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Prize Evening 16 September 2010

September 18, 2010 in Borden Grammar News, Guest Posts

Harold Vafeas, Headmaster, has provided his speech from the recent Prize evening at the school, which gives a good summary of the school’s achievements over the past 12 months.  This is reproduced below.

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Football report for 9 September 2010

September 15, 2010 in Football, Sports

The new 5 a side season has kicked off and you will see from the attached table and results that we lost our first game 1-5 but won our second game 2-1 against the same opposition.

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The Class of ’68!

September 9, 2010 in Down Memory Lane, Guest Posts

Free Beer.

Did you join the school as a first year in 1968, the year that it became necessary to have three classes for the new intake because we were, collectively, brighter than all those who had joined the school before?

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A Police Odyssey – Part 3

September 2, 2010 in Down Memory Lane, Guest Posts

This continues Barry Gilbert’s story of life in the Police Force.  For the first part, see http://www.oldbordenians.co.uk/down-memory-lane/a-police-odyssey-january-1957-august-1992/.

My next period of service began with a move in April 1965 to the newly formed Traffic Division Garage in Bow Road in the East End of London, within the sound of Bow Bells.

The area has a very colourful history and a drive along Bow Road and Mile End Road through Stepney and Whitechapel towards the City of London was a history lesson in itself.

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