Old Buckwellians News

Welcome to the new version of Old Bucks News. This is the second biggest change since I began editing and publishing twice yearly newsletters in November 1999.

Now, we have abandoned the twice yearly idea completely. News items can arrive at any time.

As with any change, there is a need to get accustomed to how it all works. It’s a big learning curve for me. But having coped with the earlier changes I am confident that it will be successful, and improve. Meanwhile, I appreciate your patience and of course feedback. And anyone with experience of Wordpress is very welcome to help me with advice.

I hope you will appreciate the benefit of not having to wait for up to six months to see news and features.

I shall continue to use the Mailchimp mailing list which has been running since we moved to digital publishing. But the messages will be much shorter. Some of these messages will go to a limited number of our members. If, for example, a specific year group is planning a reunion, the message would be restricted to that group. General mailings will happen around four times a year, but there could be additional messages if I need to make important announcements.

Our normal 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, either as a pupil or member of staff, and other details. Since we stopped mailing out printed newsletters in 2021, I have not attempted to update home addresses, but it is helpful to have changes of phone number, and essential to have any changes to your email address.

Graham Frankel

grahamf49@gmail.com

The Story of the Red Cards

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This is a very topical subject to upload while England are dicing with defeat in the World Cup. As I write this it is half time.

The subject of the podcast is obvious from the photo and quite a few readers will know what the connection is with BHCHS.

But for those who were not around during the time when Peter Aston (1956) was a pupil you will need to be told that Peter was a sporting hero of BHCHS. The first in an impressive line of successful hammer throwers, his father was a sporting hero in another sport. Yes, it’s the one where there are 11 players including a goal keeper.

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