Aberdare Boys’ Grammar School
School History
from School Records
| Name | Age | Address |
| Caroline Edwards Margaretta Ceridwen Thomas James Scourfield Lewis Haydn Eli John Thomas Annie Maud Walters Fanny Llewela (Helen) Jones Elizabeth Catherine Lewis Mattie Thomas Hardy Victor Hansford Richard George Bowen Jack Allender Burge David Richard Davies Howard Archibald Davies David John Evans William John Evans Henry Haydn John Fithen Benjamin John Howells John Hughes Haydn James Isaac Idris Jones William George Jones Redvers Martin James Daniel John Vivian Mears Thomas Parker Thomas Phillips James Peters David Gwilym Price Thomas Henry Price Griffith Quick Thomas Winstone Roach † Gwilym David Rees Arthur Wynne Rogers Lewis John Thomas Eurfryn David Williams William Laurence Trevor Bowen John Leslie Thomas Ernest Victor James Daniel Trevor Jenkins |
14.3 12.9 13.5 14.8 15.1 17.6 14.4 14.1 12.7 11.7 13.6 13 13.1 13.8 13.1 11.8 14.4 12.4 13.5 13.8 12.5 13.6 13 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.5 11.5 12.9 13.1 12.6 13.3 11.9 13.1 11.2 13.3 10.7 12.9 12.8 |
36, Curre St, Aberaman Durdham Villa, Cwmaman 6, Broniestyn Tce, Trecynon 27, Kingsbury Place, Cwmaman — 22, Richmond Tce, Abernant 7a, Nant Row, Aberdare Bryncelyn, Cwmbach 25, Station Row, Hirwaun 36, Bute St, Aberdare Brondeg, Aberdare 1, Primrose Villas, Llwydcoed Anwylfan, Seymour St, Aberdare 1, Meirion St, Trecynon 17b, Fforchaman Rd, Cwmaman 105, Cemetery Rd, Trecynon 34, Aman St, Cwmaman 16, Ynyslwyd St, Aberdare 22, Bwllfa Rd, Cwmdare Nantgwawr, Gwawr St, Aberaman 57, Glanaman Rd, Cwmaman 8, Pleasant View, Cwmbach 12, John St, Aberdare 27, Cynon Tce, Hirwaun 22, Abernant Rd, Aberdare 7, Victoria Square, Aberdare 13, Windsor Tce, Abernant 26, Llewellyn St, Trecynon 3, Cwmnantyrhwch, Llwydcoed 34, Fforchaman Rd, Cwmaman 7, Canon St, Aberdare Gorof House, Hirwaun 2, Little Wind St, Aberdare 16, Aman St, Cwmaman 75, Harriet St, Trecynon 6, Brynmair Rd, Godreaman Hillside, Cwmaman 1c, Albert St, Aberdare 63, Pembroke St, Aberdare |
This entry was one of the smallest ever to enter the school. One can speculate that the school did not anticipate the loss of a female entry in September 1913 when the new Girls’ School opened in Plasdraw.
WW1 Casualty
† The Tom Roach on the WW1 Roll of Honour was in the 1904 school entry, and therefore Thomas Winstone Roach in the above table, who died aged 81, was not the war casualty.
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Notes
Spring term entry: The pupils Caroline Edwards, Margaretta Ceridwen Thomas, James Scourfield Lewis, Haydn Eli John Thomas, Annie Maud Walters, Fanny Llewela (Helen) Jones, Elizabeth Catherine Lewis and Mattie Thomas enrolled during spring or summer terms of 1913, and almost all the girls transferred to Aberdare Intermediate School for Girls when it opened later that year in Plasdraw. All the others enrolled in the Autumn term.
Age on Entry: Pupils entering Form 1 were generally 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 1913, the school recruited pupils to higher Forms, as well as to Form 1, so for example, Fanny Llewela (Helen) Jones would
have entered directly into a higher Form.
The order of pupils in the table is the order in which they were enrolled.
Pupils
Jack Burge, (1900–1964), was a member of the Burge family who ran Burge Bros., Fish, Game & Poultry merchants at 3 Commercial Street.
David Richard Davies, (1900–1988), has an entry in the Former Pupils section of this website.
Henry Haydn John Fithen, (1901–1974), was the father of Gordon Fithen, who has an entry in the Former Pupils section of this website.
Griffith Quick, (1900–1980), has an entry in the Former Pupils section of this website.
Idris Jones entered the University of Edinburgh to study medicine.
Daniel Trevor Jenkins entered the University of Edinburgh to study medicine.
Haydn James Isaac went to U.C. Cardiff but then joined H.M. Forces in April 1918.
Ernest Victor James went to U.C. Cardiff.
Almost all the other boys on leaving school took jobs in the Aberdare area.
Amongst the parental occupations of the 1913 intake, there were,
Accountant, Baptist Minister of the Gospel (Cwmaman), Carpenter, Cashier, Clerk in Holy Orders (Cwmaman), Colliery Engineer
(dec’d), Colliery Fireman, Colliery Overman 2, Colliery Repairer, Colliery Surfaceman, Compensation Clerk, Doctor of
Medicine, Draper (dec’d), Fireman, Fishmonger (dec’d), Grocer’s Manager, Grocers (retail) 2, Haulier, Haulier
(dec’d), Insurance Agent, Mason or Wagon Carpenter, Mason’s Labourer, Overman 2, Roadman (Colliery), Schoolmaster,
Stoker (Colliery), Tailor & proprietor, Timberman 2, Underground Colliery Mason, none given 1.