The Old Bordenian Association

First edition of The Maroon – 1937!

2012-01-23T22:08:18Z

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 purchase or view. Denis Jarrett, another old boy of the school and former editor of the [...]

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OBA Reunion Dinner 2012

2011-12-29T10:51:08Z

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, calendar, laptop or tie a knot in something, and then contact your Old Boy colleagues and encourage them to come [...]

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Obituary – Frank Cassell (21 Aug 1930 – 14 Oct 2011)

2011-12-06T07:40:24Z

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. A graduate of the L.S.E., Frank Cassell spent some time as a journalist on The New Statesman and The Banker. He then joined the Civil Service in the [...]

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Memorial boards re-dedicated

2011-12-11T00:05:03Z

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. The boards, the subject of a recent highly successful appeal by the OBA for the £3,000 cost of refurbishment, were the centrepiece of this year’s remembrance service, [...]

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A Police Odyssey – 5th and final chapter

2011-10-30T22:17:38Z

This is the final chapter of Barry Gilbert’s story of his 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/. In September 1980 I was transferred to the Traffic Management Branch of Scotland Yard which was based at Tintagel House on the Albert Embankment on the South side of the Thames in Lambeth. I [...]

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Old Bordenian awarded MBE

2011-10-16T21:12:39Z

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.

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David Rigden (1939 – 2011) – Obituary

2011-09-25T15:47:35Z

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 [...]

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BGS Prize Evening – Headteacher’s report

2011-09-19T12:20:46Z

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. I will begin by reporting on the summer [...]

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OLD BOYS TIE CHALLENGE – ST ANGEAU BOULES CHAMPIONS

2011-12-11T00:08:57Z

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 boules contest at St Angeau in the Charente. Plan A – Having played cricket together for 20 plus years [...]

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Obituary – Allan Sayer

2011-08-11T21:32:29Z

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 [...]

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