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Name	Age	Address
Mabel Eleanor Cocking Gwilym Rhys Jones John Joseph Beckerlegge Dorothy Lilias Mills Finlay MacGillioray Thomas R Jones Sidney Rees Bryant Edith Margaret Jones Lily Mary Anne Eynon Katie Jones Ethel Violet Hughes Hilda Mary Davies William Protheroe Tom Masters Reginald Smith Emrys Lloyd Vera Maud Jayne Pardoe Mabel Minnie Thomas Ernest Lyndon Thomas Ellen May Wilcox William Frederick Lewis Gwladys Phillips Winifred Christine Bowden Sydney James Bowden Griffith Caradoc Hughes Sadie Margaret Williams Mary Winifred Holland Ithel Jones Cyril Mayberry Probert Sarah Thomas Arthur Eber Cox Herbert Cecil Jones David John Jones John Howard Davies Jeffrey Morgan Richards Annie Morgan Frank Lydney Tay George John Neighbour Harold Thomas Knibbs Maria Thomas Emma Williams Christopher Morgan Thomas Howell Davies Nesta Maud Jones Daniel Dyton William Archibald Davies Annie Barclay Lilian May Evans Alice Maud Harris Emrys Rees Lily Gertrude Evans Stanley Percy Wilson Archibald Luther Davies Gordon William Chapman Howell Arnold Evans Alice Davies Gladys White Ethel Elizabeth Page Harold Flooks Thomas Roderick Maggie May Roach Thomas Harris Lewis Watkin Morgan Althea Lake Francis Alice Walters Mary Emma Mortimer Florence Mary Williams Annie Evans Josiah Williams Ernest Cecil Jenkins William John Watkins Edward Jones Gwenllian Notton Tom Dix Margaret Lilian Jane Collier Margaret Elizabeth Evans Blodwen Eynon Mary Jones Nellie Jones Myfanwy Lewis Beatrice King Annie Elizabeth Mackintosh Kathleen Powell Irene Maud Rosser Mary Ray Walters Lewis Nicholas James Albert Talmage Miles William James Morris John Price Eliza Margaret Davies Edith Thomas Nellie Watkins Shadrach Jones James Richards Isaac Grant Idwal Golyddan Thomas Gladys Gwenllian Jones Margaret Mary Kensyn Caroline Lewis Idris Jenkins May Armond	12.7 15.5 17.5 12.6 13.7 13.9 13.9 13.7 12.5 14.1 14.1 12.7 12.3 11.8 11.7 13.0 11.8 12.8 14.5 12.3 13.6 16.1 13.9 13.6 12.9 12.5 12.7 12.3 12.4 13.4 14.0 12.7 12.9 11.7 12.7 16.0 14.0 13.5 13.1 14.0 11.4 12.3 12.2 13.8 13.0 14.8 11.4 12.3 12.9 12.3 12.1 13.0 12.5 11.4 12.6 12.9 13.2 12.8 11.9 12.1 12.8 13.7 13.3 13.0 11.9 14.8 11.9 15.2 16.8 12.3 13.8 13.3 13.7 13.0 12.9 14.0 14.1 14.2 13.9 13.9 14.1 13.4 12.9 12.9 13.2 13.0 12.9 12.8 12.9 12.8 13.2 13.2 13.9 12.4 12.9 14.2 13.1 13.2 13.1 12.6 13.4	16, Harriett St, Aberdare Cefndon Farm, Hirwain Myrtle Villa, Harcourt Road, Mountain Ash 70, Commercial St, Mountain Ash 6, Fforchaman Rd, Cwmaman Globe Inn, Hirwain Post Office, Cwmaman Miskin P.O., Mountain Ash 30, Cardiff St, Aberdare 74, Brecon Road, Hirwain Glenbrook, Aberaman 10, East Avenue, Aberdare 1, Pendarren St, Aberdare Baileys Arms, Mountain Ash 54, Gadlys Road, Aberdare 19, Oxford St, Mountain Ash Darren House, Aberdare Swan Hotel, Aberaman Swan Hotel, Aberaman 3, Dare Villas, Aberdare Glancynon Hotel, Mountain Ash 40, Canon St, Aberdare Abergwawr, Aberaman Abergwawr, Aberaman 16, Ynyslwyd St, Aberdare 75, Harriett St, Aberdare 14, Clifton St, Aberdare 6, Harris St, Hirwain Glanffrwd, Mountain Ash 5, John St, Capcoch 12, Forge Place, Abernant Florence Villa, Aberdare 94, Tramway, Hirwain 6, Cardiff St, Aberdare 1, Foundry Terrace, Mountain Ash 57, High St, Hirwain 38, Thomas St, Robertstown 21, Clarence St, Miskin, Mountain Ash 36, Commercial St, Aberdare Abernantygroes Farm, Cwmbach Norton Villa, Fox St, Mountain Ash 6, Clyn Gwyn St, Mountain Ash 37, Oxford St, Mountain Ash 3, Belmont Terrace, Aberaman Myrtle Cottage, Hirwain 5, High St, Aberdare 19, Collier’s Row, Abernant 12, Coronation Crescent, Aberaman Brook Villa, Austin St, Mountain Ash 67, Phillip St, Mountain Ash 96, Woodland St, Mountain Ash 6, Wind St, Aberdare The Cottage, Cwmaman Morlais House, Llewellyn St, Aberdare Maesyffrwd, Mountain Ash Llwyncelyn Inn, Trecynon 17, Wyndham Crescent, Aberaman 12, Cefndon Terr., Hirwain Dover Ho, Gadlys Road, Aberdare Ashbrook House, Aberdare 29, Clifton St, Aberdare Brynffrwd Villa, Granville Ter., Mountain Ash Tynton Cottage, Rhigos Shepherds Arms, Cwmaman Nantmelyn House, Cwmdare 4, Gwawr St, Aberaman 11, Ffrwd St, Aberaman 28, Hill St, Aberaman 55, Seymour St, Aberdare 28, Oxford St, Mountain Ash Butchers Arms, Mountain Ash 1a, St Johns Place, Trecynon 5, Brondeg Terrace, Aberdare 1&2, Market St, Aberdare 95, Brook St, Aberaman 8, Mary St, Aberdare 3, Hawthorn Terrace, Aberdare 3, Agents Row, Abernant 15, Violet St, Aberaman 9, Clive St, Trecynon 49, Gladstone St, Aberaman 22, Pembroke St, Aberdare 3, Clifton St, Aberdare 53, High St, Aberdare 16, Lewis St, Aberaman 15, Foreman’s Row, Abernant 1, Founders’ Row, Llwydcoed 5A, Commercial St, Mountain Ash 22, Gloucester St, Aberdare 8, Prosser St, Mountain Ash 2, Alexandra Terrace, Mountain Ash 9, Lyndhurst St, Mountain Ash 8, Cliff St, Mountain Ash Oakfield House, Granville Ter., Mountain Ash Sebastopol Villa, Mountain Ash 10, Glasbrook Terrace, Penrhiwceiber 21, Station Terrace, Penrhiwceiber 21, Church St, Penrhiwceiber 52, Bailey St, Miskin, Mountain Ash 71, Consort St, Miskin, Mountain Ash 12, Cemetery Rd, Trecynon

Notes

Age on Entry Pupils entering Form 1 were aged 12+ in the early days of the school. There was no Form 2 and the four-year course to School Certificate concluded in Form 5.
In 1905 the school recruited pupils to higher Forms, as well as to Form 1, so for example, Gwilym Rhys Jones would have entered directly into a higher Form.

*Hirwain — as written in the records of this period; Capcoch is now known as Abercwmboi.

 

May Armond came from London to stay with nurse H.M. Brooks of Trecynon

John Joseph Beckerlegge arrived from Cheltenham Grammar School. His father was a Primitive Methodist Minister.

Winifred and Sydney Bowden were children of a medical practitioner, J.B. Bowden, of Abergwawr.

Sidney R. Bryant’s father was the postmaster in Cwmaman.

Gordon Chapman was a son of F.T. Chapman; Head Postmaster at Aberdare.

Arthur Cox was a son of the Veterinary Surgeon F.W. Cox of Forge Place, Abernant.

Archibald Luther Davies was a daughter of the well known colliery manager Thomas Luther Davies of The Cottage, Cwmaman. Thomas Luther Davies, (1861–1936), was born in Aberdare and became very well known in the district. He was manager at Fforchaman Colliery (1901); Aberaman Colliery (1910); an AUDC Councillor (Liberal) for the Aberaman Ward; member of the GCC Education Committee; Governor of the Aberdare County Schools from 1906, and later Chairman of Governors; a Poor Law Guardian, and he was made an Alderman of the GCC in 1913. He also lectured to various local societies and was a Christadelphian Preacher.

Lewis Nicholas James was brought up in 15, (later 3), Foreman’s Row, Abernant. His parents were Margaret Jane (née Samuel ) and David James. Nick, as he was known, attended Carmarthen Teacher Training College, and did teaching practice in Pembrokeshire where he met his future wife Sarah Haslett. Nick taught at elementary schools in Llwydcoed, Abernant and, for 31 years, at Aberaman. He was then re-appointed in 1950 to Abernant, but as Headmaster, and stayed there until his retirement in 1954. He was very well known in the town for his involvement in schoolboy football, as well as cricket. One of his sons was D. Gordon James who after a period as AUDC Town Clerk, became the Vicar of Aberdare. Nick James died in June 1975, aged 82.

Annie Mackintosh was a daughter of the Scottish draper of 22 Pembroke Street, Aberdare.

Tom Masters lived at the Baileys Arms, Mountain Ash. His name and that of his brother appear on the School WW1 Memorial Plaque of war casualties.

Gwenllian Notton was a daughter of schoolteacher William Notton, who became Headmaster at the Town Council School, now known as Caradog Primary School.

Cyril Mayberry Probert was a son of William Probert, a Furniture Dealer, of Glanffrwd, Mountain Ash. There there were four children of this family who attended the school. One of them Neville Leslie Probert, (at school 1916-23), was one of the first of the school’s pupils to enter the Welsh National School of Medicine.

Thomas Roderick was a son of the Clifton Street architect, also named, Thomas Roderick.

Mabel and Ernest Thomas were children of the landlords of the Swan Hotel, Aberaman.

Ellen May Wilcox was a daughter of William Wilcox, a printer in Aberdare. When Wilcox retired he sold his business to Stephens and George, which still exists today, (2023).

 

Amongst the parental occupations of the 1905 intake, there were,
Accountants 2, Architect 1, Baptist Minister 1,
Blacksmith 1, Boilermaker 1, Boot & Shoe dealers 2,
Bootmaker 1, Butchers 2, Butter Merchant 1,
Carpenter 1, Certificated Teacher 1, Checkweigher 1,
Clerk 1, Clothiers 3, Coal Inspector 1,
Coal Miner 1, Colliers 7, Colliery Manager 1,
no occupation 3, Drapers 3, Engine driver 1,
Engineer 1, Enginemen 2, Ex engine driver 1,
Ex. Inspector of Police 1, Farmers 2, Fitter 1,
Furniture Dealer 1, Gardener 1, Goods Guard GWR 1,
Greengrocers 2, Grocers 2, Head Post Master 1,
Hitcher 1, Hotel Proprietor 1, Innkeepers 2,
Iron Moulder 1, Ironmongers 2, Lampman 1,
Licenced Victuallers 5, Master Printer 1, Medical Practitioner 1,
Methodist Minister 1, Milk Vendor 1, Miners 2,
Mining Contractor 1, Mining Engineer 1, Nurse 1,
Painter 1, Plasterer 1, Postmaster 1,
Primitive Methodist Minister 1, Printer 1, Rate Collector 1,
Retired 1, Retired Farmer 1, Roadman 1,
Saddler 1, Schoolmaster 1, Shop Assistant 1,
Smith 1, Stower 1, Surface Foreman 1,
Tailors 2, Tailor & Draper 1, Tailor &c 1,
Teacher 1, Timekeeper 1, Tobacconist 1,
Undertaker 1, Veterinary Surgeon 1, Waterman 1.

 

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