Buckhurst Hill County High School had an outstanding reputation in Essex and the UK during its 50 years of existence. Despite having closed in 1989 the former pupils and members of staff can keep in contact with each other through this site. Please have a look round, and if you know of other Old Buckwellians be sure to tell them too.... Find out more about the search for Old Bucks
I have just heard the sad news that Donald Ray, who was Head of Music at BHCHS from 1951 to 1961 died on 7th March 2010 following a short illness. I shall post funeral arrangements on this site when I have any further details. ...

Ken Bray (BHCHS 1939-45) will be giving an illustrated talk "A Life in Photography" at the Woodford Historical Society on 19th April. For more details see the WHS website http://www.woodfordhistsoc.org/ More about Ken Bray in ...

The Spring edition of Old Buckwellians News will be published in April. Here are just a few of the features lined up........... Death by a Thousand Cuts The second and concluding part of the tragic story of the closure of BHCHS in 1989 After School Activities A remarkable survey of t...

I was delighted to receive an email from Grahame Clark this week. Contacting me from Australia, Grahame tells me he was idly surfing the web and chanced upon our site. It is always good to hear from someone we hadn't previously traced, but Grahame has a special significance for us as he is the one h...
