Past stu­dents of the La Brea RC School re­flect­ed on their child­hood days at the school's sec­ond fund-rais­ing re­union, at the Brighton Sports club, on Ju­ly 21. The for­mer stu­dents so­cialised with friends they had not seen in years.

Ap­prox­i­mate­ly 120 peo­ple, in­clud­ing past pupils and res­i­dents from the La Brea re­gion who have ac­tive­ly con­tributed ac­tive­ly to the com­mu­ni­ty, were in at­ten­dance. Pro­ceeds from the all-in­clu­sive event went to­ward pur­chas­ing equip­ment for and up­grad­ing the school. The evening be­gan with the pre­sen­ta­tion of awards to Carl Matthews, Andy Bal­four and Ger­ald Debe­sett for their out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions to the school. For­mer teach­ers Au­gus­tus Pas­call, Ann Tit­tle and Sadie Cox Bram­ble were al­so ho­n­oured with awards.

The stu­dents re­flect­ed on their child­hood and care­free days and ex­pressed grat­i­tude to their al­ma mater for con­tribut­ing to their over­all de­vel­op­ment. They demon­strat­ed their ap­pre­ci­a­tion by do­nat­ing mul­ti­me­dia pro­jec­tors, DVD play­ers, desk­top and lap­top com­put­ers to the school. The evening end­ed with din­ner and live mu­sic by the La Brea Nightin­gales on the steel­pan. Robert Hug­gins and the Union Band amused the au­di­ence with his per­for­mance of 'oldies,' prompt­ing the crowd to get up and dance.