Council Connections

I am grateful to Stephen Robinson (1977), who is Leader of Chelmsford City Council and has been an active councillor for more than 30 years, for sending this video in which tribute is paid to Gerard McEwen, a highly respected councillor who died in May 2026 at the age of 96.

It was down to Stephen to make the connection with BHCHS, pointing out that Councillor McEwen was the father of Nick McEwen (1976). Nick, of course, played a fundamental role in the revival of the OBA when we began tracing former pupils and staff in 1999. He was there right at the start, even before becoming our first webmaster.

Click HERE for a reminder of Nick’s important first contribution, as recorded in our first edition.