The Old Bordenian Association

Bob Davis was, without any doubt, the iconic figure at Borden in the late fifties. Blessed with a fine physique, he was a magnificent sportsman. His main love was football but he could seemingly turn his hand to any sport. Although he never liked cricket, he scored the only century of our period at school. He could throw a javelin a fair distance and hockey and tennis came easily to him. He was no fool in the classroom but what singled him out from the rest of us was his iconoclastic attitude to life at Borden. There was a James Dean-type rebelliousness about him yet he became head boy because George Hardy wisely recognised his cult status. It was a job he did almost casually but all respected him. I think many of us were in awe of him. Read the rest of this entry →