Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, As head of modern languages at Ellen Wilkinson school for girls in Ealing, west London, Christine Llewelyn had a reputation for getting the best out of her pupils. Everyone has their own story. So the education I experienced gave a phenomenal boost for the careers of a fewanda good boost to many because of the range of middle-class jobs on offer. But, like Santos, Porth was a school with something of a split personality. In the pauses between pieces, Santos might make a show of chastising the boys with a swish of his cane. View the catalogue description for. This means thinking way beyond school and university to the economy as a whole. So for those of us who werent sporty scientists, it was a relief when the Boys school merged with the Girls Grammar in 1972, in preparation for going Comprehensive a year later. She will be particularly remembered by alumni of that period for her participation in Debates. "[13], On 18 May 2009 acclaimed Welsh actor Michael Sheen spoke with members of the schools film club. There followed a succession of compelling network dramas in close collaboration with the writer Paul Ferris, most notably Dylan: Life and Death of Poet (1982), Nye (1981), about Aneurin Bevan, the founding father of the NHS, and The Extremist (1984), on the attempted bombing of the Prince of Waless investiture in 1969. However, she then moved to a state school Ellen Wilkinson school for girls in Ealing, west London and thereafter was committed to comprehensive education. 1959 - 1963 Santos fostered a special link with one of the top Oxford colleges. French was a proper modern language, a language with a future, the Common Market and all of that. We want your child to enjoy their learning and the wide range of extra-curricular opportunities available whilst being challenged and supported to reach their full potential." More. The teachers you hated. Or, you can request a quotation for a copy to be sent to you. For the price of a cup of coffee a month you can help us create an independent, not-for-profit, national news service for the people of Wales, by the people of Wales. Outlaws bullies roamed the corridors and burst into classrooms. The school wasn't opened to the public until 19 January 1905. There were hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of them. History Group created on January 11, 2013 See more Admissions Tutors at Oxford and Cambridge werent minded to admit that any good thing could come out of a Welsh mining valley. Vernon was also a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Court of University College, Cardiff, and a Governor of the Rhondda College of Further Education. The UK can be stronger but we do not have proper leaders who er, lead !! Delwyn Jones, former head of Gelli Primary School, read one of Vernons own poems called County Ties as part of the celebration of a remarkable life. Its an epic poem, all about the Rhondda, by local minister Rhydwen Williams a kaleidoscope of the Valleys long history, coal mines and boxing booths, chip shops and sarsaparilla fountains, chapels and the Holy Well at Penrhys, all done by a chorus of voices speaking proper Rhondda Welsh, with a sprinkling of English phrases thrown in, naturally. He adored his own boys his grandsons, Greg, Alex and Owen and his great-grandchildren Rowan, Sadie, Sebastian and Poppy. If you don't have an account please register. The film posed the question: which was the greater outrage, the blast itself, or the flooding of Tryweryn valley? Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. More like this History Projects Local History Steep South Wales Auntie Lineup Parents April Wedding Photography April 1961. However, if the photos include boys and girls then it wouldn't have been Porth County. . He was an inspirational father. At the time, so its pupils boasted, with schoolboy exaggeration, there were only three such computers in the whole world in the Kremlin, the Pentagon and Porth County. [7][8] The school was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two leading grammar schools, Porth County Girls and Porth County Boys, along with the amalgamation of the Secondary Modern Schools of Llwyncelyn, Trealaw and Ynyshir. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. In recent years she suffered a series of health issues, but bore them all without complaint. Let us know. Paula Bailey Butlins Holidays Wales Beach Porthcawl Nostalgic Pictures Hartlepool London History Seaside Resort Worlds Away Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. The school was built to cater for pupils between the ages of ten and fifteen years-old, but there were many problems from the start. When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. In Porth, we were given the choice of two languages to learn Welsh or French. This was done by pupils to gain entrance into teacher training colleges and become teachers themselves. Its fair to say that many Rhondda people thought that sending your child to Rhydfelen was posh, and a bit snobby. Location. Its architect was Rowland Lloyd Jones, who also designed most of the other Caernarvonshire schools. 04-06-08 Good Morning Porth. Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. But there were some places its pupils werent going. After a tour of the school, the ceremony was performed by Mr W. E. Thomas (the chairman of the Rhondda Education Committee) in the absence of Mr W. G. Howell (the Director of Education) due to ill-health. The whole school was assembled and forced to listen, with no context, to music that instinct said was desperately boring and fuddy-duddy. The fights, the boredom, the worry. The family of Owen Vernon Jones, former headmaster of Porth County Grammar School for Boys and later of Porth County Comprehensive School, paid tribute to a treasure of a man. If not, be warned We waited for the terrible threat. This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. This information will help us make improvements to the website. Enter your email address to receive instant notifications of new articles. 15 out of 212 secondary schools in Wales (as of 2014). So almost all of my class decided to try to parler franais. My sister, Christine Llewelyn, who has died aged 72, was a popular French teacher who inspired pupils with her enthusiasm both for the subject she taught and for life in general. Chances are, if youre from the Rhondda, and depending on your age, you might have been with us, or your nieces and nephews were, or little Gareth or Sian from down the street, whore all grown up by now. Community school in Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Born New Zealand Tongan parents, qualified England through residency having lived and been educated Wales . It came to a point when rugby and football clashed, and it was always going to be football for me. The visit, by kind permission of the head, Steve Bowden, was hosted by Melanie Griffiths. Eventually, thanks to them, and a summer spent working on a couple of farms in Carmarthenshire, I became fluent in Welsh well, fluent enough to make TV programmes in the language anyway. History. Vernons daughter Cheryl Hill paid tribute to her father on behalf of the family. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. [15], At the start of 2016, Rhondda Cynon Taff council released a statement saying that they will be spending 80million on making a 'super school' This would be for Porth county community school and Tonypandy community college. [5], In 1922 the school became officially recognised as a secondary school. Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, ED - Records created or inherited by the Department of Education and Science, and of related bodies, Division within ED - Records of the Inspectorate, ED 109 - Board of Education and successors: HM Inspectorate: Reports on Secondary Institutions, Subseries within ED 109 - WALES: GLAMORGAN, ED 109/9276 - Glamorgan: Reports on secondary institutions (described at item level), About our Porth County Community School is a secondary school located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. BREVITIES-11 I cJ LOG RIDE FATAL 1 i MORE , MEN REGAIN JOBS! Her first teaching posts were in the private sector, at Wycombe Abbey school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and then at the City of London school for girls in central London. Makeshift projectiles were launched. On St. Davids Day, the girls would get dressed up in Welsh hats and shawls, the boys might wear a small cloth leek, wed have a short Concert and sing Calon Lan maybe, and then wed dash out of school for our half-day off and that would be that, as far as Welshness was concerned, for the rest of the year. I am tracing my family tree and my grandfathers family are all from the Porth, Ferndale, Dowlais Area. Wrestling matches broke out. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Porth Community School. The unfairness of it all. Read tagging guidelines. If we think of this group as also-rans, we are headed for disaster. That will take a lot more than rebranding comprehensives and introductinggreater selection. And that is the real point, isn't it? It was thejobs which were on offer when you left. Maybe the maverick in him was attracted to a degree of anarchy. Porth is now described as a good school and the previous Porth Infants and Porth Juniors schools have all moved to the Porth Community School to form the new school. Sporting a fine Zapata moustache, he was known to one and all as Santos. He was initially an English and History teacher at the school, then head of the History department, and eventually headmaster of the school. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, BD - Records created or inherited by the Welsh Office and the Wales Office, Division within BD - Records of the Education divisions, BD 50 - Welsh Office and predecessors: HM Inspectorate of Schools: Unregistered Papers, About our Innate intelligence can be targetted and developed. This record is stored off site and will take. Theresa May has also said Britain needs an industrial strategy and to be a world leader in trade. Children of various ages attend the school, ranging from 316 years old. And yet who doesnt remember school with at least a sliver of fondness, if only for the friends we made, the time we had with them, for the fact that we were young then, and that was our time? Visible Anyone can find this group. Jammy to be gifted an education which was the match and more, as weve seen! But we were really a rare breed. View the catalogue description for. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. He was also a mentor for many young people joining the corporation at that time. She wasn't worried about this, however, as she "just knew" his offer was not as sincere as it seemed. Tom John (editor of the Rhondda Leader and the first Welshman to become president of the National Union of Teachers) said that "there was a laborious effort made by several speakers at the meeting [the opening ceremony] to dissipate the fear that this splendid institution would work serious opposition and injury to the county school nearby". "Poor so-and-so, and his dad is so clever, they must feel terrible". It was The Way Out the means of escape from the drudgery of the pits. I bet someone you know is. When Porth went Comprehensive, its Oxbridge tradition withered and died. Cilla recalled telling Ringo to "post the [wedding] bands in 48 hours and I'll do it". But then people said that too about where I went, Porth County Grammar School, so who am I to talk? History. But that won't happen without a revolution in our entire approach to education and industry. Alsatian (Alsatian: Elsssisch or Elssserditsch "Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: Elssserdeitsch; French: Alsacien; German: Elsssisch or Elssserdeutsch) is the group of Alemannic German dialects spoken in most of Alsace, a formerly disputed region in eastern France that has passed between French and German control five times since 1681. She has 2 boys who attended Bryn Celynnog Compregensive and 2 grandchildren. Once your account is created, you'll be logged-in to this account. Bridgend Grammar Technical School ended up as Brynteg Comprehensive when it was merged with Heol Gam, the nearest secondary modern school. I chose Cymraeg. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those, from near and far, who attended the funeral and for the overwhelming response we have received.. 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Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. So, despite all the agonies of school life, real and imagined, Ill always be grateful for my time in Porth County: that it was there, and that it was then. In 1961, he spotted an advert for a temporary assistant floor manager at the BBC in Cardiff. He was one of a new breed of broadcasting professionals who grasped the opportunity presented by still-rudimentary television in the 1960s, and made it into a medium by which the Welsh nation could become better known to its neighbours, and to itself. It sent off those children to careers around the UK and the world. String all those place names together and youd have practically passed the O level Oral Exam without trying! For the price of a cup of coffee a month you can help us create an independent, not-for-profit, national news service for the people of Wales, by the people of Wales. Did you go to the Welsh School? 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He is survived by his wife, Bethan (nee Pierce), a teacher, whom he married in 1964, their three children, Elen, Sin and Gwenllian, and six grandchildren. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The falling out and the falling in. Born in Llwynypia, the son of Daniel Thomas and Violet, with a younger brother Norman, Vernon attended Tonypandy Grammar School. Clydach Vales Glyn Houston a veteran star of TV and film wanted to be part of it, too, though he didnt really speak much Welsh at all. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. It isn't just the autumnal back-to-school weather. In November 2003, an investigation found that steroid use in South Wales was on the rise in teenagers. Eton and Harrow, Charterhouse and Winchester all the elite, fee-paying public schools of Olde England: Porth County gave your boys one hell of a beating! Catalogue description Porth county school for girls, Rhondda Mid Glamorgan Ordering and viewing options This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. The compulsion to fit in, the desire to stand out. When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. Porth County Grammar School 1st XV rugby team 1968/69. Sian Assiratti. You need to sign in to tag. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Pressure, pressure, pressure from parents to excel, from peers to be normal, from yourself just to be yourself, in spite of them all. the son of Daniel and Violet Thomas, and attended Tonypandy Grammar School. The school was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two leading grammar schools, Porth County Girls and Porth County Boys, along with the amalgamation of the Secondary Modern Schools of Llwyncelyn, Trealaw and Ynyshir. The grammar school I entered was a tough rugby-playing place too. But the great thing about working in television is that people are willing to do the daftest things if theyre going to be filmed. John On The Rhondda is based on John Geraints popular Rhondda Radio talks and podcasts. To be clear Im a sucker for nostalgia but Im not arguing for a return to the good old days of Grammar Schools. The Rhondda Cynon Taff council has said that the school closures would be part of their proposed 75million investment, which they say would provide "improved educational facilities" and "opportunities" for nearly 7,000 children.[19]. And I mean tough, so we were not afraid of the secondary modern roughs. The legends about him were legion. She said: He always put family first and was happily married to Falmai for sixty-five years. When I got to my O level year, the set poem for group recital in the Urdd Eisteddfod turned out to be Y Ffynhonnau. After all, it was twenty years ago. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Miners put pennies aside, built schools for their sons and daughters, and when universal secondary education became a right, the Rhondda Borough Council invested heavily in it. The school was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two leading grammar schools, Porth County Girls and Porth County Boys, along with the amalgamation of the Secondary Modern Schools of Llwyncelyn, Trealaw and Ynyshir. This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. Can anyone help me. Upcoming Projects Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Porth County Grammar School, Mid Glamorgan, Wales 1970- 1976 View Wayne's full profile See who you know in common Get introduced Contact Wayne directly Join to view full profile Looking for. This is still recent folk memory, Connect with Nation.Cymru on Facebook and Twitter. What does that mean for the future? If you would like to donate to help keep Nation.Cymru running then you just need to click on the box below, it will open a pop up window that will allow you to pay using your credit / debit card or paypal. Porth County. I often talk about the Porth County opportunity for socially deprived pupils from working / lower working class homes and what it did for them. Shwmae? My great grandfathers name Was William James, his wifes name was Sarah. The school was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two leading grammar schools, Porth County Girls and Porth County Boys, along with the amalgamation of the Secondary Modern Schools of Llwyncelyn, Trealaw and Ynyshir. So it was natural for us in Porth County to have a crack at it. Who will be the employers in a globalised world, which increasingly relies on automation of blue-andwhite-collar roles. The golf club and the Rotary beckoned you as you smoothly travelled in you new Austin Tourer from your detached house in a pleasant village in the vale of Glamorgan. The results were predictable. Im told that when that college researched its own past to mark its 500th anniversary recently, it found that, in all that time, over any ten-year period, no other headmaster had secured more admissions. Porth Community School is located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Porth is now described as a super school and the previous Porth Infants . Porth is now described as a good school and the previous Porth Infants and Porth Juniors schools have all moved to the Porth Community School to form the new school. All Im saying is that I was jammy. All information provided to Nation.Cymru will be handled sensitively and within the boundaries of the Data Protection Act 2018. Back when I was in Junior School things were a bit different. Why go to university when you could have your house and pension sorted by the time you were 20? The secondary modern boys wore plain jumpers and would try to throw stones at you, but you knew you were the superior race. The school catered for 240 pupils under the headmaster ship of John Stradling Grant. [16] During his visit, Michael Sheen spoke with the pupils and told them that he was "saddened" by the lack of funding for drama schools and clubs throughout Wales. He was said to have courted his wife by galloping on horseback up to her house on the steep slopes of Blaenclydach. It seems to come from a macho gym culture. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. The family of Owen Vernon Jones, former headmaster of Porth County Grammar School for Boys and later of Porth. Detention. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Porth County was a girls grammar school that served the whole of the Rhondda valleys from Blaenrhondda to Maerdy. Porths academic strengths were in the Sciences. Porth Countys reputation was well established by the time an ambitious but unconventional young headmaster was appointed to the Boys School in 1961: Owen Vernon Jones. You dont know what youve got till its gone, or so they say. 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