Reports of two Grammar School concerts in the early 1960s
These concerts involved pupils from both the Girls and Boys Grammar Schools and we believe they took place in 1963 or 1964. They date back to the time when we were doing A-Level Music and had been abandoned by our teacher Mrs. Ryan, who left after form 5 to have a baby. They couldn’t find a replacement for her and we poor A-level pupils were pushed from pillar to post, taught by the occasional student from the Cardiff Music department like Gareth Williams and Wayne Warlow.
When these were not available we would go up to the Boys’ School to Mr. Gethin
Evans, and he was more keen on organising concerts with us than teaching the A-Level
syllabus! I remember he used to give us past papers to puzzle over in the library,
and lock us in there so that the boys couldn’t get at us!
Some of us are included in the
Boys’ School
panoramic photo in 1964.
from Susan Dennis
