Reunions

A reunion is a perfect way to rekindle old friendships and check in on how your friends’ lives have been progressing.

We’ve pulled together some advice that has been gathered over the years to help your reunion go off without a hitch.

You can also promote your reunion on our site and read about reunions from yesteryear.

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Upcoming Reunions

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Planning a Reunion

Venues

The following venues (along with many others) in the vicinity of Barts are available for hire. The following list was updated in April 2024.

St Bartholomew’s Hospital, North Wing
The North Wing is currently closed as it undergoing restoration. We will provide an update once the venue is open to bookings.

The Bishops Finger, West Smithfield
9-10 W Smithfield, Smithfield St, London EC1A 9JR
Tel: 0207 248 2341
Opposite the Henry VIII Gate. Has a private room for functions on the first floor.

Premier Inn
24-30 West Smithfield, London, EC1A 9HB
Recent set reunions have found the hotel very helpful. Happy to set an area aside, to pre-book meals etc.

Smiths of Smithfield
Provides a function room.
67-77 Charterhouse St., London, EC1M 6HJ
Tel: 020 7251 7950

Malmaison
18-21 Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6AH
Tel: 020 7012 3717
Contact the Events Manager.
Will open on Saturdays for Barts nurses’ reunions.

The Old Red Cow
71 Long Ln, Barbican, London EC1A 9EJ
Tel: 0207 600 9400
https://www.oldredcow.co.uk/
Sets have reported excellent service here. However, the loos are down a staircase that may be difficult for some people.

Cote St Pauls
26 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7DR
Tel: 0207 2364399
A short walk from Barts and St Paul’s Cathedral, sets have enjoyed reunions here.

Rucoletta
6 Foster Ln, London EC2V 6HH
Tel: 0207 6007776
https://rucoletta.co.uk/
A family run Italian restaurant opposite St Paul’s Station.

PLEASE NOTE! SOME VENUES MAY CHARGE A NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT.

Funding for reunions

From 1st May, the League wishes to support regional get togethers and Set reunions and will be offering up to £200.00 per group to help facilitate these. League members organising events should contact the Hon.Treasurer, Rosemary Campbell (treasurer@bartsleagueofnurses.org), with details of area or Set number and training start date. Please note we are unable to accept retrospective applications for events prior to May 1st 2025.

A helping hand

Should you need financial support attending a reunion please do get in touch with the benevolent committee via email: benev.secretary@bartsleagueofnurses.org

Hospital tours & gift shop

It is no longer possible to organise a tour of the hospital as the department responsible for this has been disbanded.

The Guild Shop is situated on the ground floor of the King George V Building and is open Monday – Friday from 8 am – 4 pm.

It may be possible to arrange for the shop to open on a Saturday. If you would like this, please either telephone them on 020 3465 6382 or email contact@bartsguild.org.uk. Please also copy Steve Bench (cs.hornets@googlemail.com) to this request as he will ensure a volunteer is available if at all possible.

Promoting your reunion

If you’d like to promote your reunion on the website please provide us with the necessary details for the reunion. We also welcome reports and photos of your set reunion. We are happy to feature these on both the website and our social media channels. We can also forward these to the editor of the League News for inclusion in the next issue.

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Reunion Stories

Set 17 Reunion- September 2025

Set 17 came together at Barts to celebrate 45 years of friendship in September 2025

Set 97 Reunion Nov 1973

Following several attempts to get together for our 50th reunion we managed it!! Colleagues came from far and wide to The Old Red Cow in Farringdon. Many thanks to the League for supporting us with the donation from a 'grateful patient'. We chatted, laughed and reminisced about our days at Barts. All of us felt privileged to have trained at such a...

Set 12 August 1974 – 50th Reunion

Saturday 17th August 2024 was a glorious summer‘s day and provided a perfect setting as members of Set 12 met for their fiftieth reunion. That weekend, back in 1974, we were on the brink of our nursing career journeys due to start at Bart’s on the following Monday 19th August. We were nervous and apprehensive but excited, too, to embark on a new...

Set 17 40th Year Reunion

On 8th September 1980, 59 young women and 1 young man started our nurse training together at Barts, meeting for the first time that day and embarking on a journey which none of us would forget. After 3 years most of us had gone our separate ways, some keeping in touch over the years since and many hadn’t, but finally on Saturday 2nd September...

Set 88 55th Year Reunion

Having celebrated our 50th anniversary with a visit to Piggotts Manor, we decided to combine our 55th, with View Day and the 900 years celebrations at Barts. Over a two day period we were, at times, 18 in number, we had our 'fountain photo' then enjoyed a meal at Apulia, Long Lane, on Tuesday evening. Next day, View Day, we joined in the...

August 1975 Set 16 Reunion

Eleven members of Set 16 met for coffee on the Lower ground Floor of KGV. We had last met in 2019 just before the onset of the pandemic. In between catching up, we all visited the Guild Shop which had kindly been opened for us. Then it was photos by the fountain of course, on a blustery but sunny day. The bells of St Pauls were ringing joyously...

Set 96 Get-Together 2022

Following the disappointment at having to cancel our 50th Reunion due to the pandemic, three of our set decided to arrange a get-together. So, on 15th June 2022 twenty-two members of Set 96 met up at The Bishop’s Finger, Smithfield to celebrate and reminisce about our time at Barts. We were able to catch up with old friends, sharing memories,...

SET 100 REUNION 50 YEARS 1971 – 2021.

Set 100 met at the Drapers Arms in Islington 50 years to the day from starting at Barts. The first set to start PTS on the Barts site. 22 of us met for lunch, drinks and of course laughter and chatter. An excellent day. Thanks must go to Dilley for organising the event from Cumbria and for her helpers. Particularly important was Annie McNinch who...

November 1969 SET 93 Reunion

What a day November 17th 1969 was for us all as we all made our way (mostly with parents) to Piggott’s Manor, to commence what we all agree was to be a most significant part of our lives! "No you can’t go upstairs, no men allowed" was commanded of hapless fathers endeavouring to help their daughters move in! And so it was until we reached Queen...

February 1975 SET 14 Reunion

Celebrating 45 years On February 8th, 2020, twenty-nine members of our set gathered at Barts to celebrate 45 years since we began our training. We gathered in the lovely light and airy Atrium in what was when we were there George V block. The Hospital Guild opened the gift shop for us and while our friends arrived from around the country (and...

August 1960 SET Reunion

On August 22nd we marked the 60th anniversary of the commencement of our SRN training and despite the disappointment of cancelled plans to celebrate with a lunch at Barts, 11 of us managed to master the intricacies of Zoom and gather together to mark this momentous occasion (see photo section). What a joy to see so many old friends, all of us...