Thirty ex-pupils who left Corfe Hills Upper School in 1983 joined together after 40 years in Wimborne on Saturday, writes Anne Oliver.

Pupils travelled as far afield as Northern Ireland, Cornwall, London  and Stirling as well as many of those who stayed local.

Stories and memories were swapped and shared and names were guessed on entry to the Wimborne Community Centre.

One teacher, Mrs Wazekewski, the pupils’ history teacher, also joined in the fun, finding that one of the pupils followed her into teaching at Corfe Hills.

Mayor Diane March popped along to the event to accompany by Town Crier Chris Brown who gave a specially written shout to the ex-pupils.

A video message was received from a pupil in  Diego Garcia and others who could not join sent old photos and emails.

Everyone had a great time chatting over tea and cake catching up on the last 40 years, and as it was Wimborne Folk Festival, many continued to party into the evening and one poor pupil volunteered to organise an event at the Festival next year – he has been passed all the contact details! I would like to thank everyone who came along and supported the event.