Bootham School York - Class of 1968-1973

Bootham School York, and the Class of 1968 - 1973: What happened to everyone?

I went to Bootham School, a Quaker boarding school in the city of York, in the north of England, from the age of 11. That was 1968. I stayed there until the end of 'Upper Senior', in 1973, when I left to go to the Hull College of Technology, to study electronics and radio communication systems for Marine Radio.

Since then, I have lost touch completely with my former class mates. Recently, in 2009, thanks to the Friends Reunited website, one of them got in touch with me: George Baines. We corresponded via email for a while, then during a short visit to England last April, I was able to travel up to Manchester and spend a couple of days with George and his lovely wife and children.

As might be expected, we had a lot to talk about, especially our time together at Bootham. This led to wondering if we could remember the names of everyone in our yeargroup, and then further speculation about what might have happened to them all. Was there a way to contact everyone, and find out what had happened to them in the past 35 years?

The result is this web page: an attempt to make a searchable list of all class members in the hope that one by one they might search for their names online, and find them here. If they did make it this far, then they might be interested in a Yahoo Group set up for the 'Class of 1968 - 1973' members of Bootham School York, where they can catch up with old friends and colleagues, exchange news and information, post details of events past and present,  share photo online, leak a bit of gossip, and initiate or comment on stories of life at Bootham in the 60s and 70s.

Still with me? then please visit the Yahoo Group for Bootham School class of 1968-1975 and join in the conversation.

Where are they now?

As mentioned above, George and I tried to remember the names of everyone in our class group, from the one class as it first started, to the 2 classes it became when more people joined in the third year: 'Upper Schoolroom'.

Here is the list as best we can remember it, but some errors still exist. If you have any added details or corrections, please Contact Me directly, or post a message on the Yahoo Group. I'd also love to hear from anyone who can scan and email me any of our yearly class photos.