The 74-year-old was one of four siblings who spent part of their childhood at the Presbyterian children's institution. Sister Joy Gardyne (77), of Gore, and brother Peter Greenfield (78), of Mosgiel, also attended, but they missed their brother Ronald, who died in 1967.
Gavin Greenfield, also of Gore, said the Glendining children were the envy of contemporaries in Andersons Bay as they had vast areas on which to roam, among cows, pigs, and horses.
Mrs Gardyne remembered Glendining children participating in a World War 2 victory procession, travelling in taxis and waving to people on the street. She said the children were not adversely affected by food rationing and had been well fed.
''We were very privileged in that direction.''
In the school holidays, Presbyterian families, mainly on farms, volunteered to host the children. She said one family offered to adopt her, and it was her choice whether to accept. She decided against it, so she could stay with her brothers.
About 75 former pupils attended the reunion in Dunedin. The last Glendining cottages closed in the early 1990s.
