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Brecon
The Boys' County/Grammar School
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by Clifford Carr
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Aneurin
Rees
Headmaster 1954-1971 |
 Toward a
new era
By 1954 Jacob Morgan was due
to retire. His successor was to be Mr Aneurin Rees who was born
in Loughor, Swansea and educated at Gowerton Grammar School and
University College, Swansea where he obtained his M.Sc. In 1943
he became an A. Inst. P. Before the war he had taught at Bridgend
where he was Senior Physics Master. During the conflict he worked
at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, at Farnborough before being
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Mr Rees was a keen sportsmen, having
excelled in rugby and cricket. He decided to introduce rugby
at Brecon, which had in the past always been a soccer school.
He was also a fluent Welsh speaker. He did not "rock the
boat" and continued very much in Jacob's footsteps, carrying
on with the school magazine and being an excellent supporter
of the Old Boys Association. |
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School prefects in 1954 |
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A
new identity
The pupil numbers continued to increase and it was evident that
a larger school had to be made available. A suitable site was
found at Penlan and both the Boys and Girls Grammar Schools moved
to new accommodation there in 1958. The new school had every
modern facility and a large sports field. |
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With the change to comprehensive education in
1971 it was possible, with additional buildings, to accommodate
the larger increase in pupil numbers on the Penlan site. Aneurin
Rees became the Headmaster at the new combined school. |
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On the centenary of secondary
education in Brecon, Mr T. Glyn Powell, a former pupil of the
Grammar School and later a teacher at the Comprehensive School,
wrote a very interesting history of those hundred years in booklet
form. Copies are still available at the Gigh School at Penlan
for £3 - a real bargain!
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