Aberdare Boys’ Grammar School
School History
from School Records
| Forename | Surname | Age | Address |
| Joseph Edwin David George Islwyn Daniel David Daniel Gordon Henry Wilson Kenneth John Merlin Ronald James Francis Francis James Morgan John Frederick Stanley Herbert Stuart Vivian Alwyn David James Clarence George David John Joseph Herbert George Edward Alfred Henry William Dennis Sidney Eric George Henry Anthony Graham Frederick Llewellyn Oakwell David Kenneth David Thomas Ebenezer John Lewis John Trevor Meurig Spencer Robinson Vernon Melville Austin Thomas John Brinley William Mervyn Donald Byron David Windsor Clive Edwin Joseph David George Timothy David Benjamin James Emlyn William Arthur Morris William David Merlyn Reginald George Leslie Oliver James Alun Beddoe Geoffrey Henstone Howard Edward Leslie William Owen Glanffrwd John John William Mansel Thomas John John Henry |
Amos Badham Cole Davies Davies Davies Davies Davies Davies Davies Donnelly Edgecombe Edwards Elston Evans Evans Evans Forey Forward Gardener Griffiths Grinnell Groves Howes Hull Hunt James Jayne Jenkins Jenkins Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones Lewis Linton Lloyd Mackintosh Moore Morgan Morgan Parry Parry Phillips Powell Rees Rhydderch Richards Simmons Smith Spratling Stephens Sturdy Sweet Thomas Thomas Williams Williams Williams Williams Winter |
12 11 13 12 11 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 13 12 12 11 11 12 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 12 12 10 12 13 13 12 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 12 11 12 12 11 12 |
Graig Terrace, Abercwmboi Ivy Cottage, Abernant Belle Vue, Trecynon Morgan Row, Cwmbach Waterloo St, Cwmbach Tudor Place, Aberaman Brynmair Rd, Godreaman Gadlys Gardens Ynyslwyd Street Rose Row, Cwmbach Gloucester Street Fforchaman Rd, Cwmaman Tower Rd, Hirwaun Abernant Road Clarence Tce, Aberaman Railway Bar, Commercial St Commerce Place, Aberaman Penbryn St, Gadlys Mount Pleasant, Trecynon Wind Street Belmont Tce, Aberaman Brook St, Aberaman Engineers Row, Abernant Foundry View, Godreaman Wind Street Glanrhyd St, Cwmaman The Vicarage, Aberaman Tudor Terrace Abernant Road Bond Street Bryn Tce, Cwmdare Cottage Homes, Aberdare Royal Oak Inn, Cwmbach Bell St, Trecynon Clive St, Trecynon Sion Place, Cwmbach Robertstown Broniestyn Terrace Miners Arms, Llwydcoed Cwmaman Rd, Godreaman Merthyr Rd, Llwydcoed Stuart Street Windsor Tce, Abernant Abernantygroes Farm Albert Street Little Wind Street Brook St, Aberaman Philip Row, Cwmbach Cardiff Rd, Aberaman Colliers Row, Abernant Nant-y-Ffyn, Brynawel John St, Aberdare Graig Place Ynyslwyd Street Margaret St, Trecynon Elm Grove, Gadlys Central Library Aberdare Lletyshenkin Cotts, Cwmbach Dean Street Bwllfa Rd, Cwmdare Greenfield Tce, Cwmbach Bell St, Trecynon Blaenantygroes Rd, Cwmbach Windsor Tce, Abernant Elm Grove, Hirwaun |
Notes
Daniel Davies went to UC Cardiff.
David Daniel Davies was for many years Head of Biology at his old school; he was appointed in 1950 and retired from his post in 1979. After school he attended U.C. Cardiff where he graduated BSc in Zoology, 1938, and MSc Zoology 1939. He followed up with a Diploma in Education from the University of Liverpool 1940. After spending the war years in HM Forces he commenced teaching in 1945 at St Julian’s High School in Newport.
Henry Wilson Davies His family emigrated to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania after he had been at school for two years. In the USA he enrolled at the G. A. R. Memorial High School.
Ronald James Davies went to UCW Aberystwyth.
Morgan Edwards went to UC Cardiff.
Stanley Herbert Evans went to the Nautical School in Cardiff.
Clarence George Gardener went to UC Cardiff.
Henry Anthony James went to the University of Oxford. He followed in his father’s footsteps, and his two elder brothers, in becoming a Clerk in Holy Orders, (C. of E.).
Frederick Llewellyn Jenkins was one of the small number of boys from the school who progressed to St. David’s College, Lampeter – as it was then called.
John Trevor Jones went to UCW Aberystwyth.
Spencer Robinson Jones has an entry in the Former Pupils section of this website which contains his biographical details.
Vernon Jones went to UC Cardiff.
William Mervyn Lloyd went to the University of Birmingham with a Commercial Exhibition.
William David Rhydderch went to UCW Aberystwyth.
Alun Beddoe Stephens was the son of a schoolmaster. The family emigrated to Canada after he had been at the school for two years.
Graham Henstone Sturdy was the son of William Henstone Sturdy and his wife Edith, née Hunt. Geoffrey’s father died in 1925, less than a year before he transferred to the County School. Mr W.H. Henstone Sturdy, a Birmingham man, was appointed Town Chief Librarian in 1904 when the library was housed in its first home in the Church Club buildings in Seymour Street. In 1917 he organised the move of the library to its second location, on the first floor of a building at 37 & 38 High St High St on the corner of High St and and Seymour St opposite St John’s Church. On the death of her husband, Graham’s mother Edith, (1880–1964), took over the post of chief librarian, and remained at the library until she retired in 1946. Geoffrey became a physicist specialising in radioactivity.
Howard Sweet (1914–91). We believe that Howard became a teacher of handicrafts possibly at the Gadlys School. Whilst teaching he lived in Llwydcoed with his wife Gwendoline, née Lloyd.
Edward Leslie Thomas His family emigrated to Canada after he had been at the school for two years.
William Owen Thomas went to UC Cardiff.
Thomas John Williams (1915–99). proceeded to UC Cardiff in 1932 after obtaining his Higher School Certificate. He was for a period the organist at Bethel Chapel in Abernant.
In addition to these 1926 Form 1 entries, a small number of boys entered into higher forms:
Richard Noel James & John Gwynno James both sons
of Rev J.R. James of St Margaret’s Church, Aberaman; and G.T.J. Humphreys son
of Wesleyan Minister Rev E.J. Humphreys.
Of these 65 Form 1 entries, thirty boys had fathers who worked in the mines, mainly as colliers. It is not surprising that several of these boys who left school in the late 1920s were marked as unemployed on leaving school. Others moved away to England, some worked locally as clerks, and one as a tram driver. Some were withdrawn from school because families could not afford to keep them in full time education.