Aberdare Boys’ Grammar School

Class Photograph, a Form 3 group, 1946

from Derek D. Phillips

Derek D. Phillips and Stan Beynon have sent in this photograph of a third form class, taken in 1946.

Back Row (L to R): Frederick Bryant, Ken Jones, Raymond Erasmus, Lyndhurst Hughes, David Wilkinson, J. Crowther-Green?,
Derek B. Phillips, Ivor Powell Jones, Norman Williams, Peter Williams

Middle Row (L to R):
Denis O'Shea, Donald Davies, David E. James, Derek D. Phillips, Marsden Williams, Billy J. Williams, Vivian Thomas, John Oliver, Peter G. Davies

Front Row (seated) (L to R):
Eric Baker, Douglas James, D. Colin Richards, Stanley Beynon, Mr Arthur L. Trott (ABCGS 1931-46), Douglas Cummings, Geoffrey Parker, Ray Walters, Alan Marsh, James Weir

Front Row (seated on ground): (L to R):
David S. Bird, D. Royston Brockway, Russell S. Brake, John S. Gould

A.L. Trott, M.A.(Wales), M.Ed.(Dunelm), was from Neath. He had a first class degree in History, but taught a variety of subjects at school including Art.
He transferred to Llandrindod Emergency Training College with Mr G.P. Ambrose in 1946, but did not return. After Llandrindod he gained a lectureship in the education department at UCW Aberystwyth.

Thanks to Stan Beynon and Ken Collins for providing the names for the caption