Our new site for OB News has now been running for two months and thanks for the feedback so far.

I was half expecting someone to ask me if they can post comments on here. I haven’t yet discovered how to achieve this but I am not yet convinced it is a good idea to nudge the site towards the Facebook model. You are very welcome to make comments on anything you see here, and send them to me in a message. I can then make an editorial decision about whether, and how to publish these comments.

A reminder that our original website (www.bhchs.co.uk) will continue to be used for archiving, and to hold the database which has details of when you were at BHCHS and other details. We’d love to keep in contact with all former pupils so if you think I may not have your current email address please contact me. Also, if you know of others who may not be in our network please direct them here.

Graham Frankel

grahamf49@gmail.com

Council Connections

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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.

Click on the image to view the video (start at 23’40”)

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.

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