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Peter Lusted wrote a new post, Dinner 2012 3 days, 1 hour ago

Click on this link to load the report of this year’s Annual Reunion Dinner: 2012 Annual Reunion Dinner Report

Dave Palmer wrote a new post, Old Bordenian Annual Reunion Dinner 2012 – pictures 6 days, 9 hours ago

Below are a number of photos taken at this year’s Annual Reunion Dinner, held on Saturday 12 May 2012. If any guests also took photos and would like to share them, please email them to us at <a title="webmaster@oldbordenians.co.uk " href="mailto:webmaster@oldbordenians.co.uk" […]

Peter Lusted wrote a new post, Reunion Dinner 2012 – update 1 month, 1 week ago

Unfortunately our planned speaker, Major Crispin Humm, has had to withdraw due to overseas commitments. However, anticipating that he would not necessarily be in complete control of his own future movements, we […]

Dave Palmer wrote a new post, Website Digest 2011 2 months ago

!–more–We have again produced an easily accessible and printable copy of all the articles posted on the website over the past year, similar to the now discontinued annual publication – the Maroon. The current […]

Peter Lusted wrote a new post, Annual Reunion Dinner 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Dave Palmer wrote a new post, Borden Grammar School – Academy Status 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Below is a cutting from the local newspaper – Sittingbourne News Extra – announcing the news that BGS now has academy status and giving a brief overview of what that means. As an aside, for those old boys who […]

Peter Lusted wrote a new post, Old Boy in Vietnam 3 months, 1 week ago

Once more showing just how far and wide Old Boys spread themselves around the world, we have a link to Philip Spencer, a resident of Vietnam, celebrating Tet or the Lunar New Year, with his family. Philip is a […]

Dave Palmer commented on the post, First edition of The Maroon – 1937! 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Yes, but unfortunately the current hosting restriction of 2mb per document / image doesn’t allow it!

Dave Palmer wrote a new post, First edition of The Maroon – 1937! 3 months, 4 weeks ago

!–more–We were contacted by the grand-daughter of an old boy of the school, Ralph Martyn, who attended in the 1930s. She asked if we could locate a copy of the old school magazine from the 1930s for him to […]

Dave Palmer wrote a new post, OBA Reunion Dinner 2012 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Certificate above will definitely not be handed out to Old Boys coming to next year’s Dinner, but that should not stop you coming. So, dependent on your age, mark it in your diary, filofax, […]

Dave Palmer wrote a new post, OLD BOYS TIE CHALLENGE – ST ANGEAU BOULES CHAMPIONS 5 months, 1 week ago

Old Boys will be pleased to hear that the sporting prowess engrained in us at Borden is spreading throughout Europe. Heinie (Wally) Costen and Peter Lusted put their skills to the test and entered a local […]

Dave Palmer wrote a new post, Memorial boards re-dedicated 5 months, 1 week ago

A service of remembrance took place at the school on Saturday 12 November 2011 during which the refurbished war memorial boards were re-dedicated by former Headmaster Bryan Short.

!–more–The boards, the […]

Dave Palmer wrote a new post, Obituary – Frank Cassell (21 Aug 1930 – 14 Oct 2011) 5 months, 2 weeks ago

We are sorry to report the death on 14 October of one of our highest flying old boys ever, Frank Cassell, who attended the school between 1942-48.

!–more–A graduate of the L.S.E., Frank Cassell spent some […]

Dave Palmer wrote a new post, A Police Odyssey – 5th and final chapter 6 months, 3 weeks ago

This is the final chapter of Barry Gilbert’s story of his life in the Police Force. For the first part, see <a […]

Dave Palmer wrote a new post, Old Bordenian awarded MBE 7 months, 1 week ago

Major Crispin Humm, a former pupil of Borden Grammar School has been awarded an MBE in the recent Operational Honours List. Below is a copy of an article from the latest edition of the Sittingbourne Extra.

Dave Palmer wrote a new blog post: David Rigden (1939 – 2011) – Obituary 7 months, 4 weeks ago

David was at Borden from 1950-1956 where he enjoyed sports, particularly cricket and hockey. On leaving he joined BEA as a management trainee. He was posted to Moscow in 1961 and returned to this country in 1963 to work in London. He entered a team in the inaugural Milstead Sixes cricket tournament in 1964. The side [...]

Dave Palmer wrote a new blog post: BGS Prize Evening – Headteacher’s report 8 months ago

Prize Evening 15 September 2011 Mr Mayor, Madame Mayoress, Mr Henderson, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of School This evening we congratulate our students on their progress and achievement and also recognise the contributions many have made to the life of the school and the wider community. !–more–I will begin by reporting on the…[Read more]

Dave Palmer wrote a new blog post: Obituary – Allan Sayer 9 months, 1 week ago

It is with great sorrow that we have to report the death on 21st July 2011 of Allan Sayer, aged 84, former schoolmaster at Borden Grammar School. The funeral will take place at the Medway Crematorium East Chapel, Robin Hood Lane, Bluebell Hill ME9 5QU on Saturday August 13th at 10:00. Allan’s son, Mark, says it [...]

Dave Palmer wrote a new blog post: The Bordenian 1973 9 months, 3 weeks ago

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 [...]

Dave Palmer wrote a new blog post: OBA War Memorial Appeal – UPDATE 10 months, 1 week ago

Good news – the OBA War Memorial Appeal is now well on its way to raising the £3,000 required for the new memorial boards. This is due entirely to the generosity of OBA members, many of whom were able to see the newly-finished boards at the reunion dinner on 14 May. The boards look superb, as [...]

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