Can we help find this couple?

This almost certainly has nothing to do with Boston Grammar School, but I noticed this letter on the Boston Standard web site and I wondered whether any of you can help Jim. This time, please address any responses to Jim directly (telephone number supplied below), since I have no other contact details for him.

I served in the Royal Air Force in Coningsby in 1951-53. My best mate was Kenneth Hawson who I have just discovered married Yvonne Burton in 1955 in Boston. I knew Yvonne, whom we met in a dance hall in Boston (I forget its name). I would dearly like to contact the Hawsons if they are still with us. I am 82 years of age and I live in Glasgow. Jim Hamilton Tel: 01415737705

700th Schuhplattler Gig

The BGS Schuhplattler Gruppe
on BBC's Blue Peter in 2001

Richard Anderson has had a letter published in the Boston Standard marking the 700th gig of the Boston Grammar School Schuhplattlergruppe.

The current troupe has had an amazing year, performing at all major Lincolnshire events including the prestigious Lincolnshire Show (where they were ‘sponsored’ by Lincs FM DJs), the Olympic Torch Relay in Lincoln, the Spalding Flower Parade, Carrington Rally, Sleaford Oktoberfest, numerous Jubilee events, the Boston Standard Centenary Show, and in December they were the only act to be invited to perform in front of Lincoln Cathedral as part of the opening ceremony for Lincoln’s famous Christmas Market. This was the remarkable 700th gig.

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.