Celebrating food at Loughry

Food and Packaging alumni and staff gathered at Loughry for a relaxing and informal evening to celebrate Loughry’s centenary year and to reminisce about old times with colleagues and catch up with developments at Loughry. There was an opportunity to visit the Food Technology and Packaging Centres, the Science facilities and the hostels followed by an informal meal in Shannon Hall, where old friends and colleagues met.

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Former College Principal John Speers receives a gift from Ian Titterington Head of Loughry Campus to mark his contribution to the College during the years 1996-2002 at the Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner.

Guests enjoy their meal at Loughry Centenary celebration.

Graduates from the National Diploma in Food Technology course 1985-88 who attended the Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner at Loughry Campus; Moira Bell (Raphoe), Sonya Somerville (Dromara), Lisa Darragh (Kilrea ) and Ann O’Neill (Ballymoney).

Former students on the HND Food Technology course caught up with a past lecturer and now Head of Food Technology Education, Derek McDowell at Loughry’s Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner; Jenny Gill (Comber), Lesley McLaughlin (Limavady) and Graeme Millar (Greenisland).

All three graduates are employed in the agri-food sector working for AFBI, O’Kane Poultry and Diageo respectively.

HND in Food Supply Management graduates have happy memories of life at Loughry and shared them with Pat McTeague (Food Technologist) at the recent Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner. The group include: (back row) Ciaran Og Hughes (Dungannon), Aaron Brownlee (Moneymore), Trevor Allen (Armagh), (front row) Neil Johnston (Portadown) and Andrew Matthews (Richhill).

National Diploma in Food Technology graduates from Loughry (1974-77) take a look through the history of Loughry book, From Field to Fork, with author Derek Alexander. Reminiscing are: Harry Agnew (Kells), Glenn Millar (Dungannon), Scott Swann (Coleraine) and Kenny Bacon (Ballymoney).

Juliet McFarland, Stanley McFaul and Wilma Bruce used the Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner at Loughry Campus as a chance to catch up since studying National Diplomas at the College in the late 1980s.

1999 National Diploma course graduates Damien O’Hagan (Belfast); Mervyn Nelson (Rosslea) and Gary Andrews (Rosslea) catch up on course developments with Peter Simpson (Senior Lecturer) at the Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner at Loughry Campus.

Rachel Patterson (Banbridge), Fionnula Haughey (Beragh) and Fiona Sharkey (Dungannon) share their post graduation success stories with Head of Food Technology Education, Derek McDowell, at the Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner at Loughry Campus.

Rachel is working with O’Kane Poultry in new product development, Fionnula is on the Dunbia graduate scheme and Fiona is studying for a PGCE in Home Economics.

James Fitzpatrick (Newtownbutler), Dermot McErlean (Londonderry), Joanne Lyons (Ballymoney) and Vincent Lennon (Londonderry) caught up with life since completing their National Diplomas in Food Technology in 1997 at the Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner at Loughry Campus.

HND Food Supply Management graduates Eamon Conroy (Moy), Oliver Mackle (Dungannon) and Damien McAleer (Dromore) remember College life with their former course lecturer, Heather Thornton, at the Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner at Loughry Campus.

Selection of guests at the Loughry Centenary dinner.

National Diploma graduates from 1999 Sonia McLaughlin (Ballymoney), Aaron Hanthorn (Tynan) and Darren Cheevers (Castledawson) caught up with their former year manager, Heather Thornton, at the Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner at Loughry Campus.

Stephen Maskin (Omagh) and Olivia Rooney (Magherafelt) remember old times at the Food and Packaging alumni centenary dinner at Loughry Campus. Both students had studied on the National Diploma courses in the mid 1990s.