OBA Committee Minutes 5 March 2010
October 10, 2010 in The Boring Bits
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by Dave Palmer
by Dave Palmer
Sheppey Old Bordenian Reunion Dinner
October 9, 2010 in Events
We are due to reconvene on Saturday 13 November 2010 at the Masonic Club, Sheerness. Same format as in past years. Time is 6.30pm for 7pm at a cost of £16.00 excluding wine.
by Dave Palmer
John Macrae (1941 – 2010) – Obituary
October 3, 2010 in Obituaries
John Thomas Macrae
John Macrae died on Monday 27th September 2010 after a long battle with cancer. His funeral has been arranged at St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, at 11 a.m. on Friday 8th October, followed by a private cremation. The family have expressed a preference for donations, rather than flowers, to either of two charities : MacMillan Cancer Support or the Wisdom Hospice (both c/o R. High & Sons, 1 Bayford Road, Sittingbourne, MR10 3AD.
Bryan Short and Graham Barnes have provided the following tributes to John, his life and his association with the school.
by Dave Palmer
John Macrae
October 1, 2010 in Obituaries
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of John Macrae on Monday 27th September after a long battle with cancer. He spent almost his entire life at Borden – as a pupil, a teacher and finally as a Governor – and was Secretary of the Old Bordenian Association for over 20 years. A proper obituary notice will appear on this Website shortly, but meanwhile we thought Members would like to know that the funeral has been arranged at St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, at 11 a.m. on Friday 8th October, followed by a private cremation.
by Dave Palmer
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.
by Dave Palmer
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.
by Dave Palmer
Belles-lettres or French rural life observed by Edwin Westacott
August 26, 2010 in Guest Posts
After a career in teaching and a long flirtation with the French way of life through a house in the Perigord, Edwin Westacott (Borden 1940-45), together with his wife, Jan, went to live permanently in 2004 in a small village named Pointis-Inard, deep in the South of France not far from the Spanish border. Readers of The Maroon will be familiar with a number of articles which he contributed over the years, and which were memorable not only for their content but for their style. They were full of self-deprecating humour and keen observation.
Over the past two years or so, he and Graham Barnes have exchanged sporadic emails – usually commenting on all the trivial things which now fill their lives. Graham thinks that Edwin’s stories and anecdotes deserve a much wider audience and has persuaded Edwin, very reluctantly, to agree to the publication on the Website of a few of the choicest examples. They are not only very funny but detail experiences with which many of us can identify, despite not living in France.
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