The Yorkshire Grey in Langham Street was turned in to an Adland Party to celebrate my 30 years at Watford.
Ex-students gathered to spring a surprise bash organised by Dan and Becs (AMV creatives). It worked guys! I was more surprised than Jimmy Page when he was asked to join the Wombles on stage at a benefit gig for unemployed television puppets.
Alumni from Google, W&K, VCCP, AMV, RGA, BBH, Droga5, Adam and Eve, Ogilvy, Grey and The BBC reminisced over warm pints and tear stained peanuts.
Jeeves, the ECD of Spotify New York, flew in especially to claim the pint I promised him in 2008 and to hand back his locker key.
Tom Sears, Innovation Director at London Zoo, was only let in to the event after he had wiped off the lion dung from his wellies.
The entertainment was provided by The Flying Toenails. An ensemble of acrobats who gave a wonderful choreographed performance of Dance Of The Pentel.
Geronimo, Class of 1994, was on hand to ink the alumni with the now famous Watford tattoo. Not surprisingly he ran out of ink and latecomers were stenciled with the barman's biro.
It was a memorable night full of banter, hilarity and the famous Watford hug.
Those who couldn't attend the event-Tony Davidson, Oli Beale, Richard Branson and Simon Cowell- here's a date for your diary: July 7th 2022- Watford's 60th Birthday. See you there.
It might also be the day I hand over the keys to my D&AD cupboard to my young protege Michael Comley.
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