Fort Augustus Old Boys Association

The Old Boys Association serves to keep the spirit alive of The Fort Augustus Old Boys; the former pupils -  boys and girls - who served at the Abbey School in Fort Augustus.  Since the School closed in the 90s (and subsequently the Abbey itself), the Old Boys Association has maintained to provide support amongst Old Boys and to organise an annual diiner for Old Boys and their partners. This website assists to maintain this contact and support.

However, the Old Boys Association has fewer members than the number of Old Boys who use the site and the forums.  As an Association, the FAOBA provides the annual dinner and provides contributions where it is called upon.  Membership is £10 per annum or £100 for a life membership.  If you are an Old Boy and would like to support the Association to continue in its task, you are strongly encouraged to join by contacting Ralph Guilianotti on 01738 624674. 

Masters at the Abbey

Following on from a post that Chris started in the forum last year, a web page has been created dedicated to our teachers and masters (click here). Please advise if there are teachers which aren't on the list or if you have any corrections, pelase add a comment to the forum (click here) or email the webmaster (cbryce@gmail.com)

Newsletter and AGM minutes

The minutes of the AGM held on 8 October 2011 at the Holiday Inn, Glasgow can be found here. *** NEW***

The latest OBs newsletter can be found here.

Mike Drummond RIP

This website is a tribute to Mike Drummond - one of our Old Boys (Carlekemp 1951-1956, Abbey 1956 to 1961). Mike set up the website and maintained it until his sad passing in April. Without his initiative and perseverance, many Old Boys would not be in touch today. As a man of vision, it is only right that we keep the website going. Without the right skills, this may be a challenge but we'll try. Thanks Mike for everything you did for us.

Abbey Chronology

Ralph Guilianotti has put together some interesting dates that we thought you might like to see. We are hoping that this will bring up some interesting discussions in the  Abbey Forum. Link to Chronology

Rededication of Old Boy's War Memorial

Old Boys will remember the war memorial which was situated at the fork in the main school drive. It would have been passed by boys countless times possibly not realising its true significance (certainly for the younger OBs). At the OB AGM in 2010, it was agreed that the memorial should be cleaned and the letters re-carved. Fr Benedict Seed re-dedicated the War Memorial on 26 May, which had been newly-restored and re-located at its original position.

Before cleaning		Before cleaning:Chris Stephenson, Fr Benedict		After the rededication: Fr Benedict, A Jamieson, Chris Stephenson, Tony Duncan, Ben Murray, John Maclellan and Ralph Guilianotti

Books

Some of our Old Boys have written books which can be seen below.

You can access purchase details and descriptions of all books on the site by using the links below:

Abbey Boys	Rosslyn Chapel Revealed	The First and Lost Iona	Grass Seed in June	But does it scan
by Michael T.R.B. Turnbull	by Michael T.R.B. Turnbull	by George Campbell	by John Martin Robinson	by Colin McAllister

Corbie website contact:  cbryce@gmail.com