Aberdare Boys’ Grammar School
School History
from School Records
One of the two forms that started in 1919 is pictured in the Official School Photos section of this website.
| Name | Entry Form | Age | Address |
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William David Evans William George Lodwyg John Rowland Richards Evan Iorwerth Williams Meredith Williams William Edwyn Isaac Brynar Rees William Howell Richards Thomas Stanbury Bagshaw Alun Charles Bassett William Isaac Evans John Ronald Hinton Edward Stanley Jenkins Lewis Cynlais Jenkins David John Trefor Jones Trevor Jones Thomas Gething Jones Ronald Collingborn Knight George Herbert Marsh William Henry Perry Illtyd Phillips Frederick Glyndwr Sanders Ieuan Isaac Thomas Brynmor Powell Thomas Herbert Edward Williams David John Williams Robert Clifford Bowen Clifford John Dallimore Thomas Aeron Daniel David Edryd Davies Glyndwr Davies Jenkin Davies Haydn Brynmor Davies Harold Davies Thomas Hopkin Davies Arthur Austin Evans Brinley Thomas Evans Harold Wynford Evans Edgar Feltham Frederick Vincent Harries William Eurfryn Harris Maelgwyn Rees Harris Iestyn Thomas James William Thomas James Glyn Iorwerth Jenkins John Arwyn Jenkins John Iorwerth Jones John Mansel Jones John Sydney Jones Lewis Thomas Cecil Jones Augustus Lewis Clive Morgan Lloyd Philip Timothy Mears John Henry Miles Idwal Morris Aneurin Price Owen William Rees Price Idris Glyndwr Price Alan Nefydd Edwards Aubyn Roberts David Arnold Roberts Glyn Rosser David Taylor Brynley Thomas Robert Stanley Thomas Thomas Watkin Thomas William David Walters Horace Williams John Eaton Wynford Williams William John Williams Harold James David Rees Owen Trevor Thomas Donald Henry Scourfield Thomas Watkin James Jones Thomas Morgan Davies |
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12.8 16 12.9 11.3 12.7 13.6 13.2 12.1 12.9 11.5 12.8 12.2 11.1 13 12.9 11.2 12.8 11.9 10.9 12.2 11.9 12.3 13 11.8 12.7 12.8 10.9 13 12.3 13.3 12.5 13 12.8 12 12.7 12.5 12.4 12.2 12.3 12.4 11.7 12.8 12.3 12.2 12.4 13.9 12.6 12.8 12.6 11.9 12.8 12.5 13 12.2 12.8 13.2 13 12.9 12.8 15.8 12.4 12.8 12.5 13.9 12.7 14.2 14.9 11.7 12.2 12.5 12.9 12.1 12.2 12.2 12.1 12.6 13.1 |
Household Stores, Cwmgwrach New Villas, East Ave, Aberdare 1, Lambert Tce, Aberdare Brynderwen Villa, Pontneathvaughan 9, Rheola Terrace, Cwmgwrach Glascoed, Abernant Rd, Aberdare 76, Cardiff Rd, Aberdare Glanwern Farm, Cwmbach 100, Wind St, Aberdare 20, Broniestyn Tce, Aberdare 6, Mountain Rd, Cwmaman 32, Tudor Tce, Aberdare 37, Herbert St, Aberdare 17, Aman St, Cwmaman 7, Engineers’ Row, Abernant Gwynfryn, Herbert St, Aberdare 18, Hirwaun Rd, Trecynon 9, Wordsworth St, Cwmaman Gorphwysfa, Abernant Rd, Aberdare Old Gate House, Rhigos 15, Glanrhyd St, Cwmaman 6, Byron St, Cwmaman 14, Pendarren St, Aberdare 7, Milton St, Aberdare 23, Byron St, Cwmaman 23 Rose Tce, Cemetery Rd, Aberdare Royal Oak Inn, Aberdare 26, Sunnybank St, Aberaman 91a, Gadlys Rd, Aberdare 29, Spencer St, Cwmaman 3, Gobaith Tce, Cwmdare 19, Phillip Row, Cwmbach Bird in Hand, Monk St, Aberdare 24B, Hirwaun Rd, Trecynon 18, Pembroke St, Aberdare 29, Gadlys St, Aberdare 86, Tramway, Hirwaun 58, Glanaman Rd, Cwmaman 7, Belmont Tce, Aberaman 26, Station Rd, Hirwaun Brodawel, Glynneath 24, Curre St, Aberaman 3, David St, Trecynon 31, Bridge Rd, Cwmbach 314, Cardiff Rd, Aberaman Glynybont Farm, Cwmgwrach 32, Dare Rd, Cwmdare 3, Howells Row, Cwmdare Nythfa, Llewellyn St, Trecynon 3, John St, Hirwaun 15, Bell St, Trecynon 12, St Joseph’s Tce, Cwmaman 15, Whitcombe St, Aberdare 27, Cynon Tce, Hirwaun 7, Clifton St, Aberdare 71, Fforchaman Rd, Cwmaman 1, Cwmaman Rd, Godreaman 161, Fforchaman Rd, Cwmaman 35, Rose Terrace, Trecynon 44, Bwllfa Rd, Cwmdare 21, Brynhyfryd, Cwmaman 4, Windsor Tce, Abernant Cwmderlwyn Villa, Glynneath 17, Glannant St, Aberdare 26, Meirion St, Trecynon 19, Pendarren St, Aberdare Bronant, Abernant Rd, Aberdare 76, High St, Hirwaun 7, Neville Tce, Aberdare 91B, Gadlys Rd, Aberdare 14, Colliers Row, Abernant 39, Trevor St, Aberdare 19, Llanwonno Rd, Cwmaman 55, Hirwaun Rd, Aberdare Ashleigh, Aberffrwd Rd, Mountain Ash 29, Milton St, Cwmaman 1, Primrose Villas, Llwydcoed |
All the boys in the list above started school in the autumn of 1919 except for William David Evans, William George Lodwyg, John Rowland Richards, Evan Iorwerth Williams, Meredith Williams, William Edwin Isaac, Brynar Rees and William Howell Richards who arrived in the spring term or summer term of 1919.
Notes
Trefor Jones, Brinley Thomas Evans and John Eaton Wynford Williams have entries in the former
pupils section of this website
W.E. Isaac, before
he emigrated
William Edwyn Isaac, (1905–95).
W.E. Isaac attended the Town Council elementary school, (now Caradog Junior), and spent just two years at the County School leaving after Form 4 with no qualifications, intending to train as a pharmacist. However, after returning to education he gained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. from the university in Cardiff. Then after a period at Birmingham University, he emigrated to South Africa in 1933, and was eventually appointed Professor of Botany at the University of Cape Town. He married there in 1936.
He and his wife found the apartheid regime in South Africa to be unacceptable, and consequently they moved to Kenya in 1961, where William became Head of the Department of Botany at Nairobi University College, (now the University of Nairobi). Professor Isaac and his wife, Frances Margaret Leighton, had twin boys and a daughter; both boys became professors. He retired in 1970 to Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Australia, where died in 1995.
Brynar Rees, (1905–97), was the grandson of John Rees of Ty’r Heol in Cardiff Road, Aberaman. John Rees, together with David Thomas, set up the Cwmbach Co-operative Society. The Cwmbach co-operative has been seen as the first instance of lasting co-operation in Wales.
Edward Stanley Jenkins, (1908–90), was born in 1908, and attended the Town Council
School in Foundry Town. His family lived in Herbert Street and his father was a stationmaster at one of the town’s
railway stations. E.S. Jenkins was at The County School from 1919 until 1926. He went to U.C Cardiff after gaining his School
and Higher Certificates.
He became Senior Modern Languages Master at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School for Boys. He was also Chief Examiner in
French for the Welsh Joint Education Committee, and a former pupil of Mr. J.T. Bowen, a master at ABGS from 1918 to 1958.
Indeed Mr Bowen acknowledged Edward Jenkins’ help when he wrote his Teach Yourself Welsh book in 1960.
E.S. Jenkins died in 1990 at Tunbridge Wells in Kent.
R.C. Knight, (1908–79), of Gorphwysfa, Richmond Terrace, Abernant, was the son of the
dentist Frank Knight.
Later in life in 1958, as Dr. R.C. Knight, senior principal scientific officer in the MoD, he was awarded the OBE for his
services in the scientific field.
Parental Occupations
Blacksmith, Blacksmith (deceased), Builder, Butcher, Charge man of Mechanics, Clothier’s Manager, Coal
Miners 27, Collier (deceased), Colliery Cashier, Colliery Contractor, Colliery Examiner, Colliery Fireman, Colliery Fitter,
Colliery Labourer, Colliery Manager, Colliery Overman, Colliery Repairer, Colliery Smith, Commission Agent, Dentist, Drapery
Manager, Engine Driver G.W.R., Engine Fitter, Farmers 2, Fireman, General Haulier, Grocers 3, Insurance Superintendent,
Locomotive Driver, Machinist (deceased), Master Haulier, Ministers of the Gospel 2, Monumental Sculptor, Moulder, Newsagent,
Plumber, Points man, Railway Goods Foreman, Schoolmasters 4, Station Master, Superintendent at Electricity Works, Timberman,
Traveller, Underground Haulier.