Date |
Present |
Event |
12/9/51 |
all girls |
Arrival at Cecelia Park Hall of Residence in Durham. All girls were accommodated in Trinity corridor |
Sept 52 |
Phyllis, Gillian |
Move into a flat in Crosby St, Durham |
2/6/53 |
Betty, Peter |
Meet at Coronation party and start dating |
Sept 53 |
Jane, Veronica, Georgina, Betty |
Move into larger flat in house with second flat occupied by Peter Holt and Nigel Binks. |
12/9/53 |
All |
Peter and Veronica start dating at joint birthday party for Daphne and Betty. Georgina meets and starts dating Alan Evans |
June 54 |
all girls |
Taking finals |
1/7/54 |
Avril, Jane, Veronica, Peter |
Arts graduation ceremony |
2/7/54 |
Daphne, Phyllis, Gillian, Georgina, Betty |
Science graduation ceremony |
4/7/54 |
All |
Wedding of Veronica to Peter Holt, Church of St Peter & St Paul, West Horsley, Surrey. Bridesmaids Miss Ann Burton, Miss Georgina Cole. Best Man Mr Alan Evans |
31/7/54 |
Jane |
Leaves to undertake Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in India. |
10/10/54 |
Daphne |
Ian Wright wins the parliamentary seat of Sussex Downs for the Conservatives in a by-election. Daphne canvassed on his behalf and was present at the count. |
12/9/54 |
Peter |
Graduates as PhD in Electronics |
5/2/55 |
Peter, Veronica |
Birth of Amy Jane Holt. |
8/6/55 |
Phyllis |
Promoted to First Lieutenant, WRNS |
23/12/55 |
Jane |
Returns from India |
4/4/57 |
all |
Wedding of Georgina to Alan Evans, Church of St Saviour in the Field, Woodbridge Suffolk. Matron of Honour Mrs Veronica Holt. Bridesmaids Miss Jane Evans, Miss Betty Grange. Best Man Mr Peter Evans. |
5/6/57 |
Avril |
Avril’ parents, Arthur and May Cooper and her younger brother Charles are all killed in a house fire at their home in Sandwich Kent. |
5/8/58 |
Georgina |
Birth of James Arthur and Henry John Evans. |
14/12/58 |
Phyllis |
Promoted to Commander, WRNS |
17/1/59 |
Gillian |
Qualifies as a doctor |
3/7/59 |
all girls |
5 year reunion at the home of Sir Geoffrey and Lady Abigail Smythe, parents of Daphne, at Blayden, Oxfordshire. |
3/8/59 |
Daphne |
Ian Wright appointed Junior Minister at the Foreign Office |
18/9/59 |
all girls plus Peter Holt and Peter Cooper |
Wedding of Daphne to Ian Wright MP, Church of St Peter the Fisherman, Blayden, Oxfordshire. Bridesmaids Miss Avril Cooper, Miss Gail Wright and Miss Susan Sharples. Best Man Rt. Hon. Bradbury Deekes MP. |
3/4/60 |
Daphne |
Birth of Benjamin Ewan Wright |
7/9/61 |
Betty |
Awarded MSc in Mathematics with computing |
7/3/62 |
Daphne |
Birth of Victoria Jane Wright |
4/4/62 |
Gillian |
Gillian’s parents separate and subsequently divorce |
6/6/64 |
all girls plus Peter Holt and Ian Wright MP |
Wedding of Avril to Peter Cooper, Church of St Bride, Fleet St, London. Matron of Honour Mrs Daphne Wright. Bridesmaids Miss Petra Cooper and Miss Julie Cooper. Best Man Mr Austin Grant. |
29/6/64 |
Daphne |
Ian Wright promoted Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on the resignation, through ill heath of Cuthbert Hughes. |