Hi John,
Absolutely no need to hide your light under a bushel, you
will indeed be added to the list though I would have "found" you once I
got through the books in my article of which your excellent account is
one:-)
You are right of course that we are light on the industrial side, but
hopefully the list members will put us right and add the names they also
know of:-)
Regards
H. Daniel
Secretary, OVLH&HS
www.ovlhs.btik.com/p_Home.ikml
www.ovlhs.co.uk
huw(a)ovlhs.co.uk
On 10/02/2011 11:21, John Davies wrote:
Congratulations Huw, on your list of successes from the old
OSS.However at present it appears a little light on the industrial and
commercial side.
I could mention in all modesty that I was working for Simon
Engineering from 1973 to 1977as the Project Director on the one
million barrel per day Teesside installation that brought the first
North sea oil ashore in the U.K. in 1975. ( This was ahead of the well
advertised B.P. project)
With a peak labour force of over 9000 men at site and a total
installed cost of over £250.000,000
it was at that time the largest, land based project in the U.K.
Best wishes and keep up the good work.
John ( W.T.J.Davies)
On 09/02/2011, Huw<huw(a)ovlhs.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
> had a brain storm in our meeting tonight and we have a bit of list of
> former pupils of Secondary Schools in Ogmore (Higher Elementary,
> Secondary, Grammar, Secondary Modern and Comprehensive) and have come up
> with the list below....
>
> Please feel free to add any we may have missed, with a much detail as
> you have and as I am on the CB Committee I will pass on to the
> School....Plus as a Society we are naturally interested in any
> achievements from valley people....
>
> 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 metres)
>
> Graham Hodgson - Welsh International Rugby Player 1961-1967 full back.
>
> Dr Brian Tucker – Head of Australian Bureau of Metrological 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Nicky Fisher – Lost to Ken Rowlands for vacant Welsh Light-Heavyweight
> Title in 1953.
>
> 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 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.
> 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 Lyn Davies - Queens Scout
>
> Leonard Rees –
>
> Professor Barry Davies – Head of English, University of Newfoundland.
>
> Mogg Williams – The “People`s Poet”.
>
> Shirley Browning (and Daughter) – Represented Wales at swimming
>
> ? 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.
>
>
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