A small number of Guinea Pigs travelled from different parts of the country for a reunion in East Grinstead at the end of May. Following a lunch at the Felbridge Hotel which was attended by Town Mayor and Mayoress, Steven and Pauline Barnett, and the Town Clerk, Chris Rolley, the party visited the Town Museum in Cantelupe Road.

There they had a tour of the McIndoe exhibition where Tourist Officer Simon Kerr gave a short speech about the plans for the new building to house the QVH collection. Simon said "you can understand what a thrill it was for me to show them around and to mix with some of the others. It was an awesome experience to address a group of people about whom I've known since I was a child, and read so much about all my adult life".

For Simon there was an added bonus as amongst the visitors was his Uncle Dennis (Guinea Pig Dennis Smith) and Aunt Nadia who he had not known would be there.

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