The Old Bordenian Association

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/.

I returned from Anguilla in December 1970 and the ‘winter of discontent’  of the Heath government was in full swing. There were three day working weeks for some and we suffered numerous power cuts. Keeping warm was a problem and having spent three months in the balmy climate of the West Indies it took a while to get accustomed to the cold of the English winter.

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The Association is launching an appeal to finance new memorials to the former pupils who made the ultimate sacrifice in defence of their country and its freedom during two world wars and other conflicts.

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During his extensive research into Old Bordenian war casualties, OBA committee member Marc Stewart has discovered a casualty of the Boer War.  He has produced the following article on Nigel Locke.  A further article about Nigel Locke’s brother, Harold, who was a casualty of the first World War, will be published in the near future.

Sergeant Nigel Locke, Natal Mounted Police

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Following on from the previous posting, here is another article from an Old Bordenian abroad! This article, written by the peripatetic Philip Spencer Drury, first appeared in 2009 in a Vietnamese Magazine, “Guide”

A Pickwickian model for your very own breakfast club

At any Wednesday breakfast time, if you should peek into the deeper recesses of the Cay Tie (Bamboo Tree) restaurant at the end of Le Quy don Street, just before it fizzles out into Vo Thi Sau, you would spot a select band of Vietnamese and western folk engaged in conversation.  This is the current venue of our English Speaking Club, a diverse melee of business people, English and Yoga teachers, war veterans and the occasional casual visitor to Vietnam.  Their convivial aim is to enjoy cultural exchange and discussion in the English language in a relaxing atmosphere in Saigon, over a great Vietnamese coffee to inspire the talk.

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