First edition of The Maroon – 1937!
January 23, 2012 in Down Memory Lane, School Memorabilia
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The Bordenian 1973
August 1, 2011 in Down Memory Lane, School Memorabilia
A few months ago, in a comment on this site, Rob Dammers suggested that it would be a good idea if we could provide an archive of old Maroon and Bordenian magazines online. Its a time consuming exercise, but here’s the first of, I hope, many uploads of the old magazines. I have copied all the advertisements and even some of the blank pages so that the layout of the publication remains intact as far as possible. If any Old Bordenian would like a particular year to be published ahead of others, please leave a comment to this effect at the bottom of the post and I will see what I can do. You will need to click on the individual links below to load each pair of pages; I appreciate this isn’t the best way of quickly scanning the magazine for articles of interest, so I’ve added a brief description of the content of each file.
by Dave Palmer
Staff v Prefects Cricket 1977
May 1, 2011 in Cricket, Down Memory Lane, School Photos, Sports
Geoff Rousell has posted a couple of pictures from the Staff v Prefects Cricket match 1977 in his account area. Either click on the Activity tab at the top of the page (worth doing on a regular basis to see who has joined the site – I try to delete the annoying spam messages as soon as I can) or go to http://www.oldbordenians.co.uk/members/bassoongb/album/pictures/.
by Dave Palmer
Lest we forget – updated
March 2, 2011 in Down Memory Lane
Last year, we published information on those old boys who gave their lives during the First and Second World Wars (http://www.oldbordenians.co.uk/down-memory-lane/lest-we-forget/). Marc Stewart has now completed his extensive research and has provided details of all thirty-seven old boys who lost their life in WW1 (name, rank, number, unit and place of burial). This information has now been added to the Remembrance section of the site – click on the “Remembrance” link at the top of this page.
by Dave Palmer
Frank Horlock – PE in 1947
January 14, 2011 in Down Memory Lane, Guest Posts
These pictures and the accompanying article were spotted by Ken Sears in the Sheerness Times-Guardian several years ago. Such a tableau would probably not be permitted these days under Health and Safety Regulations, so it is a period piece in every way. Next to John Barber in the second row is Don Pritchard, but we should be both interested and grateful if any of the other participants would come forward and identify themselves.
by Dave Palmer
Old GCE papers
December 30, 2010 in Down Memory Lane
We haven’t posted any old exam papers for a while, so to test the grey matter over the New Year period, here are a couple of Summer 1973 GCE ‘O’ level papers for your enjoyment! Click on the pages to open to a legible size.
by Dave Palmer
Borden Grammar School Centenary – revisited
November 17, 2010 in Down Memory Lane
In 1978, Borden Grammar School celebrated its centenary year. In the 1970′s, publicity of the centenary and details of the celebratory events would have been very limited – probably restricted to the local East Kent Gazette or by mailings to existing OBA members. We thought we would bring back memories of both the celebratory events themselves and some history of the first 100 years of the school in a short series of posts using 1978 editions of The Maroon, The Bordenian and other memorabilia from 1978. This is the first of those posts.
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