ideas put forward, and they will aim to make this event a memorable occasion.

Further information will be announced in due course.

Reunion 2018 was a great success!

Over 100 people attended the event at the Masonic Hall on Saturday 6 October. The turnout was the highest it has been for a few years. Thank you to everyone for coming and making the occasion the fun evening it was.

Thanks must be given to Julie and her team at the Masonic Hall for the buffet and for generally looking after us.

On the night it was mentioned four Committee members have stepped down. Billy Lamont and Steven Brayshaw stepped down at the last Reunion in 2016 after being involved for 20 years but have remained in the background until any new people can properly take over. Sue Tinsley left the Committee in May 2017 for family reasons and Ronnie Gilbody resigned in January this year due to health problems. Thanks were given to all of these people for all their hard work in planning and organising past Reunions.

Tony Wright asked the crowd if they wanted these events to continue in the future. By an overwhelming show of hands, it was clear the majority do! However Tony requested that if anyone is interested in helping or has any feedback/ideas they should contact him via the website.

After a short meeting between Billy, Steven and Tony later in the evening, it was announced Bob Bayley would be coming on board to assist Tony with arranging future Reunion events. Welcome to Bob!

Following the raffle, there was plenty of opportunities for everyone to chat and catch-up. What a fabulous night. Roll on 2020!

Some photos from the Reunion can be seen here.