What can the OBA website do for you?

There are four parts to the Old Bostonian Association web site. As a current or former student or member of staff of Boston Grammar School you can benefit from any of them whether you are a member of the Old Bostonian Association or not - though it's great if you are a member, and if you're not, we'd love you to join.

(Article updated 13 January 2017)

1 - Old Bostonian Blog

Well, you're here. You've already found the Old Bostonian Blog. You can also find it from the menu on the main site. We post all sorts of stuff here: news, obituaries, weddings, gossip. You can comment on any of the posts and if you have an idea for a post then let us know at webmaster@bostonian.org.uk.

When a new post is added to the blog, a link goes up on both Google+ and on Facebook so it gets published to quite a wide audience. As of 13 January 2017 the Facebook group "Boston Grammar School Alumni" has 838 members!

Richard O Smith - Banbury Literary Live (20/09/2013)

Richard O Smith will talk about UK's maddest, dangerous and funniest sports at Banbury Literary Live tomorrow
(20 September 2013). He says "there will be jokes".

Have you heard of gravy wrestling, F1 pram racing, 100m in high heels and dwile flonking? Just some of the weird and bizarre sports uncovered by Richard O. Smith, a writer for Radio 4’s The Now Show. His book, “Britain’s Most Eccentric Sports” reveals the madcap, hilarious and sometimes downright dangerous sports surviving in Britain today. Dr Lucy Worsley described it as a “jape filled jamboree of jollity”. This session may even persuade you to take part in the next cheese rolling, pantomime horse grand national, wife carrying race, extreme ironing or nettle eating event. You could become its next world champion!

Banbury Literary Live

Dick Howes - Obituary

Calling time… stall holder Dick Howes is pictured during
his last working day on Boston’s market
(Photo: Boston Standard)

Richard Wilson "Dick" Howes

Dick Howes, aged 74 years, passed away peacefully, after a short illness, on 1 September 2013. Loving husband of Dorothy, father of Estelle and Richard and grandad to Daniel, Zoe, Louis, Eleni and Georgia.

In 2004, Nathan Black, then working for The Boston Standard, wrote an article on the occasion of Dick's retirement from his stall on Boston market.

People power repairs damaged cycle rack

It emerged today that four lads, after a night out in Boston, decided to repair a bike rack in the town centre which had remained damaged for some time. The lads were later named as Dean Mason, 23, Martin Griggs, 24, who are both former Boston Grammar School students, Simon McMillan, 23, and Dan Butler, also 23.

A group of supporters gathered round and they only paused when a policeman walked by, unsure what his reaction would be. The whole exercise took them 13 minutes and was captured on CCTV - a video which has "gone viral".

• Full CCTV footage of revellers repairing bike rack
• ‘Stars of CCTV’ speak about fixing bike rack in Boston
• Boston bike rack 'Good Samaritans' to receive official recognition

Alan Moulder album on the Mercury shortlist

Former Boston Grammar School student and well-known record producer, Alan Moulder, has a chance of being involved in the winner of a major UK music industry prize.

Holy Fire is the third album by Foals, a band from Oxford. It marks their second inclusion on the Mercury shortlist following Total Life Forever in 2010. The act, fronted by Yannis Philippakis, recorded it in London with renowned producers Flood and Alan Moulder, enjoying success with the single Inhaler.

Judges said: "A wonderfully dynamic album - ambitious, intelligent and rhythmically compelling."

The current favourite to win the prize is David Bowie with his album, The Next Day.

If you buy Holy Fire here I will donate my commission to the Old Bostonian Association.

Old Bostonian Association AGM - 26 September 2013

The AGM of the Old Bostonian Association will be held on Thursday 26 September 2013 in the Library of Boston Grammar School at 7:30pm.

All members of the OBA are encouraged to attends. If you are not yet a member of the Association and wish to be, please contact the OBA President, Peter Sharman, on president@bostonian.org.uk.

Nominations are now invited for all positions on the Committee. At present these are held by:

• President - Peter Sharman (now held the position for four years and in accordance with the constitution of the OBA must be replaced at the 2014 AGM)
• Vice Chairman - David Wookey
• Secretary - Ben Evans
• Treasurer - Mark Bruntlett
• Membership Secretary - Peter Sharman
• Webmaster - Simon Meeds
• Museum Curator - vacant
• Independent Examiner - W T Price
• Committee - Marcus Cain, Barrie Gosling, Mark Locking, Bill Olle, Reg Priestley, Roger Welberry 

Following the death of Paul Mould during the last year we urgently require new enthusiastic Committee members to fill the void left by Paul who did a tremendous amount of work on behalf of the Association.