The alumni of Municipal Middle School on North Bhathirakaliamman Koil Street in Tuticorin City, who passed out between 1952 and 1959, joined again on the school premises after almost five decades at a `reminiscence meeting' on Sunday.

Of the 124 students, who came out of the school during the period, 85 turned up for the first reunion meeting. 9 teachers of the period were present in the occasion.

At the get-together, the `students' floated an alumni association under the initiative of A.H. Balakrishnan, an alumnus.

During the last 25 years, enrolment came down heavily.

"Presently, the school had only 100 students against a strength of 900 students studied in an academic year three decades ago," an alumna said.

The association had set plans to set up corpus funds to carry out infrastructure development works in the school in association with the Department of Education to attract more students to the school.