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The website for Ebbw Vale County Grammar School

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Dennis Edwards's father, Thomas, emigrated to Canada in 1947. He had attended Glyncoed Senior School and Dennis has a photograph from the 1930s. Does anyone know who the pupils in it are? (Thomas is back left)

Appeal for contact
If Maria Klefenz (Dallanegra) reads this, could she please contact the website manager. An old school friend, Anthony Gwyn Williams would like to get in touch. If anyone who knows Maria see this, please let her know!

New photographs
Thanks to Allen Cross of Birmingham, who attended the school from 1950 to 1957, we have some new photographs in the school and sports galleries.

Reunion, 2010
A reunion was held on Friday, May 28th 2010 at The Welfare, Ebbw Vale Rugby Club, Eugene Cross Park. No report has been received yet, but it is understood that the evening went very well!

Mr. Trevor Rees
It was with sadness that we reported, in January 2009, the passing of Mr. Trevor Rees who died, aged 97, after a short illness. Mr. Rees taught mathematics at the school for many years until his retirement in the mid 1970s and continued to be a well-known, popular figure, always willing to make time for a chat with former pupils and ex-colleagues as he hurried about his business in the town. His funeral took place at West End Chapel, Ebbw Vale, on Friday, January 23rd, 2009 at 1045. You can read the funeral eulogy here.

From the Past Student Reunion Committee, 2008
"Alan Jones, who attended the school 1946 to 1954 and was Head Boy in his final year, sadly passed away late in 2007. When, in May 2004, some of the past students thought it would be a good idea to start this website to record some of the school's history, Alan willingly took on the rôle of webmaster. We, his fellow “old codgers” and future generations will be eternally grateful to Alan for his effort in producing this website."

The badges at the top of this page show the school's Welsh and Latin mottos, "Dall pob anghyfarwydd" and "Palma non sine pulvere", which can be translated into English as "Blind are the uninstructed" and "No success without effort" (although I prefer Mr. Dewi Samuel's more poetic version of the latter: "Not the palm of victory without the dust of battle".