County Grammar School

Merthyr Tydfil

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County School Cricket Team, First Eleven,1958-59.

(Photograph Courtesy of Derek Fenny)

County School. Lower Sixth,1958-59.

(Photograph Courtesy of Derek Fenny)

County School. First fifteen playing rugby at Penydarren Park (Their Home Ground) on a Saturday morning.  1958-59.

(Photograph Courtesy of Derek Fenny)

County School. Upper Sixth,1959-60.

(Photograph Courtesy of Derek Fenny)

County School - Tennis Team - 1959.

(Photograph Courtesy of Colin Senior)

County School - Football Team - 1959 - 1960.

Back Row:- ?, ?, Kenneth Manley, ?, ?, ?.

Middle Row:- ?, ?, T.H.Lewis (Heademaster), ?, ?, ?.

Front Row:- ?,

(Photograph Courtesy of Colin Senior)

Merthyr County Grammar Rugby Team 1959-1960.

Back Row L-R:              Eric Dinham, Walter Williams, Geraint ?.

Middle Row L-R:            Elfed ?,Dai Roberts, Derek Fenney, Barry Lewis, John "Jakey" Morgan, Paul Thomas,

                                    Ian Hopkins, Peter Snell.

Seated L-R:                   Howard Jenkins, Dai Ian Williams, T.H.Lewis (Headmaster), Colin Tanner, Glyn Llewellyn

                                    (Teacher), Alan Jones, Danville Griffiths.

Front Row L-R:               Hilton Thomas, Gerald Jones, Elwyn James.

(Photograph & Information Courtesy of Walter Williams)

County School - Lower Sixth - 1960.

Back Row:- ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?.

Third Row:-  Ceinwen Jones, Valerie Baker, ?, ?, ?, ?, Elaine Rose.

Second Row:- ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Jane Bell.

Front Row:- ?, ?, Sandra Williams, T.H.Lewis (Head), Frances Evans, ?, Sylvia Mueller, Frances Lane, Avril ?

(Photograph Courtesy of Frances Lane now Crozier)

County School - Tennis Team - 1960.

Back Row:- ?, Colin Senior, ?, ?, ?, ?.

Middle Row:- ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?.

Front Row:- ?, Gilbert Horton (Headmaster), ?, ?, ?, ?.

Brynley Williams is on the front row left next to the teacher.

(Photograph Courtesy of Colin Senior)

School photograph - 1960.

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(Photograph courtesy of Julia Powell nee Williams)

County School - Fifth or  Sixth Form - 1960 or 61.

Top Row L-R:- ?, Hywel Thomas, ?, ?, ?

Third Row L-R:- Roy Whitney, Kenneth Manley, Roger Thomas, David Morgan, Richard Gledhill, ?, Brynley Williams.

Second Row L-R:-  ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, .

Front Row L-R:- Stewart Tate, ?, Ron Gethin (Geography), Dorothy "Dotty " Williams (Welsh), Gilbert Horton (Headmaster), Elvet 'Taddy' Jones (French), ?, Phil Lewis

(Photograph Courtesy of Phil Lewis)

County School - Under 15 - Rugby Team - 1961/62

Top Row L-R:          ?, Hywel Davies, Terry O Keefe, Pat Murphy, Eric Tonge, Gerald De Lacey, Keith Fowler, Derek Price, Peter Jones & Lyn Strangward.
Seated L-R:            Clive Lewis, Alan Jones, Ron Gethin (Geography), Melvyn Davies, Mr Horton Headmaster, Gwyn Williams & Perry Williams.

(Photograph Courtesy of Peter Jones)

Merthyr County - Under 15- Football Team - 1961/62

Top Row L-R:        Perry Williams, Robert Leonard, Terry O Keefe, Eric Tonge, Pat Murphy, Gwyn Williams, Peter Jones & Keith Fowler.
Seated L-R:          Clive Lewis, Mr Horton (Headmaster), Melvyn Davies, Mr Pritchard (PE Teacher) & ?

(Photograph Courtesy of Peter Jones)

County School - Under 15 - Rugby Team at Mountain Ash - 1962

Back Row L-R:               Eric Tonge, ? Turner & Gerald De Lacey.
Second Row L-R:           Clive Lewis, Peter Jones, Howard Davies, Hywel Davies, Pat Murphy, Terry O Keefe, Derek Price & Peter Davies.
Kneeling L-R:                 Melvyn Davies, Roger Thomas, Lyn Strangwood, Perry Williams, Keith Fowler & Gwyn Williams.

(Photograph Courtesy of Peter Jones)

County Grammar School Rugby Team - 1962-1963

Back row L-R :- Philip Keohane, Geoff Vaughan, ?, Ramon Juan Perera Garcia Mendez (aka-Salty)
Middle row L-R :- ?, ?, Philip Rosser, John Snare, Terry Foley, Philip Best, Mansel Lewis
Front row L-R :- Jamie McAleer, Ron Gethin, Philip Lloyd Davies, Elvett Jones (Taddy).Acting Head, Philip Corke, Mr Pritchard, Colin Williams.

(Photograph courtesy of Mansel Lewis) (Additional Information by Allison Allen)

County School - Trip To Doddington - 1963

Back Row L-R :- ?, ?, ?, Penelope Willey, ?, ?, ?, Erica Davies

Front Row L-R :- ?, ?

(Photograph courtesy of Allison Allen)

Merthyr County Grammar 1st XV - Rugby Team - 1964

Top Row L-R:         Perry Williams, Robert Leonard, Terry O Keefe, Eric Tonge, Pat Murphy, Gwyn Williams, Peter Jones & Keith Fowler.
Seated L-R:            Clive Lewis, Mr Pritchard (PE), Melvyn Davies, Dr. Leslie Reed (Headmaster), ?, Mr Glyn Llewllyn (French and German)  & ?

(Photograph Courtesy of Peter Jones)

Latin - Class 3A - August 1964.

Teacher Dorothy Williams affectionately known as Dotty.

(Courtesy of Peter Evans)

Gymnastics Team 1964 - 65.

(Photograph Courtesy of Linda Treharne)

Rugby Sevens 1964 - 65.

Teachers: Dr Leslie Reed (Headmaster) and Mr Mostyn Phillips.

(Photograph Courtesy of Linda Treharne.)

Merthyr County Grammar Under 15 Rugby Team - 1964/65

Back Row:- Evan Kinsey, ? Price, ? Jones, B O'Keefe.

Third Row:- ? Williams, A. Sankey, ? Thomas, ? Evans, ? Snare, ? Hickey, ? Mahoney.

Second Row:- ? Evans, ? Fisher, ? Richards, Terry Foley, Les Reed (Headmaster), ? Gethin, ? Walters.

Front Row:- ? Williams, ? Alcock.

(Photograph Courtesy of Malcolm Evans)

Merthyr County Grammar Cross Country Team - 1964/65

Back Row:-  McCarthy, Rosser, ?, ?, Malcolm Evans.

Second Row:- ?, Noel Davies, ? Estabanez, Rob Davies, G. Mahoney, Rob Williams, B O'Keefe, Bryn Jones, Terry Foley, R. Parry, ?

Front Row:- ? McCloughlin, A. Sankey, Les Reed (Headmaster), Peter Evans, H. Pritchard, Evan Kinsey, C. Lewis.

(Photograph Courtesy of Malcolm Evans)

County School - CC - 1965

Back Row L-R:            Philip Lloyd Davis, Lionel Davies, Martin Wilson, Mike Herring.
Middle Row L-R:         Alan Estabanez, Barry O'Keefe, Ray Waters, Robert Leonard, Terry Foley, Andrew Rees (Umpire).
Front Row L-R:           Colin Williams, E. Arthur (Teacher), Eric Tonge, L. Reed (Headmaster), Melvyn Davies.

1966

Caroline Lewis is pictured in the middle of the front row.

(Photograph courtesy of Lynda O'Keefe)

1967/68

(Photograph courtesy of Lynda O'Keefe)

Presentation to Retiring Staff

(From the Merthyr Express, Courtesy of Allison Allen - nee Meredith.)

Robert Davies (Head Boy) & Allison Meredith (Head Girl) - July 1969

Taken outside the old Chemistry Lab.

(Photograph Courtesy of Allison Allen, nee Meredith)

County School Girls Entrance

L-R: Rhoswen Willis, Catherine Donovan, Christine Williams.

(Photograph Courtesy of Allison Allen, nee Meredith)

Lower Yard Outside the Men's Staffroom (Very Smoky!) - July 1969

L-R: Nancy Williams, Valerie Williams, Mr. Jenkins (English) and Susan James.

(Photograph Courtesy of Allison Allen, nee Meredith)

County School from the Main Road - July 1969

(Photograph Courtesy of Allison Allen, nee Meredith)

County Grammar School - Under 15s Football Team - 1969c

Cliff Heggie tells us: I am 5th from left at the back. Others are (From the back left) Ken O'Shay, Gary James, Graham Powell, Gwynfor Lewis, Myself, Lyndon Murphey, Robert Lewis.

(Photograph Courtesy of Cliff Heggie)

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