A 30 year reunion was held on Saturday, 24th October 1998 for those who were at Essex University during the Academic Years 1967/8 and 1968/9, and who considered it to have been a positive experience worth celebrating. Over 120 people came and shared a wonderful, memorable evening. Friendships were renewed.

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New: photos of the Revolutionary Festival, the anti-Vietnam demo in Colchester and more - see gallery of photos from Austin Reeve, added 6 July 2021

Reunion of those who were part of the events surrounding May 68 at Essex University

The reunion was a great success and took place on 9 June, 2018 at Guy's Bar near London Bridge station. Many thanks to all those who came and to all those who supported this historic event!

Miss World Demo Nov 1970. A film is planned of the event by the same team who produced Pride. Many Essex women joined the demo. If you were there, please click here for more infoAt the Essex 1968 re-union in June, a number of us were discussing the Miss World Demo of 1970 - a bus-load of women from Essex went to demonstrate inside and outside. Next year will be the 50th anniversary of this demo and a major film is being made about the stories of and behind the event. Some of us who took part are now also planning a book about it, to be published at the same time as the release of the film. It is to be written by the wonderful Bea Campbell. We would like to include as many angles and accounts as possible. The producers of the film are Pathe who made the wonderful film Pride, and a book Pride was later published, drawing on interviews of all the participants. This has inspired us to do the same. Were you there? Inside the Albert Hall, or outside, at the trial at Bow Street. Alone or in a group? Do you know of anyone who was there? We would love to hear from you, to hear your story. Please contact: Jenny Fortune, email address: fortune.jenny@gmail.com

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Fee £15, including
buffet at around 7pm.


Recent website updates - the Mustard Project, dedicated to research into the campus events of 1968 - See books, writings, media. Added more names to Lives Remembered

If anyone has photos which capture the spirit of the time, please email them. The photos below can be enlarged by clicking on them.

May 1968, Lecture Hall

Porton Down protest    
In the Square
In the Square

In the Square


Porton Down protest

More photos

Vietnam demo



Wyvern

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Wyvern

Contact email for the 2018 reunion: info@essex68.org.uk