The Farnhamian
The school magazine began life as a printed publication in
1912. For many years prior to this, a hand-written chronicle had been created
by senior boys and passed around (click here). The
OFA has a complete set of the printed magazines.
As a special project, the
association agreed in 2002 to create an on-line library of the magazines,
available to fully paid-up members of the OFA. This will not be complete for
some time as the work involved is considerable, despite the availability of
some sophisticated and expensive software called Adobe Acrobat Capture. At the
AGM in February 2003, it was agreed that magazines older than 70 years will be
made available in the public sector of the site.
Magazines will be posted in the libraries as they become
available. To access the Members’
Library, you need to be a fully paid-up OFA member - web members will not be able to
access the recent magazines unless they are also OFA members.
You reach the library by going via the “Members’ Section” on
the homepage, or by clicking below.
From there you get access using the special login and password that
should have been notified to you. If you are a fully paid-up OFA Member and you
have not yet been given the password, go to the Members’ Section, register as a
web member and then email Ian Sargeant from the Web Members’ page.
Some of the files are large (well over 3 Megabytes). Such
files will download in less than 2 minutes on a broadband connection, but slow
modem speeds can make a download last over 30 minutes.
Public Library
(magazines more than 70 years old)
