OLD TOLLINGTONIANS FINAL REUNION- 12 SEPTEMBER 2009

70 years ago, on the 1 September 1939, some 250 boys from Tollington School in north London arrived in Buckden. Accompanied by their headmaster, Dr Draper and his staff, the boys were to continue their schooling in the Towers until 1942 safely away from the London Blitz. Over the three years, the boys age from 10-17 years were billeted all over the village and beyond from Alconbury to St. Neots.

On Saturday 12 September 2009, some former pupils from the 1939 evacuation, the youngest now 77 years young, gave an afternoon reception in The Towers for invited guests as a mark of gratitude to the village of Buckden. To celebrate, The Old Tollingtonians Society, in this their final Buckden reunion, had commissioned a wonderful cake featuring the School crest.

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