CHRISTMAS and New Year s parties have been cancelled by the pandemic this year. But back in 1994, party plans for dozens of Herefordians were scuppered for altogether different reasons, as legal wrangling brought about the closure of a popular city venue. The future of the Greyfriars restaurant, hotel and health and fitness club on the banks of the River Wye was thrown into doubt in November 1994 as legal complications over the site s lease came to light after the death of owner Edmund Campion. Among the casualties of the closure was the reunion of pupils of the former Hereford High School for Boys, which was expected to attract around 80 old boys on December 10.