Dear Huw,
Two possible additions to your detailed list!.
W.T.John Davies. B.Sc.(Hons.) A.C.G.I. D.I.C.F.I.Mech.E. F.I.Chem.
Ogmore Secondary School 1939-1945.
Imperial College, University of London 1945-1948.
Post Graduate, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College1951-1952.
General Manager Tarmac Process Division; Operations Director Sim-Chem Ltd;
Managing Director Fletcher and Stewart Ltd.(Derby); Managing Director
W.T.J.Developments Ltd.
........................................
Bert Jones (W.A.M.Jones). C.B.E. B.Sc.(Hons.) F.R.I.C.S. C.Eng. F.I.Min.E.
F.G.S.
Ogmore Secondary School 1942-1946.
Treforest School of Mines 1946-1951; University of London 1989-1993.
Student Mining Surveyor at Wyndham, Penllywngwent and Ocean Western
Collieries 1946-1951.
Planning Surveyor Margam Mine Project N.C.B. No. 2 Area Tondu 1953-1955.
Mining Subsidence Research Surveyor N.C.B.North Western Division, Manchester
1955-1959.
Mineral Valuer, Inland Revenue Valuation Office 1959-1989.Retired as Head of
Minerals Division 1959.Appointed C.B.E. 1989. Senior Fellow of the
Geological Society of London.
........................................
Best Wishes,
Bert.
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Subject: [WLS-OGMORE-VALLEY] Notable Ex-Pupils - Ogmore Secondary School(s)
Hi All,
The final "open" day is fast approaching (19th July) and
below is the list we have managed to put together from our records,
faltering memories and a lot of assistance from our members worldwide......
It really is a list covering every walk of life from *"Soil to Skies"*.....
Feel free to advise of anyone we might have missed.....
*Ogmore Secondary Schools 1910 - 2011 Notable Past Pupils (in no
particular order)*
*Gareth Thomas* -- Welsh International Rugby Player (1995 -- 2007),
Captain (2006 -- 2007) Captain British Lions (2007), Wales most capped
player (100 caps). (longest interception try at the old Arms Park - 90
meters).
*Graham Hodgson* - Welsh International Rugby Player 1961-1967 full back.
*Dr Brian Tucker* -- Head of Australian Bureau of Meteorological services.
*Deighton Rattray* - Chief Dental Officer for Wales.
*T. Jacob Jones, MC, BA*, Teacher, 1910 -- 1919, Head Teacher (Higher
Elementary School) 1919 -- 1921. Head Teacher (Ogmore Secondary School)
1921 -- 1946, Head Teacher (Ogmore Grammar School). 1946 -- 1948,
Retired in 1948. He Chaired the music committee of the 1948 National
Eisteddfod in Bridgend.
*Ivor Davies* - Awarded Industrial Order of heroism in Wyndham Colliery
1962.
*Percy "Bow" Burgess* -- Awarded Medal of the Order of the British
Empire for Meritorious Service (Gallantry), Penwllyngwent 1962.
*Lyn Davies, CBE* -- Long Jump Olympic Gold Medal 1964, Tokyo. European
Long Jump Gold Medal, Budapest, 1956. President UK Athletics, 1999 -- 2011.
*Fisher Morgan* -- Member of D`oyle Carte Opera House.
*William "Billy" Ingram* -- Playright (District Nurse).
*Norman Lewis* - Welsh Bantam and Flyweight Champion of Wales, 1949. He
was the only Welshman to hold both titles together.
*Arthur Albert Rees, MBE, MSM*, Welsh Guards, RSM at first post Second
World War trooping the colour, 1949. Also appeared in "They will not be
Divided" and "The Conspirators" motion pictures
*Emrys Davies* -- Fired first artillery shot against German and Italian
forces in Africa, 1942 and the last ever shell fired from the 25-Pounder
Field Gun when retired from active service in 1992.
*Windsor Davies* -- actor ("it ain`t half hot mum").
*Don Mackney, OBE *-- Head of the Soil Survey of England & Wales, 1977
-- 1985. In 1985 and 1986 he was President of the British Society of
Soil Science.
*Winston Spanswick* -- Arsenal FC Triallist, 1950.
*Gwyn Jones* -- Arsenal FC Triallist, 1950. International Football Referee.
*Malcolm John* -- Professional footballer with Bristol Rovers, 1960s.
*Glanmor Griffiths* - WRU Honorary Treasurer, 1984 -- 2003, WRU
President, 2007, 2008.
*Aelfryn Evans *- Teacher Tynewyd Boys School, 1946 -- 1970, Head
Teacher, Tynewydd Junior School, 1970 -- 1982
*Alun Victor Williams* - building and commissioning Uskmouth Power
Station, 1959.
*Jason James* - Bass guitarist with "Bullet for my Valentine".
*Miss Jane Davies* - Teacher, Fronwen Junior School, 1941 -- 195?.
Teacher Nantymoel Junior School 195? - Head Teacher, Glynogwr Primary
School, 19?? -- 1983, Head Teacher Nantymoel Junior School 1983 -- 1985.
*Frank Morgan* - Mathematics Lecturer, Cardiff University.
*Michael Brown* -- Actor, Stage name: Michael Forrest.
*Keith Bradshaw* -- Welsh International Rugby Player, 1963 -- 1966
*Glyn Moses* -- Great Britain Rugby League International Player: Former
rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and
'50s who at club level has played rugby union (RU) for Newbridge RFC,
and Maesteg RFC, and at representative level has played rugby league
(RL) for Great Britain, Wales, and Other Nations, and at club level for
Salford, and St. Helens, playing at Fullback, i.e. number 1. Glyn Moses
won caps for Wales (RL) while at St. Helens in 1953 against England, and
France, won caps for Other Nations (RL) while at St. Helens in 1955
against England, and France, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while
at St. Helens in 1955 against New Zealand (2 matches), in 1956 against
Australia, in 1957 against France (3 matches), and in the 1957 Rugby
League World Cup against France, Australia, and New Zealand. Glyn played
rugby union for Newbridge RFC before signing professional forms for
Salford in November 1949. Unfortunately Glyn never found his niche at
the Willows and became so disenchanted that he decided to return to
Wales at the end of the 1950-51 season. Moses attempted to get on the
books of newly formed Cardiff RLFC but was refused permission by
Salford. So it was that some fifteen months passed before the great
Saints` coach Jim Sullivan persuaded Glyn to come to Knowsley Road. He
signed for Saints on the 31st. December 1952 after making his debut in
the 22 to 2 victory over Leigh on Christmas Day! Apart from one match
against Wakefield away Glyn was an ever-present player in the fantastic
Saints team that did not lose an away match that entire season. He
scored 7 tries including a vital score in the 24 points to 14
Championship Final win over Halifax at Maine Road. In the 1956 RL
Challenge Cup Final programme he was listed at 5 feet 9 inches tall and
weighed in at 12st 4lbs. His fine form for the Saints led to Glyn being
awarded 9 Great Britain caps, 2 Welsh caps and a further two caps for
the Other Nationalities team. He was a member of the 1957 World Cup
touring team to Australia where he played three tests. I recall standing
in the Knowsley Road boys pen when I was seven years old watching a
proud Glyn Moses play against France in an exciting international on the
10th of April, 1957. Glyn won one RL Challenge Cup winners medal (1956
RL Cup Final v Halifax), one Championship Final winners medal(1952-3)
and one Lancashire Cup winners medal (v Wigan 1953-54) for the Saints.
By 1959 Austin Rhodes had established the full back berth as his own and
Glyn played his final game for the Saints against Leeds on 28th
November, 1959. The Principality`s loss was our gain! Glyn Moses in
attack and defence a forerunner and model for the modern full back. Dai
Moses - Former Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league
footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at club level has played rugby
union (RU) for Maesteg RFC, and at representative level has played rugby
league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford, and Swinton,
playing at Prop, Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 8 or 10,
11 or 12, or, 13, during the era of contested scrums.
*Dai Moses* won a cap for Wales (RL) while at Swinton in 1959 against
France at Stade des Minimes, Toulouse on Sunday 1 March 1959.
*Bobby Gapper* -- Huddersfield Rugby League
*Reggie Jones* -- Salford and Rochdale Hornets Rugby league. Welsh
professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s who at representative
level has played for Wales, and at club level for Salford. Reg Jones won
a cap for Wales while at Salford in 1946.
*Professor Barry Davies* -- Head of English, University of Newfoundland.
*Mogg Williams* -- The "People`s Poet".
*Shirley Browning (and Daughter)* -- Represented Wales at swimming
*Dyson Roberts* -- Designed WRU Schweppes Cup.
*Barry Clack* -- Painting.
*Harold Mason *-- Painting.
*Stan Norris, MBE *- 2008 for 55 years service to the community (in
charge of Wyndham Boys & Girls Club).
*Derek Jones* -- Lay Preacher.
*Fred White* -- Only person from valley killed as part of the
International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War, 1937.
*Jean Ferguson* -- Chair of the bench, Bridgend Magistrates.
*David Prosser* -- Emerged from the hills of Wales to become one of the
leading financial leaders in London in the 1990s. Prosser studied pure
mathematics at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and initially
became an actuary. He was later employed as a stockbroker before
eventually moving to an executive position with CIN Investment
Management Company. In 1988 he was hired by Legal and General Group to
head its investments division, and by 1991 he had risen to the position
of chief executive and director of the company. Known for his modesty
and desire to avoid the spotlight, he was also considered a highly
effective manager, running a tight ship and weeding out directors and
other employees who failed to perform.
A LONG JOURNEY FROM THE WELSH HILLS
One journalist described Prosser as a "stereotypical Welshman---pinched
face, thin-rimmed spectacles and no sign of extravagance" ( Scotland on
Sunday , September 15, 2002). His background stemmed from the hills of
Wales, where his grandfather worked as a hill farmer. Prosser was an
active boy, standing out as a rugby player, though he reportedly was not
ambitious in school. Nonetheless, his family history taught him a
valuable work ethic. His first job, he said in a company newsletter sent
to Legal and General Group workers, involved breaking stones at a rock
quarry. Commenting on the experience, Prosser said, "It can be very hard
work until you find the technique. I wouldn't want to do it now" (London
Sunday Times, September 12, 1999).
Prosser credits much of his career success to his father, who veered
from the family farming trade and studied to become a mathematics
teacher. Prosser said in a union magazine, as reported in the London
Sunday Times, that his father gave him the best piece of advice. "When I
left home to go to university, my father told me to always be true to
myself, to always try my best and to remember that a pint of beer eases
stress" (September 12, 1999). Prosser followed in his father's
footsteps, studying pure mathematics at University College of Wales,
Aberystwyth, and earning first-class honors. While he considered
teaching as a profession, financial incentive drove Prosser to become an
actuary, a career path also chosen by his brother. In 1971 he was
appointed a fellow with the Institute of Actuaries.
*Nicky Fisher *-- Lost to Ken Rowlands for vacant Welsh
Light-Heavyweight Title in 1953.
*Professor Lynn Davies* - After gaining a first class honours degree and
then a PhD in physics Professor Davies joined the National Physical
Laboratory in the 1960s. As a result of the research completed at NPL,
in 1970 I was invited by NASA to join a small group of European
scientists and participate in the (then) fledgling Space Shuttle
programme. Thereafter, he spent a substantial proportion of his career
in Government service and led for the UK in some major international
programmes, ending my career as the UK '2 star' negotiating lead in a
multi-billion pound European collaborative programme. On the academic
side, in the late 1960s and early 1970s Professor Davies was for a
number of years a visiting senior lecturer at Surrey University. In 1998
he was appointed a visiting professor at Cranfield University (a
position still held). In the first decade of this millennium he was also
successively an honorary Senior Research Fellow and then visiting
professor at University College in London.
*Ray Vaughan* - Walked from Land`s End to JohnO`Groats several times for
charity in the 1980s.
*Dick Kynan *- Ogmore Vale Rugby Football Club, played against
Australian & New Zealand touring teams in 1918 & 1919, went North and
was in the 1922 Rugby League Challenge Cup Winning Team, Rochdale
Hornets. First known Ogmore Valley Player to "Go North".
*Malcolm John* -- Professional footballer with Bristol Rovers, 1960s.
*Glanmor Griffiths* - WRU Honorary treasurer, 1984 -- 2003, WRU
President, 2007, 2008.
*Aelfryn Evans* - Teacher Tynewyd Boys School, 1946 -- 1970, Head
Teacher, Tynewydd Junior School, 1970 -- 1982
*Alun Victor Williams* - building and commissioning Uskmouth Power
Station, 1959.
*Jason James* - Bass guitarist with "Bullet for my Valentine".
*Miss Jane Davies* - Teacher, Fronwen Junior School, 1941 -- 195?.
Teacher Nantymoel Junior School 195? - Head Teacher, Glynogwr Primary
School, 19?? -- 1983, Head Teacher Nantymoel Junior School 1983 -- 1985.
*Frank Morgan* - Mathematics Lecturer, Cardiff University.
*Michael Brown* -- Actor, Stage name: Michael Forrest.
*Keith Bradshaw* -- Welsh International Rugby Player, 1963 -- 1966
--
Regards
H. Daniel
Secretary, OVLH&HS
www.ovlhs.co.uk
www.glamorganhistory.org/ogmore.html
www.communityarchives.org.uk/page_id__913_path__.aspx
huw(a)ovlhs.co.uk
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