OBA Blog
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War memorials
The school has war memorials for former students who died in the First World War and the Second World War. They can both be found in the school’s library. The First World War memorial was unveiled by Earl Brownlow on 11 November 1923. It was subscribed for by 125 old boys of the school and…
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School publications
I am sometimes asked about school magazines. It sounds like a simple matter but it can quickly become complicated when you realise how many different magazines, newspapers and newsletters have been associated with Boston Grammar School over the years. I don’t claim to have an encyclopaedic knowledge but I can provide some starting points. The…
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Girls at Boston Grammar School
Boston Grammar School was founded in 1555 and remained solely a school for boys until the 1950s. There had been female teachers during the First and Second World Wars, replacing male staff who had joined the armed services, but in terms of pupils it remained a solely male domain. The first three girls to join…
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Profile – Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall was probably the most successful athlete that Boston Grammar School has produced. He attended the school between 1973 and 1980. At his peak he was beating future stars such as Colin Jackson and was twice included in the UK all-time list of athletes in 1979 and 1980. Unfortunately Chris died from bone cancer…
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Profile – Jonathan Van-Tam
Jonathan Van-Tam has been in the news a lot recently. He is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England and has been one of the chief expert spokesmen in the UK on the COVID-19 pandemic. Jonathan is proving a very calm and efficient conveyor of the facts about this awful situation. Quite apart from his…
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Floreat Bostona – The school song
Floreat Bostona is the school song of Boston Grammar School. The Latin and English words were written by George Edwin Pattenden, who referred to it as “my school hymn”. On the OBA wiki you will find both sets of words including two verses which are no longer sung, the music and an opportunity to listen to a…
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OBA committee could welcome more remote members
For a number of years there have been members of the Old Bostonian committee who lived far enough from Boston that they have attended meetings at best occasionally. Obviously this isn’t an ideal situation either for the member or for the committee. For almost as long as this has been the case there have been…
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2020 Quiz night report
The quiz night was held at the Boston & County Club under the spectre of the Corvid-19 virus. Richard Anderson (BGS staff 1971-2014) was the quiz master for the evening as ever. Scorer was Harry H, a senior member of the BGS quiz club with timekeeping for the buzzer and light round being Jack, also…
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POSTPONED – 27/03/20 – Old Boys v School football match
This event has been postponed indefinitely due to the Covid-19 virus. The annual Old Boys v Boston Grammar School football match has been arranged for late afternoon Friday 27th March – kick off around 4pm or as soon as Old Boys have eleven players! Once again the Old Boys will be selected and managed by…
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Boston Grammar School staff
Everyone who attended Boston Grammar School will have memories of the teachers who taught them and we have details of many of them, at least up to the mid-1980s, together with information on some later members of staff. The place to find this information, and anything about the history of the school is in the…
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