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Welcome
to
the web site
of the Old
Farnhamians' Association,
the organisation that unites the former pupils and staff of
Farnham Grammar School
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During the period 1585 to 1973,
If you are a
former pupil of
Despite the sad death of many
older members and the fact that the stream of school leavers joining the
association ceased in 1975, the membership has not declined in recent years.
More old boys, not previously actively connected to the OFA, have discovered
the joy of being reunited with friends from long ago.
Membership of the OFA is open to
all former pupils for the subscription of £10 per annum. An annual dinner takes
place in April (normally at the former school premises in
This
site serves to connect old school friends who may have
lost
contact. The activities and events of
the OFA are
posted routinely on this site.
Please note that old boys, whether or not they are
paid-up members, are welcome to
attend our dinners and any
other activities.
There is a section on this site
containing news of old boys that has been contributed by the old boys
themselves and others. This information is to be found in the Web-Members
Section, which can be accessed, without charge, by registering and obtaining a
password (click the Members' Section ). You
will be asked to state your name, indicating the years you attended the school,
and giving your e-mail address (please be precise with this). The password will
be e-mailed to you shortly thereafter. Your details will be retained for
updating you on how to access the section should we change the password in the
future. (This procedure is to minimise the risk of old boys receiving
unsolicited communications by having personal details visible in the public
section of the site.)
During 2003. we established an
on-line library of The Farnhamian magazines, published between 1912 and
1973, plus the OFA newsletters that were distributed thereafter until 1993. The
library is split into a Public Section (magazines more than 70 years old) and
an OFA Members’ Library. These files are well worth reading. Most of them
display the magazines as true images of the original printed versions, but with
the great advantage that you can search the magazines for names etc. Click here to
find out how to access this part of the website.
Please contribute to this site
and The Farnhamian by e-mailing news of yourself and other old boys. Contact
e-mail addresses are shown in the Web-Members Section. Please indicate if you
are willing for your e-mail address to be quoted in the Web-Members Section so
that people can get in touch with you.
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Links within this Site:
OFA Membership Application
Form: as a Word
file
indicates a
recent update
Link to associated Web
Sites:
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Are You an OFA Web
Member?
You’d Better Check!
The latest mail shot to all our registered web
members
sent on 7 February 2010 has returned quite a few failed deliveries.
This means the email addresses no longer exist.
If this is a recurrence, the name will now probably
have been removed from our web members’ list on the
assumption that you have either died or lost interest.
We don’t welcome either case, but we’d prefer the latter!
“First offences” are shown in faint type on the listing.
If you are not dead and your interest has
revived,
please register again as a new web member.
Posted Monday, 08 February, 2010
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New Website Facility
If you are a Web Member and can remember the password,
you can access the minutes of AGMs for recent years of the association.
Click here
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Old Copies of
Farnhamian Magazines,
the School History by Reg Hatt and
Booklets about Staff Members by Cyril Trust
Go to this link to read about our unrepeatable
offer!
Click here
Updated Thursday, 27 August, 2009
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1970 Contact Group
Paul Blowfield sends the following message:
Old
Farnhamians, re the dinner 2010? For me (1963-1970), it will be 40 years since leaving
that Lofty Fortress of the Mind (!) so it would be nice to get together as many
old `compatriots` as possible next year; something I also organised for the
20th anniversary. I still see Andy Everett and Chris Fairclough (both
1968-1970) and of course there`s contact info for a small number of others
on the OFA website and Friends Reunited, but all avenues need to be explored.
Sadly, already 3 former friends from the school have passed on to the great
common room in the sky............
Contact
Paul on: paul.milepost31@yahoo.co.uk
Posted Monday, 18 May, 2009
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1971/1976 Contact Group
John Clarke and Mike Mehta have been
trying to improve contact with their FGS class of 1971 together with the
equivalent FC
intake of 1976. In 2005 they revived the 6th Form Magazine Blunderbuss.
They have now started a special website which can be accessed by clicking
here.
Wednesday, 09 January, 2008
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