Reunion 2025

Nov 24, 2024

APS 125th Celebration Reunion in Liverpool

Saturday 4th October 2025

We look forward to welcoming APS members and non-members to our Annual Reunion in 2025.

Please try to find and encourage ex-IMM people to come along. If you do not have a booking form, then one may be obtained by request via the ‘Contact Us’ tab on our website.

Liverpool is a city that is very special to us all and one that has had an amazing transformation in the last decade.  However, because of this, it is an enormously popular visitor destination and consequently hotel rooms get booked up very early and they are not cheap.  We have reserved some rooms for our members at the Holiday Inn, but it is up to individuals to confirm their bookings and pay the hotel direct. This can be done by using the hotel’s contact details on the booking form.  Please do not depend on getting a last-minute deal, book early wherever you decide to stay

Programme

Friday 3rd October

You and your friends can choose to eat in the restaurant of the Holiday Inn or try one of the many restaurants available on your doorstep in the city centre. Bar food will be available at the hotel until 9.30pm on Friday and Saturday evenings, at an extra charge, payable on the night direct to the hotel.

Saturday 4th October

Coffee/tea & refreshments will be available throughout the day.

9.15am onwards – Non-residents arrive and meet in the conference area atrium on the 2nd floor. 

10.15am – Reunion `Welcome and Introductions` in the Conference Room, Liverpool 1.  `Getting to Know You` opportunity to meet past students from other years. Please bring a photograph of yourself from when you were in college as this will be scanned for our archives.
11.00am – AGM
11.30am – History of APS – Julie Webb
12.00pm – Formal Celebration Lunch

2.30pm – Presentations                                    

1.College in the time of Irene Mabel Marsh – Sarah Green

2.College in the time of Marie Crabbe – Professor Sheila Wigmore

3.College in the time of Margaret Jamieson – Wyn Heath

4.Liverpool John Moores University today -Professor Philip Vickerman

5.00pm – A light tea will be served

The archive team from LJMU are joining us for the day and will display a wide range of items, both physical and digital, showing the history of I.M.Marsh College including clothes worn, pictures, photographs, memorabilia and reminders of things you thought you would never see again! 

The Holiday Inn – City Centre

Lime Street, Liverpool

The Holiday Inn Liverpool City Centre is in the heart of Liverpool’s vibrant city centre; located opposite Liverpool Lime Street Station, overlooking the neoclassical splendour of St. George’s Hall.
The hotel is a short walk from the Walker Art Gallery and the Empire Theatre.  A 15-minute stroll takes you to the lively Albert Dock, packed with sites like the Beatles Museum and Tate Liverpool.  The Liverpool One complex, teeming with shops and restaurants is right on the doorstep.
Let the train take the strain – the hotel is directly opposite Lime Street Station.  However, if you must bring your car there is a secure car park adjacent to the hotel.  Parking tickets have to be counter-stamped by the hotel.

Our meeting takes place in the Liverpool 1/2 Suite which is on the 2nd floor, with stairs and lift access from the entrance foyer.  Although the room has no natural light it is spacious and air-conditioned.  Tea and coffee will be available all day in the concourse outside Liverpool 1. 

APS will not book any overnight rooms. This can be done directly with the Holiday Inn using the e mail address on the booking form or you can choose to stay at any of the other hotels in the vicinity.