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In addition to news about planned events and reporting on get-togethers or reunions, we'd like to keep you posted on what's been happening with former students and staff.
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EMLYN LLOYD’S SCRAPBOOK
Emlyn Lloyd was one of the most popular teachers in the Grammar School. His association with the Pembroke and Pembroke Dock area began in 1948, when he was appointed Head of Latin. A fluent Welsh speaker, Emlyn was a native of the Swansea Valley and a great rugby follower. Not only did he support the various school rugby teams on a regular basis, but he also served on the Pembroke Dock Harlequins Committee and was their Social Club Treasurer for many years
As soon as he arrived at the Argyle Street premises, Emlyn started to assemble what he termed a 'Scrapbook' of school photographs mainly of sSports teams and drama productions. These were meticulously labelled, adding to the value of the collection as an accurate record of those action-packed years. There were also photographs of the opening of the new school at Bush and unique aerial shots of the school taken from a Sunderland Flying Boat. |
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Above: The original scrapbook on the left and with its spine safely repaired on the right.
Left: Dennis Lloyd in September 2009 with the scrapbook and facsimilies.
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THE PENVRO MAGAZINE DIGITAL
ARCHIVE PROJECT
GETS UNDERWAY!
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Islwyn Griffiths hands over his collection of The Penvro to
Mike Knill for the first scanning session in March 2009 |
Thanks to the generosity of past pupils Roger MacCallum & Sandra Briskham (Stevens), along with Islwyn Griffiths, thepenvro.com has been offered decades of the original Penvro magazines for scanning to a digital archive. |
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50th Anniversary of the Host Family Holiday
Scheme for WW2 Refugee Children- May 2007
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Islwyn Griffiths had an unusual photo album. It was a photographic record of the scheme involving children from the camps for displaced children in Europe that operated once in Pembroke Dock. |
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NEWS!
Do you have any news or items you would like to share? If so, please e-mail them to us by clicking on the Contact bar. Don't forget to include photographs, where possible. Scanned articles from the press or magazines are welcome too. Be sure to include the publication name and date so that we may contact them for permission to publish on The Penvro. |
When Emlyn married the popular Welsh teacher Brenda Jones, staff and students alike were absolutely delighted. However, within a short space of time, this mood of euphoria was shattered completely, when Brenda was taken ill with appendicitis and died suddenly from various complications. Emlyn himself died in the early years of this century. Those of us who were fortunate to know them both will never forget them. |
Following Emlyn's death, Dennis Lloyd, formerly Head of Games & PE at Bush, deposited the 'Scrapbook' in the Guntower Museum, Pembroke Dock, in accordance with Emlyn’s wishes. When the Penvro Website came into being, Dennis kindly arranged for us to borrow the book, and copy it, so that everyone could see the Photographs and share the memories. |
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Emlyn Lloyd
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The display of the Album on this web-site is a fitting tribute to Emlyn’s love and dedication in assembling the collection in the first place. We are all greatly indebted to him – as we are also to Dennis Lloyd for his foresight in realising the importance of these items, and for his diligent care of this remarkable document down the years. Emlyn certainly left his 'Scrapbook' in a safe pair of hands.
Through general usage down the years, the scrapbook was in some state of disrepair when we received it, and we arranged to have the spine rebuilt by a professional bookbinder - in a sympathetic manner, so as to preserve the character of the original. We were also able to produce a photographic copy of it in a large laminated format which can go on display and be used in the Museum, whilst the original can be archived and properly conserved. |
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In April, website team members visited Islwyn in Cardiff where he presented them with photographs and articles for future inclusion on the website.
Below: Islwyn shows the team photo albums from the original Pembroke Conferences and other school-sponsored events |
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Jane Aaron was announced as the winner of the biennial Roland Mathias Prize at Brecon's Guildhall on Friday 27 March. Roland's son, Glyn Mathias, told us more about this year's event in March 2009.
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Many former pupils will remember Steffan Griffith, who was Head of Physics for many years, and will be delighted to read this report of him reaching his centenary.
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