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Bryan Short retires from OBA Committee

November 28, 2009 in Events, Guest Posts

Members of the OBA committee gathered after the November meeting to pay tribute to former headmaster Bryan Short who retired from active association committee work at the last AGM. 

The Bordenian 1964-65

November 18, 2009 in Down Memory Lane, School Memorabilia

We have been loaned a number of “The Bordenian” magazines covering the years 1960-1966 and I shall reproduce selcted articles from these magazines over the coming months.  If site visitors have material from an earlier or later era, please let us have them to share on the site.

The Bordenian – Issue 74 1964-65

Notes and News

AUTUMN TERM, 1964

At the opening of the year we welcomed five new members of the staff : Mr J T Macrae, an Old Bordenian, who returned to teach Physics; Mr T J Cross – Geography; Mr D L Davies – Spanish; Mr C A Mills – Latin; Mr A W Clayton – Physical Education.  M Akhurst was appointed School Captain, with Ansell, Blackmore, Fowle, Jordan, Oates, Priston, Smart, Stanley, G. Taylor and Walker as Prefects.

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The Summer of ’67!!

November 1, 2009 in Down Memory Lane

Maybe not what you’d expect from the title – but some of you would have spent the summer of 1967 attempting this!!

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