In July the Association will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary after being founded in July 1943. Arranged is a celebration dinner for members and their wives/partners at Tilsworth Golf Centre near Leighton Buzzard, on Saturday 7th July 2018. Details have been circulated, but if you requires additional information please contact the Secretary Hugh Elliott.
Read MoreSecretary’s report for last six months September 2017 Just a few words as to the business of the Association that has happened over the last 6 months, since the AGM Luncheon in April. Sadly Richard Osborn passed away in April, and Terry Claridge in August, Thirteen members attended a lunch at the Red Lion Milton Bryan, on 1st July to commemorate Founder Day. It was a very successful afternoon;...
Read MoreThe Chairman David Stewart along with other members planted a tree on the Green to commemorate the founding of the Association in 1943. The tree will formally be presented to the village at the next Association Luncheon on the 2nd April 2016. Hugh Elliott Secretary...
Read MoreParkfields Middle School was opened 50 years in April 1963, and the TOBA presented the school with a clock for the playground. Len Hull (Chairman), Hedley Denmark (Vice Chairman), and Committee member John Bryant helped to ‘open’ the clock on behalf of TOBA on the 24th July....
Read MoreOn the 3rd July 1943 our founder members met at the Holborn Restaurant in High Holborn, London, to hold the inaugural meeting of the Toddington Old Boys’ Association. The Holborn Restaurant was a building opposite the Holborn Underground railway station. The building was demolished in 1954, and a new building was erected, which houses a Sainsbury’s supermarket. On the 3rd July 2013, 70 years...
Read MoreBack in 1975, the Association presented a wooden seat to the residents of the Feoffee Yard Cottages. As you might imagine age has taken its toll so the Association made the decision to replace the seat. A new seat was supplied by Poplars Garden Centre and was formally handed over on Saturday 21st August by Melvin Bryant, Chairman of TOBA to Ron Burgess, Chairman of the Trustees of the cottages....
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