Grammarians support Ypres bell project
THOSE who have read Ken Best’s article in the 2017 Grammarian magazine about the £250 donation made in the name of former BGS pupils towards the Bells4StGeorgeYpres project will [...]
We mourn the passing of senior Grammarian Godfrey Lindsay
Godfrey Lindsay as a BGS pupil in the 1930s with teacher Mr Hawtin IT is with deep regret that we report the death earlier this week of [...]
October’s Edinburgh Dinner is proving popular!
We are delighted with the response to date amongst former pupils of Bangor Grammar School to the revived Edinburgh Dinner, which will be held at the Royal Scots Club [...]
It’s never too late to return a book to the School Library!
Many thanks to past pupil Roy Willis for permitting us to share with our members this story of the library book he recently returned to Bangor Grammar School – [...]
Thoughts turn to the Bangor Dinner!
Autumn is here and BGS past pupils' thoughts are beginning to turn to the Bangor Dinner, which will be held at the Marine Court Hotel on Friday 10 November. [...]
NHS in crisis!! Four Year of 2011 ex-pupils graduate in Medicine – avoid getting sick in Scotland!!
Bangor Grammarians extend hearty congratulations to Crisanto Espana, Luke Dornan and Phil Anderson, all from the Year of 2011 and all recent graduates in Medicine from Dundee University. Matthew [...]
Jonny and Jordie pay wonderful tribute to their friend Michael Whitford
When the editor of The Grammarian, the annual magazine for past pupils of Bangor Grammar School, invited past contributor Jonny Blair to write a tribute (for the forthcoming 2017 [...]
Past pupil’s new book recalls father and uncle who served in two World Wars
Bangor Grammar School past pupil Alastair Walker (1955-62) is the author of a recently published book, Two Men Two Wars, which tells the stories of two men, his father, [...]
Three ‘lost’ swimming trophies are returned to BGS Archives
Bangor Grammarians are delighted to announce that no fewer than three seemingly lost swimming trophies have now been restored to the BGS Archives thanks to the online appeal that [...]
Can you help us to locate these long-lost BGS swimming trophies?
One of the few surviving photographs - taken by the County Down Spectator at the 1966 Gala - that features all the cups awarded for swimming. From left: [...]