Ian Kenyon

As I'm sure you are aware the last cohort to graduate from Kings before it became Newcastle University in 1964 are now in their later 70s consequently it seems a little late in the day to be collecting memories from those who graduated much earlier. However, I and nine others who graduated in 1964 are still in touch via e-mail and managed to meet in 2012, fifty years after we first joined the GDH course in Chemistry and Physics or Maths and are now discussing a repeat sixty years on in 2022. Nine of us from around the UK and Canada met in Newcastle in 2012 along with partners for a 2 day get together, catch up and reminiscences. It was surprising how easy it was to reconnect after so many years and re-establish the firm friendships we had had at Kings.

King's college students, 1962

Left to right: George Cousins, Peter Burton, Ian Kenyon, John Bowen, Keith Knox and Frank Smith

King's college reunion, 60 years later, 2012

Left to right : George Cousins, Peter Burton, Ian Kenyon, John Bowen, Keith Knox and Frank Smith.

9 alumni who attended the reunion, 2012

Left to right: Frank Smith, Tony Senior, Ian Kenyon, Keith Knox, Dave Porter, Gordon Freeman, George Cousins, John Bowen, Peter Burton

1962/3 season Kings College Basketball team who were the only Kings team ever to win the Tyneside league championship. As you can see from their strip this group also made up the great majority of the Durham University team.