by Dave Palmer
August 14, 2010 in Guest Posts
Here is the second of the reminiscences of our peripatetic Old Bordenian, Philip Spencer Drury, who has spent most of his teaching career in improbable places! This story relates to an incident in Vietnam where he now lives.
by Dave Palmer
August 4, 2010 in Borden Grammar News, Cricket, Sports
Many of the younger visitors to the site (at least those under 50 years of age) will recall John Paine, who retired from the school at the end of last term. The East Kent Gazette published an article covering John’s retirement recently and I reproduce this below.
by Dave Palmer
July 13, 2010 in Borden Grammar News, Guest Posts
Being a Borden Grammar School Governor – the inside story by Alan Snelling
When I was at School in the 1960′s it seemed that you had to be over 60 and have grey hair to be a Governor – well it seems I now qualify on both counts. I have been a Governor for BGS for 10 years now, 3 of them as the Old Bordenian Association Governor. It started because my son was at the School and I applied to become a Parent Governor. There were several others also applying and the process had to go to a vote among Parents and each applicant had to product a paragraph or so about themselves. I noticed from the other parents that I was the only one from the Isle of Sheppey so I prominently mentioned this in my statement and I think I got most of the votes from the Island which catapulted me to stardom as a Governor – a sort of ‘Sheppey’s got talent’?
by Dave Palmer
June 19, 2010 in Obituaries
It is with deep regret that we report the death on 16th June of Brian Ager, who was a pupil at the School from 1947 until 1954 and a loyal Member of the Association. By a tragic coincidence, he was a brother-in-law of Bob Jenkins who also died recently. After leaving Borden, Brian enjoyed a successful academic career – as a College Lecturer in Physics – and had lived for many years in Lancashire, where he will be deeply missed by his many friends as well as his family.
The funeral will take place on Thursday 24th June at 1.30 pm at Silverdale Church, Silverdale, Lancs. All are welcome in Church. Family flowers only, but donations if wished to either the Westmorland General Cardiac Centre or to Londsdale Scouts, c/o of the Funeral Directors, Alan M. Fawcett, 71 Main Road, Bolton Le Sands, Carnforth LA5 8DL.
by Dave Palmer
June 9, 2010 in Football, Sports
Football Report: Sittingbourne 5 a side league. Season 09/10.
The season finished in May with an upturn in our fortunes. Disappointingly we couldn’t muster enough players to field a team on two of the last three weeks resulting in four 0-4 defeats in the record book, however, the last third of the season saw us win most of our games lifting us from a very poor 9th place to a much more respectable 7th.
by Dave Palmer
May 24, 2010 in Events, School Photos
Below are photos taken by Alan Snelling at the Dinner held on 15 May 2010. Please share your photos of the evening by sending to Webmaster@Oldbordenians.Co.Uk. I have now added names where available.
Mick Pack, John Miles, Dave Carey, Peter Taylor…..Barry Roberts, Steve Goodhew, Peter Lusted
by Dave Palmer
May 24, 2010 in Events
Despite a lower than normal attendance of 75, Old Boys of all ages again enjoyed a convivial evening. Graham Barnes, our MC, asked us to remember those Old Boys who we had lost during the year – John Watson, John Johnstone, John Lifton, Bob Jenkins, Len Grice, John Weekes and Terry Veal – the latter two having contributed 80 years of teaching between them at the school. Various apologies were heard as well as a welcome to those who had travelled a great distance – John Miles from Australia, John Faulkner from California and indeed some from the Isle of Sheppey. (It transpired that Phil Nye was also over from Hong Kong and Nigel Balm from Australia). Graham praised the web site and especially thanked Ryan Jarrett and Dave Palmer for all the work that they had put in. He also thanked the organisers of the Dinner – Alan Snelling, Mike Pack and Peter Lusted.
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