The Old Bordenian Association

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" […]

!–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 […]

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 […]

!–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 […]

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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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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.

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 [...]

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]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Further extracts from emails sent by Edwin Westacott (1940-47).  Editor’s note: the years refer to the time Edwin was at school, not when he sent the emails!! On a visit to his son in the USA in the autumn of 2010 “Our trip to the States is now well and truly over and we have been trying [...]

Keith Minton who taught languages at Borden from 1970 to 1973 has written a highly entertaining and extemely well written first novel.  ”Escape to Paradise” draws on Keith’s personal experience both as a school teacher,although the institution involved is far removed from Borden,and from his observations of the British abroad from stays at his…[Read more]

OBA DINNER 2011 Those of you who thought it was photos only this year will be disappointed! After Mike Pack had received a flurry of very late bookings making it 74 for the night, Saturday May 14th saw us enjoying the usual convivial atmosphere helped along by the traditional meal and bar.  We may adopt the [...]

Last year, we issued a “Tie Challenge” similar to the Extreme Ironing phenomenon (if you haven’t heard of this, try Googling it!), where members were asked to send in photos of themselves wearing the OBA tie in unusual or far flung places.  We started with a photo taken in the Fruiterers Arms, Rodmersham!!  We have now [...]