It was here, in the makeshift, black-and-white 405-line studios, built in the shell of an old chapel, that Richard found the outlet for his talents. So there we all were, a thousand strong, one summers morning, processing across Penrhys, behind the Maerdy Miners Lodge Banner, and the Treorchy Comprehensive school band. Porth County Grammar School badge and report card images by John Geraint The Ranch But, like Santos, Porth was a school with something of a split personality. [15] Porth County Community School is part of 'Filmclub' along with schools in the Tonypandy and Treorchy areas, and it is implemented through the schools "E3 after-school projects". That magazine is redolent with the things we would like for our children today. And I mean tough, so we were not afraid of the secondary modern roughs. 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. Let us know. 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. May 23, 2015 - Porth County Grammar School 1st XV rugby team 1968/69. One of the greatest grammar schools in South Wales was the school my father and his brother went to Porth County. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was known as The Ranch. Some of my schoolmates were later imprisoned for running an extortion racket that began at school. But then people said that too about where I went, Porth County Grammar School, so who am I to talk? BREVITIES-11 I cJ LOG RIDE FATAL 1 i MORE , MEN REGAIN JOBS! Vernons daughter Cheryl Hill paid tribute to her father on behalf of the family. Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. In 1961, he spotted an advert for a temporary assistant floor manager at the BBC in Cardiff. [1], The origins of the school dates back to the creation of Porth Higher Elementary School in 1904. [7][8]The school was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two leading grammar schools, Porth County Girlsand Porth County Boys, along with the amalgamation of the Secondary Modern Schoolsof Llwyncelyn, Trealawand Ynyshir. [13] Steve Bowden (the school headteacher at the time) commented: "It is becoming more apparent now. l For further information on this annual event please ring Pearl (nee Jenkins) McCabe (01834 871733) or Diane (nee Davies) Coombs (01443 227148). This record is stored off site and will take four working days to be delivered to The National Archives. 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. of any that money could buy. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Richard Lewis worked on innovative news programmes including Wales Today and the first Welsh-language magazine programme, Heddiw. The curse of every childs life. We needdemand for what the best whole system of education can provide. Jammy that our time happened to be the very time when the Boys began to meet the Girls in class as well outside of school. 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. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 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. Paul Kelso, Duncan Mackay and Matthew Taylor, "Headteacher dedicated life to his pupils", 'Porth County Community School' 2003 Demolition, "From gym to club to school: the shock spread of steroid abuse", "Actor Michael Sheen to visit local school", "Michael Sheen hits out at lack of drama funds", "Eleven schools could shut in 75m Rhondda education shake-up ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porth_County_Community_School&oldid=1096285706, Educational institutions established in 1973, Short description is different from Wikidata, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 15 out of 212 secondary schools in Wales (as of 2014), This page was last edited on 3 July 2022, at 13:37. Once the first acceptance came, many more followed. The 1891 and 1901 census show William and Sarah living at Lake Street in Ferndale. French was a proper modern language, a language with a future, the Common Market and all of that. In Porth, we were given the choice of two languages to learn Welsh or French. Pressure, pressure, pressure from parents to excel, from peers to be normal, from yourself just to be yourself, in spite of them all. It was thejobs which were on offer when you left. 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. Many of them excelled, too, on the rugby pitch. [5], In 1922 the school became officially recognised as a secondary school. A report on Porth Community School November 2019 1 About Porth Community School Porth Community School is an English-medium all-age (3-16) comprehensive school in Porth, Rhondda. The school opened in September 2018 following the closure of Porth County Community School, Porth Infants School, Porth Junior School and Llwyncelyn Infants School. Sian Assiratti. Y Goedwig 1959 - 1963 He was also a mentor for many young people joining the corporation at that time. The unfairness of it all. And the English we spoke, though we might not have realised it, was full of Welsh too. You might well have had a Porth County boy as a teacher or even as a headmaster - well-educated Welsh school boys went on to many such roles. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Printed Multiview Postcard Trearddur Bay ( Wales ) at the best online prices at eBay! The falling out and the falling in. When Porth went Comprehensive, its Oxbridge tradition withered and died. Upcoming Projects 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. We could bring back every damn aspect of my grammar School, and some of it would be heaven to someone like me. Betws-y-coed school was planned in 1913 but the First World War delayed construction until 1924. Children of various ages attend the school, ranging from 316 years old. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Via visits to France she introduced many children to French culture, and many still remember their trips to Marcel Prousts house in France with great fondness. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. 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. Card schools got going on the back benches. Her enthusiasm for world cinema and opera were also transmitted to friends of all ages. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. 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Santos was determined that his school was going places. There were five Welsh-language junior schools Llwyncelyn and Bronllwyn, Bodringallt and Llyn y Forwyn in Ferndale, as well as Ynyswen and a big Comprehensive in Cymmer. Porths academic strengths were in the Sciences. These were both on Cemetery Road in Porth and amalgamated to become the comprehensive school on the old Porth County site. Young people who pursue a vocational route must also know that they are "The Chosen", that they have no limits on their potential and that their future is assured. This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Porth County Community School, and is written by contributors. At the same time the school was merged with the Pupil Teachers College, where once a week students would take turns in teaching their peers. I started in a grammar school that turned into a comprehensive school. And this fact is what nobody is mentioning now. Santos fostered a special link with one of the top Oxford colleges. After all, it was twenty years ago. It came to a point when rugby and football clashed, and it was always going to be football for me. But there were some places its pupils werent going. The fights, the boredom, the worry. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. Since retirement in 1984 he has written many books on Rhondda including Porth County: The School and Its Boys and William Evans: The Prince of Porth. He wrote the foreword and edited A Rhondda Boy by Ivor Howells and the foreword to books of Rhondda photographs by David Carpenter. In fact pay has decreased since then and we pay more for a lot lessfood, fuel, clotheseverything. Then between 1946 and 1947, the name of the school was changed to Porth Secondary Grammar School. The people who benefitted most from the old educational system are those who got jobs that either no longer exist now or which today you need a degree to have any chance of getting into. You dont know what youve got till its gone, or so they say. Born in Aberdare, south Wales, she was the first child of Graham, a mining engineer, and Joyce (nee Young), a biology teacher. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. Porth County proved it! The boys who are taking the drugs are not top sportsmen, they are just looking for respect in their communities and for whatever reason are turning to the gym and sometimes steroids. becoming a Swan. 15 out of 212 secondary schools in Wales (as of 2014). Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. But we gave him a few short lines, and he had such presence on the screen that he became a really big character, the retired miner who represents the very spirit of the Rhondda. Sometime between 1951 and 1954 the name of the school was changed again to Porth County Grammar Mixed School. Catalogue description Porth county school for girls, Rhondda Mid Glamorgan Ordering and viewing options This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. Visible Anyone can find this group. Richard avoided it by qualifying as a biology teacher, but found his creativity stifled. Continuing our series written by John Geraint, author of The Great Welsh Auntie Novel, and one of Waless most experienced documentary-makers. Home; Lectures . 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. It produced phenomenal Physicists, champion Chemists, brilliant Biologists, maestros of Maths. Nothing to do with the above school, entirely different schools in different areas. The coming Comprehensive ethos was helpful too recognising different kinds of achievement, different measures of success. 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. Porth County had always been about more than passing a rugby ball and passing exams. He adored his own boys his grandsons, Greg, Alex and Owen and his great-grandchildren Rowan, Sadie, Sebastian and Poppy. In the pauses between pieces, Santos might make a show of chastising the boys with a swish of his cane. THE PALOUSE . When I got to my O level year, the set poem for group recital in the Urdd Eisteddfod turned out to be Y Ffynhonnau. Professor of English Literature and Literary Studies at the University of Greenwich and, since 2019, President of the Victorian Popular Fiction Association. My friend Richard Lewis, who has died aged 78, was a distinguished television producer and director, who worked for BBC Wales for more than 25 years. I was lucky in Porth County: I had a succession of brilliant and committed Welsh teachers Berian Davies and Delyth John, Olwen Peters and Eleanor Aubrey. But back then there was only one Junior School in the whole Rhondda that taught in Welsh Ysgol Gymraeg Ynyswen. And rightly so: a preparation for life needs to be about more than academic hothousing. This was done by pupils to gain entrance into teacher training colleges and become teachers themselves. So, in 2002, this crazy idea came to me how about making a film where that favourite poem of mine, Y Ffynhonnau got recited by every child who was at Welsh school in the whole Rhondda? We need more thanThe Pride of Miss Jean Brodie. Porth County had an enviable reputation for academic excellence, along with a very strict regime for discipline. the son of Daniel and Violet Thomas, and attended Tonypandy Grammar School. Of course, it would have been different if Id been at the Welsh School the Welsh School its an odd phrase, isnt it? Theresa May has also said Britain needs an industrial strategy and to be a world leader in trade. He was an inspirational father. The family feel truly blessed to have had such a treasure of a man for 90 years and know his influence is a lasting legacy not only on their own lives but also on the lives of so many. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. 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.Porth is now described as a good school and the previous Porth Infants . Our grandparents really valued education. Christine attended Porth County grammar school for girls before graduating from Swansea University with a BA in French. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. The local schools did not encourage the speaking of Welsh and he was forced to learn English. The Process of making this has already starting at the start of 2017 and should be finished mid 2018. 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. But I was a contrary so-and-so. There were snacks to snaffle, dinner money to be extorted, pain to be inflicted simply for the pleasure of it.