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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 £5 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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Has you email address
changed?
A recent emailing to all
webmembers has produced a significant number of failed deliveries, suggesting that
we do not have everyone’s current email address. Failed addresses are shown in
faint type on the Web-members’ listing in the Web-Members' Section. Please contact the webmaster if you have changed your
email address so our listing can be updated.
Wednesday,
27 August, 2008
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Remember “The Huts”?
Appeal for Schooldays Photographs
The landscape of the old school has changed significantly
over the years. We all remember the classrooms and other buildings that were
erected on a temporary basis but not demolished for decades. This first
occurred with huts erected in the 1920s, only demolished in the early 1960s.
There were then some erected in 1960s around the tennis court land, during
construction, demolished some years later. And there were yet more erected in
the early 1970s not demolished till around 1992.
There seem to be almost no photographs of those
buildings – but they form an indelible memory for all old boys and any pictures
taken around the school grounds would be an interesting contribution to the
pages on this website. Do please email your webmaster if you have any such
pictures we can scan and display here.
Wednesday, 13 August, 2008
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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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