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'''Speech Day''' (called 'Prize Giving' since the 1990s), is a ceremony held each year for the presentation of prizes to students for work and sporting achievements from the preceding academic year. | '''Speech Day''' (called 'Prize Giving' since the early 1990s), is a ceremony held each year for the presentation of prizes to students for work and sporting achievements from the preceding academic year. | ||
A sample programme is as follows. In recent years more music has been added to this basic programme. | A sample programme is as follows. In recent years more music has been added to this basic programme. | ||
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!Location | !Location | ||
!Guest of Honour | !Guest of Honour | ||
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|[[Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1802|1802]] | |||
|valign="top" | 24 June | |||
|valign="top" | The Town-Hall (i.e. [[Wikipedia:Boston Guildhall|Boston Guildhall]]) | |||
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|1857 | |1857 | ||
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|valign="top" | [[Pishey Thompson]], Historian (former BGS student) | |valign="top" | [[Pishey Thompson]], Historian (former BGS student) | ||
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|1859 | |||
|valign="top" | 23 June | |||
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|1883 | |||
|valign="top" | 26 July (half-yearly event) | |||
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|valign="top" | Rev [[Wikipedia:James Porter (Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge)|James Porter]], DD (master of St Peter's College, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge) | |||
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|[[Harry Whilton Palmer|1885]] | |||
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|1887 | |||
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|valign="top" | [[John Cabourn Simonds]], Mayor of Boston | |||
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|valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Thomas F. Bayard, Sr.|Thomas F. Bayard]], United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Thomas F. Bayard, Sr.|Thomas F. Bayard]], United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom | ||
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|1896 | |||
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|valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:William Garfit|William Garfit]], MP for Boston | |||
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|1897 | |||
|valign="top" | July | |||
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|valign="top" | [[William Turner Simonds]], Mayor of Boston | |||
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|1898 | |||
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|valign="top" | [[William Turner Simonds]], Mayor of Boston (second time) | |||
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|valign="top" | Rt Rev [[Wikipedia:Edward King (bishop of Lincoln)|Edward King]], Bishop of Lincoln; prizes distributed by Rev [[Wikipedia:Ernest Stewart Roberts|Ernest Stewart Roberts]], senior Tutor of [[Wikipedia:Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius College]] | |valign="top" | Rt Rev [[Wikipedia:Edward King (bishop of Lincoln)|Edward King]], Bishop of Lincoln; prizes distributed by Rev [[Wikipedia:Ernest Stewart Roberts|Ernest Stewart Roberts]], senior Tutor of [[Wikipedia:Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius College]] | ||
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|1901 | |||
|valign="top" | 1 August | |||
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|1902 | |||
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|valign="top" | [[Robert William Staniland]], Boston town clerk | |||
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|valign="top" | |valign="top" | J W (later Sir John) Gleed, MA, JP, chairman of [[Wikipedia:Parts of Holland|Holland County Council]]'s Higher Education sub-committee<ref name="gleed">[https://www.heritagesouthholland.co.uk/article/sir-john-gleed/ South Holland Heritage - Sir John Gleed]</ref> | ||
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|1916 | |1916 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 18 December | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | | ||
|valign="top" | Rev [[J Basil Simpson]], MA (former BGS student) | |valign="top" | Rev [[John Basil Simpson|J Basil Simpson]], MA (former BGS student) | ||
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|1918 | |1918 | ||
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|valign="top" | No | |valign="top" | No Speech Day | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | Postponed because of the [[Wikipedia:Spanish flu|Spanish flu]] pandemic | ||
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|1919 | |1919 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | April | ||
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|valign="top" | [http://www.visitoruk.com/Spalding/mayors-of-boston-since-1545-C1207-V23715.html A Cooke Yarborough], Mayor of Boston | |valign="top" | [http://www.visitoruk.com/Spalding/mayors-of-boston-since-1545-C1207-V23715.html A Cooke Yarborough], Mayor of Boston | ||
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|1921 | |1921 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 15 December | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | | ||
|valign="top" | Prof [[Arthur James Grant]], MA, D Litt, professor of history and English, University of Leeds (former BGS student) | |valign="top" | Prof [[Arthur James Grant]], MA, D Litt, professor of history and English, University of Leeds (former BGS student) | ||
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|1926 | |1926 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 13 May | ||
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|valign="top" | [http://www.visitoruk.com/Boston/mayors-of-boston-1545-present-C1207-HL23715.html A K Turner], Mayor of Boston | |valign="top" | [http://www.visitoruk.com/Boston/mayors-of-boston-1545-present-C1207-HL23715.html A K Turner], Mayor of Boston and his wife | ||
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|1930 | |1930 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | | ||
|valign="top" | Rt Rev J Basil Simpson (third time - former BGS student) | |valign="top" | Rt Rev J Basil Simpson (third time - former BGS student) | ||
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|1937 | |[[Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1937|1937]] | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 23 November | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | | ||
|valign="top" | [http://mss-cat.nottingham.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=(AltRefNo%3D%27MS%20567%27) Harry Almond Saville Wortley], JP, MA, Principal of University College, Nottingham | |valign="top" | [http://mss-cat.nottingham.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=(AltRefNo%3D%27MS%20567%27) Harry Almond Saville Wortley], JP, MA, Principal of University College, Nottingham | ||
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|1938 | |[[Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1938|1938]] | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 4 October | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | | ||
|valign="top" | [[Walter Swain]], CIE, formerly Inspector-General of Police, Province of Bihar and Orissa (former BGS student) | |valign="top" | [[Walter Swain]], CIE, formerly Inspector-General of Police, Province of Bihar and Orissa (former BGS student and [[Parry Gold Medal|Parry Medallist]]) | ||
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|1939 | |[[Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1939|1939]] | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 15 December | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | [[Big School]] | ||
|valign="top" | Ven [[Wikipedia:Kenneth Warner|Kenneth C H Warner]], DSO, MA, Archdeacon of Lincoln | |valign="top" | Ven [[Wikipedia:Kenneth Warner|Kenneth C H Warner]], DSO, MA, Archdeacon of Lincoln | ||
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|1940 | |[[Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1940|1940]] | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 9 December | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | [[Big School]] | ||
|valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Herbert Butcher|H W (later Sir Herbert) Butcher]], Holland-with-Boston MP | |valign="top" | Lieutenant [[Wikipedia:Herbert Butcher|H W (later Sir Herbert) Butcher]] RNVR, Holland-with-Boston MP | ||
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|1941 | |[[Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1941|1941]] | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 12 December | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | [[Big School]] | ||
|valign="top" | Rt Rev [[Wikipedia:Algernon Markham|Algernon A Markham]], Bishop of Grantham | |valign="top" | Rt Rev [[Wikipedia:Algernon Markham|Algernon A Markham]], Bishop of Grantham | ||
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|1942 | |[[Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1942|1942]] | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 26 November | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | [[Big School]] | ||
|valign="top" | Judge T W Langman, OBE <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5So2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PP281&lpg=PP281&dq=%22T+W+Langman%22+judge&source=bl&ots=1LE3vnDAty&sig=ACfU3U038qnv34BR_Wp2fFHwmZKdDGLRfA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqtdqYo77jAhU7VBUIHZ24BxgQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22T%20W%20Langman%22%20judge&f=false Wearing the Trousers: Fashion, Freedom and the Rise of the Modern Woman - Don Chapman, Published 2017]</ref> | |valign="top" | Judge T W Langman, OBE <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5So2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PP281&lpg=PP281&dq=%22T+W+Langman%22+judge&source=bl&ots=1LE3vnDAty&sig=ACfU3U038qnv34BR_Wp2fFHwmZKdDGLRfA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqtdqYo77jAhU7VBUIHZ24BxgQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22T%20W%20Langman%22%20judge&f=false Wearing the Trousers: Fashion, Freedom and the Rise of the Modern Woman - Don Chapman, Published 2017]</ref> | ||
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|[[Boston Grammar School prize-winners 1955|1955]] | |[[Boston Grammar School prize-winners 1955|1955]] | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 16 December | ||
|valign="top" | The New Theatre | |valign="top" | The New Theatre | ||
|valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Bertrand Hallward|B L Hallward]], MA, Vice-Chancellor, University of Nottingham | |valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Bertrand Hallward|B L Hallward]], MA, Vice-Chancellor, University of Nottingham | ||
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|[[ | |[[Speech Day 1972|1972]] | ||
|valign="top" | 1 November | |valign="top" | 1 November | ||
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|1978 | |1978 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 8 December | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | Professor [[Peter A Young]], MA, Ph D, FIMM, MAus.IMM, M Can.IMM, C Eng, professor of mining and mineral sciences University of Leeds (former BGS student) | |valign="top" | Professor [[Peter A Young]], MA, Ph D, FIMM, MAus.IMM, M Can.IMM, C Eng, professor of mining and mineral sciences University of Leeds (former BGS student) | ||
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|1979 | |1979 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 14 December | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | Lieut Col J M [[Wikipedia:Dymoke|Dymoke]], MBE, Queen's Champion and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire | |valign="top" | Lieut Col J M [[Wikipedia:Dymoke|Dymoke]], MBE, Queen's Champion and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire | ||
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|1980 | |1980 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 19 September | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | R M D "Bob" Rowland<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/dec/12/robert-rowland-obituary Robert Rowland obituary - The Guardian 12 December 2017]</ref>, head of BBC Open University Production Centre | |valign="top" | R M D "Bob" Rowland<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/dec/12/robert-rowland-obituary Robert Rowland obituary - The Guardian 12 December 2017]</ref>, head of BBC Open University Production Centre | ||
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|[[Boston Grammar School senior prize-winners 1981|1981]] | |[[Boston Grammar School senior prize-winners 1981|1981]] | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 13 November | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Lincolnshire Police#Chief Officers|James Kerr]], OStJ, QPM, CBIM, Chief Constable of Lincolnshire | |valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Lincolnshire Police#Chief Officers|James Kerr]], OStJ, QPM, CBIM, Chief Constable of Lincolnshire | ||
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| | |1990 | ||
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|1991 | |1991 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | December | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | [[Wikipedia: | |valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Bill Newton Dunn|Bill Newton Dunn]], Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Lincolnshire | ||
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|1992 | |1992 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | December | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | Capt (later Brig) [[Bill Dunham|Mark W "Bill" Dunham]], Royal Marines (former BGS student) | |valign="top" | Capt (later Brig) [[Bill Dunham|Mark W "Bill" Dunham]], Royal Marines (former BGS student) | ||
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|1994 | |[[Boston Grammar School prize-giving 1994|1994]] | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 20 December | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | Helen Sharman, cosmonaut and her father John D Sharman ( | |valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Helen Sharman|Helen Sharman]], cosmonaut and her father [[John D Sharman]] (former BGS student) | ||
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| | |1995 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | December | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
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| | |1997 | ||
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|2002 | |2002 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 19 December | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | Terry Taylor, Deputy Mayor of Boston, and Nicola Bulbeck<ref>[https://www.lgcplus.com/archive/work-life-people-146-07-03-2002/ Work life - people - Local Government Chronicle]</ref>, Boston Borough Council chief executive | |valign="top" | [[Terry Taylor]], Deputy Mayor of Boston, and [[Nicola Bulbeck]]<ref>[https://www.lgcplus.com/archive/work-life-people-146-07-03-2002/ Work life - people - Local Government Chronicle]</ref>, Boston Borough Council chief executive | ||
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|2003 | |2003 | ||
|valign="top" | 17 December | |||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |||
|valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Mark Simmonds|Mark Simmonds]], MP for Boston and Skegness | |||
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|2004 | |||
|valign="top" | 15 December | |||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |||
|valign="top" | Revd Dr [[Wikipedia:John Saxbee|John Saxbee]], Bishop of Lincoln | |||
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|2005 | |||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
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| | |2006 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 18 December | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | [[M Gallagher]], Chief Executive of Boston Borough Council | ||
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|2007 | |2007 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 17 December | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Keith Alexander (footballer)|Keith Alexander]], director of football at Bury FC and former Lincoln City and Peterborough United manager (father of former BGS students) | |valign="top" | [[Wikipedia:Keith Alexander (footballer)|Keith Alexander]], director of football at Bury FC and former Lincoln City and Peterborough United manager (father of former BGS students) | ||
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|2008 | |2008 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 17 December | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | [[Nigel Fisher]], Head of Trading at UNICEF UK | ||
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|2011 | |2011 | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | 16 December | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
|valign="top" | [[Peter Sharman]], President of the [[Old Bostonian Association]] (former BGS student) | |valign="top" | [[Peter Sharman]], President of the [[Old Bostonian Association]] (former BGS student) | ||
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|2017 | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc5zN10609E&ab_channel=OldBostonianAssociationOBA 2017] | ||
|valign="top" | 19 December | |valign="top" | 19 December | ||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
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|valign="top" | No speech day | |valign="top" | No speech day | ||
|valign="top" | | |valign="top" | Postponed because of the [[Wikipedia:Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] pandemic | ||
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|2021 | |||
|valign="top" | 17 December | |||
|valign="top" | No speech day | |||
|valign="top" | Postponed because of the [[Wikipedia:Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] pandemic - the guest of honour would have been Flight Lieutenant [[Jack Bosworth]] (former BGS student) | |||
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|2021 | |||
|valign="top" | 31 March 2022 | |||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |||
|valign="top" | Flight Lieutenant [[Jack Bosworth]] (former BGS student) | |||
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|2022 | |||
|valign="top" | 16 December | |||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |||
|valign="top" | Professor Sir [[Jonathan Van-Tam]] (second time - former BGS student) | |||
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|2023 | |||
|valign="top" | 15 December | |||
|valign="top" | The Centenary Methodist Church | |||
|valign="top" | Fr [[Ross Brooks]] SSC, Vicar of St Matthew Willesden (former BGS student) | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[: | *[[:Art Prize]] | ||
*[[:Brackenbury Memorial Shield]] | *[[:Brackenbury Memorial Shield]] | ||
*[[:C L Farrow Bequest]] | *[[:C L Farrow Bequest]] | ||
*[[:Neal Robinson Science Award]] | *[[:Neal Robinson Science Award]] | ||
*[[: | *[[:Opening of the Quadrangle buildings]] | ||
*[[:Philip Johnston]] | |||
*[[:Robert Evelyn Roy]] | |||
*[[:Scorer Local Knowledge]] | |||
*[[:Speech Day 1916]] | |||
*[[:Timeline of BGS history]] | *[[:Timeline of BGS history]] | ||
*[[:William Scorer]] | |||
== References == | == References == |
Latest revision as of 19:33, 18 January 2024
Speech Day (called 'Prize Giving' since the early 1990s), is a ceremony held each year for the presentation of prizes to students for work and sporting achievements from the preceding academic year.
A sample programme is as follows. In recent years more music has been added to this basic programme.
- The Chairman of the Governors' report
- The Headmaster's report
- The School Song
- Distribution of prizes
- Guest of Honour's speech
- Vote of thanks from the Head of School
- National Anthem
Until the early years of the 20th century, school prizes were almost invariably presented by either the chairman of the trustees or the mayor of Boston, a notable exception being 1895, when the guest of honour was the American Ambassador. However, with the arrival of James William Dyson as headmaster, Speech Days began to assume their present pattern, with a distinguished visitor making the presentations each year.
In 1974 it was agreed that the ceremony would be held in two sessions, one in the afternoon for the second and third years, the other in the evening for the remainder of the school. This solved the seating difficulty in the school assembly hall, but required a double attendance by the guest speaker and staff. That year's speaker, Canon Peter E Paine[1], was, in fact, present both as chairman of governors and mayor of Boston. Two years after this, however, twenty-eight members of staff wrote asking the foundation governors to reconsider their decision again to hold the function at the school. Their suggestion that the venue should be changed to the Centenary Methodist Church (with its far greater seating capacity) was agreed.
Year | Date | Location | Guest of Honour |
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1802 | 24 June | The Town-Hall (i.e. Boston Guildhall) | |
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1857 | June | Pishey Thompson, Historian (former BGS student) | |
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1859 | 23 June | ||
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1883 | 26 July (half-yearly event) | Rev James Porter, DD (master of St Peter's College, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge) | |
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1885 | |||
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1887 | John Cabourn Simonds, Mayor of Boston | ||
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1895 | Thomas F. Bayard, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom | ||
1896 | William Garfit, MP for Boston | ||
1897 | July | William Turner Simonds, Mayor of Boston | |
1898 | William Turner Simonds, Mayor of Boston (second time) | ||
... | |||
1900 | 2 August | Rt Rev Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln; prizes distributed by Rev Ernest Stewart Roberts, senior Tutor of Gonville and Caius College | |
1901 | 1 August | ||
1902 | Robert William Staniland, Boston town clerk | ||
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1913 | Dr Edward L Hicks, Bishop of Lincoln | ||
1914 | Henry Hebb Sills, MA, tutor of King's Cambridge, a BGS governor | ||
1915 | J W (later Sir John) Gleed, MA, JP, chairman of Holland County Council's Higher Education sub-committee[2] | ||
1916 | 18 December | Rev J Basil Simpson, MA (former BGS student) | |
1917 | Dr Thomas Charles Fry, Dean of Lincoln, former headmaster of Oundle and Berkhampstead Schools | ||
1918 | No Speech Day | Postponed because of the Spanish flu pandemic | |
1919 | April | A Cooke Yarborough, Mayor of Boston | |
1920 | Rev B G Nicholas, MA, Vicar of Spalding[3] | ||
1921 | 15 December | Prof Arthur James Grant, MA, D Litt, professor of history and English, University of Leeds (former BGS student) | |
1922 | R Cary Gibson, MA, headmaster King Edward's School, Birmingham | ||
1923 | J W Gleed (second time) | ||
1924 | Ven Ernest M Blackie, MA, Archdeacon of Stow | ||
1925 | Rt Rev J Basil Simpson, MA, DD, Bishop in Kobe (second time - former BGS student) | ||
1926 | 13 May | A K Turner, Mayor of Boston and his wife | |
1927 | Prof Frank S Granger, D Litt, MA, Vice-Principal of University College, Nottingham | ||
1928 | Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | ||
1929 | Charles Pelham, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire | ||
1930 | Rt Rev J Basil Simpson (third time - former BGS student) | ||
1931 | Very Rev Robert A Mitchell, MA, Dean of Lincoln | ||
1932 | Instructor-Capt Thomas Slator, RN, CB (former BGS student) | ||
1933 | Arthur E Morgan, MA, Principal of University College, Hull | ||
1934 | Rt Rev William S Swayne, Bishop of Lincoln | ||
1935 | J W (later Sir James) Blindell, Holland-with-Boston MP | ||
1936 | Rt Rev Arthur I Greaves, Bishop of Grantham | ||
1937 | 23 November | Harry Almond Saville Wortley, JP, MA, Principal of University College, Nottingham | |
1938 | 4 October | Walter Swain, CIE, formerly Inspector-General of Police, Province of Bihar and Orissa (former BGS student and Parry Medallist) | |
1939 | 15 December | Big School | Ven Kenneth C H Warner, DSO, MA, Archdeacon of Lincoln |
1940 | 9 December | Big School | Lieutenant H W (later Sir Herbert) Butcher RNVR, Holland-with-Boston MP |
1941 | 12 December | Big School | Rt Rev Algernon A Markham, Bishop of Grantham |
1942 | 26 November | Big School | Judge T W Langman, OBE [4] |
1943 | Lt Cdr John Cracroft-Amcotts, RN, DSC, JP | ||
1944 | 15 March 1945 | Ald Tom Kitwood, JP, chairman of the Governors | |
1945 | 18 December | Big School | Arthur Hill, BA, former second master at BGS |
1946 | 3 December | Regal cinema | Canon A M Cook, MA, Sub-Dean of Lincoln[5] |
1947 | Regal cinema | Prof Joseph L Burchnall, professor of mathematics, Durham University (former BGS student) | |
1948 | Regal cinema | Donald Portway, TD, MA, Master of St Catherine's College, Cambridge | |
1949 | 16 December | Regal cinema | Canon T H Cashmore, vice-president Rotary International GBI |
1950 | Regal cinema | James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (Lord Willoughby de Ereseby), HM Lieutenant of Lincolnshire | |
1951 | Regal cinema | Group Capt G Augustus Walker, CBE, DSO, DFC, ADC | |
1952 | 16 December | Regal cinema | Prof J Alfred Steers, MA, professor of geography, University of Cambridge |
1953 | 18 December | The New Theatre | Group Capt Rev Francis W Cocks, RAF, chaplain to Bomber and Fighter Commands |
1954 | The New Theatre | Brigadier N D Rice (former BGS student) | |
1955 | 16 December | The New Theatre | B L Hallward, MA, Vice-Chancellor, University of Nottingham |
1956 | 4 December | The New Theatre | Rt Rev Kenneth Riches, DD, Bishop of Lincoln |
1957 | 3 December | The New Theatre | Charles H Wilson, MA, LLD, Vice-Chancellor of Leicester University |
1958 | Boston Grammar School Assembly Hall (opened that year) | E M W Tillyard, OBE, Litt D, FRSL, FBA, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge | |
1959 | 11 December | General Sir Francis W Festing, GCB, KBE, DSO, Chief of the Imperial General Staff | |
1960 | 8 December | Sir Stanley Rous, CBE, JP, secretary of the Football Association | |
1961 | 30 November | Boston Grammar School Assembly Hall | Canon A M Cook, Vicar of St Botolph's, Boston (second time) |
1962 | 22 November | Boston Grammar School Assembly Hall | Sir Herbert Butcher, Bt, MP (second time) |
1963 | 28 November | Boston Grammar School Assembly Hall | Sir John Cockroft, OM, FRS, Master of Churchill College, Cambridge |
1964 | Francis CA Cammaerts, DSO, MA, Principal of Leicester Training college | ||
1965 | Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, DSO, DFC | ||
1966 | Sir Francis Hill, CBE, MA, LL M, Litt D | ||
1967 | Prof Norman Haycocks, MA, professor of education, University of Nottingham | ||
1968 | Rt Rev Ross S Hook, MC, Bishop of Grantham | ||
1969 | Prof Michael Horne, MA, Ph D, Sc D, MICE, AMI Struct E, professor of civil engineering, Manchester University (former BGS student) | ||
1970 | Peter G Mason, MBE, MA, High Master of Manchester Grammar School | ||
1971 | Rt Rev Ian Ramsey, DD, Bishop of Durham | ||
1972 | 1 November | George V Cooke, Director of Education for Lindsey County Council (later for Lincolnshire County Council), and Mrs Cooke | |
1973 | Canon Julian P Thornton-Duesbery, MA, formerly Master of St Peter's College, Oxford | ||
1974 | 13 December | Boston Grammar School Assembly Hall (two sessions) | Canon Peter E Paine, JP, Mayor of Boston and Chairman of the Governors[1] |
1975 | 12 December | Boston Grammar School Assembly Hall (two sessions) | E Miller, Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge; prizes distributed by his wife, Mrs F Miller |
1976 | The Centenary Methodist Church | Professor H R Loyn, MA, D Litt, FSA, professor of mediaeval history, University College, Cardiff, president of The Historical Association | |
1977 | 9 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | RT Revd R O Goodchild, MA, Bishop of Kensington |
1978 | 8 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Professor Peter A Young, MA, Ph D, FIMM, MAus.IMM, M Can.IMM, C Eng, professor of mining and mineral sciences University of Leeds (former BGS student) |
1979 | 14 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Lieut Col J M Dymoke, MBE, Queen's Champion and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire |
1980 | 19 September | The Centenary Methodist Church | R M D "Bob" Rowland[6], head of BBC Open University Production Centre |
1981 | 13 November | The Centenary Methodist Church | James Kerr, OStJ, QPM, CBIM, Chief Constable of Lincolnshire |
1982 | March 1983 | The Centenary Methodist Church | Leonard Marsh, M Ed, Principal Bishop Grossteste College, Lincoln |
1983 | 23 September | The Centenary Methodist Church | Group Captain R D Arnott RAF, Station Commander, RAF Coningsby |
1984 | Mrs Jean Parker, B Comm, Chairman Lincolnshire Joint Development Committee, Lincs CBI group[7] | ||
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1989 | Trevor Brooking, former England international footballer, manager, pundit and football administrator | ||
1990 | |||
1991 | December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Bill Newton Dunn, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Lincolnshire |
1992 | December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Capt (later Brig) Mark W "Bill" Dunham, Royal Marines (former BGS student) |
1993 | December | Barry Spikings, Hollywood producer (former BGS student) | |
1994 | 20 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Helen Sharman, cosmonaut and her father John D Sharman (former BGS student) |
1995 | December | The Centenary Methodist Church | |
1996 | 19 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham (Fellow of the Royal Society) |
1997 | |||
1998 | 15 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Right Reverend Alastair Redfern (Bishop of Grantham) |
1999 | Barry Spikings, Hollywood producer (second time - former BGS student) | ||
... | |||
2002 | 19 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Terry Taylor, Deputy Mayor of Boston, and Nicola Bulbeck[8], Boston Borough Council chief executive |
2003 | 17 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Mark Simmonds, MP for Boston and Skegness |
2004 | 15 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Revd Dr John Saxbee, Bishop of Lincoln |
2005 | The Centenary Methodist Church | ||
2006 | 18 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | M Gallagher, Chief Executive of Boston Borough Council |
2007 | 17 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Keith Alexander, director of football at Bury FC and former Lincoln City and Peterborough United manager (father of former BGS students) |
2008 | 17 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Nigel Fisher, Head of Trading at UNICEF UK |
... | |||
2011 | 16 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Peter Sharman, President of the Old Bostonian Association (former BGS student) |
2012 | 21 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | John Cridland CBE, Director General of the CBI (former BGS student) |
2013 | 20 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Charles Hart, father of Joe Hart, footballer: Manchester City and England[9] |
2014 | 18 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Adam Shergold, On-line sports journalist for The Daily Mail (former BGS student) |
2015 | 17 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Dr Sunita R Deshmukh (former BGS student) |
2016 | 20 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Brigadier Bill Dunham CBE (second time - former BGS student) |
2017 | 19 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Danny Butterfield (former BGS student) |
2018 | 18 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Prof Jonathan Van-Tam MBE, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England (former BGS student) |
2019 | 19 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Mark Watson, comedy magician and juggler "Mark Watson - Man of Mischief" (former BGS student) |
2020 | No speech day | Postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic | |
2021 | 17 December | No speech day | Postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic - the guest of honour would have been Flight Lieutenant Jack Bosworth (former BGS student) |
2021 | 31 March 2022 | The Centenary Methodist Church | Flight Lieutenant Jack Bosworth (former BGS student) |
2022 | 16 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam (second time - former BGS student) |
2023 | 15 December | The Centenary Methodist Church | Fr Ross Brooks SSC, Vicar of St Matthew Willesden (former BGS student) |
See Also
- Art Prize
- Brackenbury Memorial Shield
- C L Farrow Bequest
- Neal Robinson Science Award
- Opening of the Quadrangle buildings
- Philip Johnston
- Robert Evelyn Roy
- Scorer Local Knowledge
- Speech Day 1916
- Timeline of BGS history
- William Scorer
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NOSTALGIA: New Year's Honour for Coun Canon Peter Paine - Boston Standard (7 January 2017)
- ↑ South Holland Heritage - Sir John Gleed
- ↑ In The Papers - The Argus (Melbourne, Australia), 10 April 1937
- ↑ Wearing the Trousers: Fashion, Freedom and the Rise of the Modern Woman - Don Chapman, Published 2017
- ↑ Boston Preservation Trust - Lincolnshire County Council
- ↑ Robert Rowland obituary - The Guardian 12 December 2017
- ↑ New Smaller Firms Chief - The Times, 5 February 1985
- ↑ Work life - people - Local Government Chronicle
- ↑ Hart to Hart as Joe's dad unveils Madame Tussauds waxwork of City and England stopper - Manchester Evening News, 27 May 2016