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John H Weekes (3 Aug 1924 – 8 Jan 2010) – Obituary

Posted Wednesday January 20th 2010

Borden’s John inspired the boys

John Weekes, who worked at Borden Grammar School for 39 years, has died aged 85. 

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‘A’ Level French 1969

Posted Sunday January 17th 2010

This is another in the series of old exam papers to test the decaying grey matter of visitors to the site – we’ve moved up to ‘A’ level this time.  Again, I’m afraid the answers are not given as the provider of the old paper couldn’t recall exactly what he had written!  Feel free to add your suggestion in the comments box below.  The exam consisted of 3 papers – all 3 are included .

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Where are you now? [1962-69]

Posted Wednesday January 6th 2010

Old Boys move far and wide after leaving Borden.  Many keep in touch, others seem to disappear – did someone forget to let them out of detention?  Now is the chance to give your colleagues from the past a bit of an update.  How often have we asked ourselves “ I wonder what happened to old….”

To get the ball rolling Mike Pack and Peter Lusted have put together a brief summary of most of their colleagues obtained following two reunions since leaving Borden – one at 25 years and the other at 40 years.  Some details are more current than others.  A picture of the 25 year reunion is just above the details of the 1 East boys, with two pictures of the 40 year reunion at the end of the article.

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