Richard O Smith bargain book

To quote the Boston Standard:

Former Boston Grammar School student Richard O. Smith has written a tome entitled Britain’s Most Eccentric Sports... 

Richard, who grew up in Freiston, started his writing career as Freiston and Butterwick correspondent for The Standard, before setting up the Boston United Fanzine From Behind Your Fences.

He was named as National Football Writer of the Year as a result of his work on this, which led him to work with The Independent and When Saturday Comes. 

He later started writing for The Now Show - a news quiz on Radio Four presented by Hugh Dennis and Richard Punt.

Sudden activity on Facebook

Yesterday I found an advert on a web site selling collectables for a BGS CCF (Combined Cadet Force) shoulder badge. Given that I hadn't yet set up this blog, I posted the link on the Facebook group asking for positive identification. I got that but a subsequent post of form 3A when I was in it caught the interest of a couple of my old school colleagues and my mobile phone was buzzing every couple of minutes with notifications of activity on my post.

Well, I had to have a look and see what was happening, didn't I? We ended up having quite a reminiscence session, and a couple of others eventually joined in. I like to see this sort of activity, I just need to work out now how I can generate more of it. That's what this blog is about really. See you next time I've got something to say!

Old Bostonian Association web site

The main Old Bostonian Association web site is the place to find out about the Old Bostonian Association and events it puts on for you. There are also news feeds on Boston Grammar School and particular old boys. If you know about anything that's happening that doesn't find it's way on the web site, drop me a line or post a comment here, complete with a web link to the story if possible.

The OBA Wiki Project is the place to find "historical" information about everything connected with Boston Grammar School from 1555 to the present. You can even create yourself an account there and start contributing. The Community Portal can give you some ideas of how you might be able to start helping right away.

First post

At last a real bit of interactivity for the Old Bostonian Association web presence.

This blog doesn't replace the Old Bostonian Association web site, in fact it can be considered to be an extension to it. From time to time I'll post news here of what's happening on the web site so by following what happens here on an RSS reader or by email (see the right hand side of this page), you can quickly see what's happening on the main web site.

I'll also post anything I think of that might be of interest to you ex-BGS folks and I'll look forward to reading your comments on what I write. Hopefully we can get some lively discussion going.

There are already other forums for discussion on BGS topics. There are several BGS-related groups on Facebook, including Boston Grammar School Alumni. There's also the Boston Grammar School Alumni group on LinkedIn. And let's not forget the original BGS List on Yahoo!Groups. If you know of any more, why not add a comment below?