Aberdare Boys County Grammar School History: Buildings

The school on old postcards Including pictures from the early days	The School circa 1894	The men who built the Trecynon School circa 1894	The School circa 1899	A group of pupils outside the school circa 1903
The school and its surroundings with some enlarged detail	School circa 1922	A highly detailed picture Scanned from the original 8x6‑inch glass photographic plate, circa 1923	The School & Hirwaun Rd 1939	Tennis Court on School House Lawn 1939
Glass Slide (positive) circa 1940	The School and the Field Gun	School circa 1956	Plan of the school Room layout as we knew it in the 1960s	The school clock Some stories of the old clock tower from the 1960s
New Assembly Hall & Dining Hall 1960	Report of building progress summer 1963	Groundwork Preparations for new school, 1963	Annex Construction 1966	Old School buildings 1973 A set of views not often seen in school photographs. Photographed by Dylan Morgan.
School building 1989 The period when it was used as CVBC offices	Cwmdare Rd School Floor Plan 1994	Cwmdare Road School aerial view, circa 1995	School building 1996 Rare pictures of the school taken from within the playground	A video of the old school building in 1996 A rarity which has recently come to light in Bob Jones’ collection
Paintings of the clock tower A local artist and old boy of the school, Martyn Evans, produced these paintings before the school was demolished	Decorative Wall Plate circa 1996	Pencil Drawing 1996 by Cerys Morgan-Gumm	The school in 1997 The last picture we have	After the demolition 1998 The devastation in 1998 after the main buildings of the school had been demolished
Clock tower appeal 2001 A letter from Jennie Williams to launch the appeal to save the clock tower	The school site in 2002 At this stage there was still a prospect of saving the clock tower	Water-colour of School in 2002	End of the appeal 2003 The appeal for funds was ultimately unsuccessful as described in this letter	The clock disappears December 9th 2004 An article from the Aberdare Leader
The clock rediscovered December 30th 2004 Article from The Cynon Valley Leader	Renovations Photos of alterations to the old building in Trecynon. September & November 2007	The Clock Returns Pictures taken during and after the operation to lift the clock back onto the tower, May 2008	Cwmdare Rd Site Some recent photographs of the Cwmdare Road buildings	Cwmdare Road School from the air
A selection of photos showing the interior of the Lower School Cwmdare Road, July 2013	A selection of photos showing the interior of the Upper School Cwmdare Road, July 2013	Fifty photos of the exteriors of the Cwmdare Road buildings mostly July 2013	Some exteriors of the Cwmdare Road Building December 2014	Cwmdare Road School from Cwmbach Mountain July 2015
Cwmdare Road School from Cwmbach Mountain August 2015	Demolition of the Upper School, Cwmdare Rd, 2017	Old FE College just before, during and after demolition new view

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Aberdare Boys’ Grammar School

School Buildings