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Quaker's Yard Grammar School

including Quaker's Yard Technical School .... the "Tech"

Merthyr Tydfil

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Quakers Yard Grammar School - Rugby Team - 1943/44.

Standing (Back Row) L-R: A Opel, ? , Graham Selleck

Second Row L-R: Mr D J Evans (English), G Evans, ? , Mr E Llewellyn (PE), H Small, T Salter

Seated L-R: ? , E Cleaton, Dr T Lewis (History), C Jehu, Mr H A Davies (Headmaster), ? , D Jones

Front Row L-R: C Meek. C Lloyd, ? , ? Rees

(Photograph Courtesy of Tom Salter)

Quakers Yard Technical School - First Intake of Building Studies Students - 1943

Photograph taken in 1943, they started in September 1942.

(Photograph Courtesy of Susan Kelly)

Quakers Yard Grammar School - Form VI - 1945

Back Row L-R: T O'Brien, ? , H Jones, P Griffiths, D Jenkins, D Ryland, R Pugh

Second Row L-R: ?,J Lewis, ?, D Rees, T Salter, G Mordecai, ?, R Mason, D Thomas

Seated L-R: ?, P Jones, B Hull, ?, ?, Mr Revington (Physics), ?, ?,C Jones, ?, ?

(Photograph Courtesy of Tom Salter)

Quakers Yard Grammar School - Form VI - 1945

Standing L-R: B Gwyther, ? , ? , P Jones, ? , D Jenkins, D Rees, T Salter, ? , ? , C Meek, H Small, D Jones

Seated L-R : E George, ? , G Evans, Mr Revington (Physics), ? , ? , R Davies, B John

(Photograph Courtesy of Tom Salter)

Quakers Yard Grammar School - Form VI Boys - 1945.

Back Row L-R: C Meek, T Salter, ?,B Gwyther, ?,D Jenkins

Second Row L-R: ? , F Buzzani, G Evans, E George, H Small, D Rees

Front Row L-R: D Jones, B John, ?

(Photograph Courtesy of Tom Salter)

Quakers Yard Grammar School - Class 5B - 1945/1946

Top Row L-R: Doug Mannion, ?, Alan Grocut, Gwyn Groves, ?, ?, ?.

Second Row L-R: ?, ?, Malcolm Jones, Cyril Vaughan, ?, ?, ?, John Calvin Jones.

Bottom Row L-R: Howard Jones, ?, Roy Beynon, ?, ?, Mr Davies, ?, ?, ?, John Hopkins, "Spider" Harding.

(Photograph Courtesy of Doug Mannion and Malcolm Jones)

Quakers Yard Grammar School - Teaching Staff - 1945/1946

Top Row L-R: Mr Revington [Physics], Ms Jones [Games], Ms Williams [French], Ms Evans [History], Ms Cecil [German], Ms Goodman [Chemistry], Ms Cox [Geography], Mr Bennet [Biology], Mr Llewelyn[Games], Mr Evans [English],

Mr Goodhall [Music], Mr Davies [Maths], Mr Davies [Welsh].

Front Row L-R: Ms Faltent [Art], Ms Hughes [Cookery], Mr Price [Maths], Mr Davies [Headmaster], Ms Roberts [Headmistress], Mr Lewis [Woodwork], Dr Lewis [History].

(Photograph Courtesy of Doug Mannion and Malcolm Jones)

Quakers Yard Grammar School - 1st XV Rugby Team - 1947/48

Only names known are (3rd row, extreme right) Dr T. Lewis,

(2nd row, 2nd from left Mr Edgar Llewellyn P.E., 4th from left) Mr H.A.Davies Headmaster ,

(front row, 3rd from left) Mr. Trevor Roper

(Photograph Submitted on behalf of Mrs. Ann Roper by Brian Jones)

Quaker's Yard Technical School Football Team 1947-48.

(Photograph Courtesy of T. Flynn)

Quakers Yard Grammar School 1948

(Photograph Courtesy of Richard Evans)

Quakers Yard School Staff in the 1950s.

L-R:-Back Row Mr George Edwards, Mr Phillips, Mr Harry Jones, Mr Dai Rowlands (Dai Long).

Front Row Mr Frank Young, Mr J, Lewis (Buster), Mr Phillips , Mr Fred Vaughan.

(Thanks to Michael Marshall (Dunstable) for additional information)

Quakers Yard - Technical School - Form 2Y - 1950.

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

Middle Row L-R: ?, Dennis Edmunds,?,?,?,?,?,?, ?.

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

(Darren Edmunds sends us his father, Dennis Edmunds name, but we need more names please)

Quakers Yard Technical School - 1951 - Form 3W

Back Row L-R: Jeff Karn, Terry Evans (Texas), ?, ?, ?.

Middle Row L-R: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, John Bryant.

Front Row L-R: Terry Hooper, ?, Frank Maurice, Teacher - Mr. Williams, ?, ?, ?.

(Photograph & Information Courtesy of Terry Hooper)

Quakers Yard Technical School - 1952.

Top Row L-R: Granville Collins, Ken Brewer, Ken Gunter, John Owen, Alan McDonald Alan Owen? Neville Jones,

& Ken Whatley

Front Row L-R: John Edwards, Cecil Jones, Billy Davies, Mrs Davies, George Taylor, Ralph Cartwright & Ypres Jones.

(Photograph & Information Courtesy of Cecil Jones)

Quakers Yard Technical School - Final Year - 1952.

Back Row L-R: Jeff Karn, John Bryant, ?, ?, David ?, ?, ?, Terry Evans - Texas.

Front Row L-R: Ron Evans, Frank Maurice, Russel Evans, Malcolm?, Teacher - Mr. Jones, Terry Hooper,

Brian Geek, ?, ?.

(Photograph & Information Courtesy of Terry Hooper)

Quakers Yard Grammar School - Coronation Pageant - 1953 - "The New Elizabethan Era"

Held at St. John's Church Hall, Troedyrhiw.

Back Row L-R: Phyllis Bulford, Sid Lucas, Adrian Edwards,Terry Robbins, Malcom Meredith, Ronnie Davies, Tommy Carbin, Billy Evans,

John Davies, Christine- Farrell,

Middle Row L-R: Frank Hope, Spencer Palmer, Betty Evans, twins Gloria and Sonia Pugh, Mair Davies, Megan Herbert, Pam Beynon,

Marlene Virgin, ? Baker, Elwyn Farrel, Betty Howells.

Front Row L-R: Mrs. Ronnie Lloyd, Gillian Howells, Lorna Gibbon, Adrian Doolan, Gillian Clements, Barbara James (as Brittania), unknown,

Alan Goodall, unknown, Ann Buckthought.

On Floor L-R: Clive Powell, Phillip Morgan, John Hughes, Vivienne Jones, Brian Hamer, Malcom Jones.

(Photograph Courtesy of Ron Davies, Information Courtesy of Derryl McCarthy)

Quakers Yard Grammar School - Adults Coronation Pageant - 1953 - "The Victorian Era"

Held at St. John's Church Hall, Troedyrhiw.

Back Row L-R: Emlyn Edwards, Jenkin Evans, David Connick, Jack Davis, David Howells, Trefor Davies.

Middle Row L-R: Fred Taylor,,The Rev. Edwards, Pearl Davies, Pat Hayward, Mervyn Watkins, Tom Davies, Betty Roper,

Jean Haman, unknown, Stan Rees.

Third Row L-R: Ann Evans, Carmen Davis, May Howells, unknown, Betty Newman, Lena Robbins.

Front Row L-R: David Rolls, unknown, Ann Morgan, Robert Humphries, Brian Shipton. (Shipton's garage Troedyrhiw)

(Photograph Courtesy of Ron Davies)

Quakers Yard Grammar School - 1954/1955

(Photograph Courtesy of Stephen Gwynne)

Quakers Yard Technical School - 1954/1955

Back Row (L-R): John Sullivan, Peter Mannion, Owen Mathias, Keith Watkins, Billy Flaherty.

Middle Row (L-R): Leonard Griffiths, Billy Spurrier, Lyn Evans(?) Bernard Robbins(?), Tony Evans, Christopher (?),

Front Row (L-R): Ken Arthur, Danny Pryce Jones, Lyn and David Griffiths (twins), (?) ,Michael Reddy.

The Teacher is Mr David Rowlands, known to all pupils as Dai Long.

(Photograph Courtesy of Tony Evans)

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