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Colwyn Bay Heritage > Education

Education

Rydal School – Costain Building and Memorial Hall

The Costain Building and Memorial Hall, Rydal School, Lansdowne Road, Colwyn Bay. The Costain Building and the Memorial Hall at Rydal School are Listed Grade II.  The Listing details state “Rydal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, General, Sidney Colwyn Foulkes

Eirias High School Reunion – September 25th, 2019

The Heritage Group is pleased to share news of a third school reunion for former pupils of Eirias High School, formerly Pendorlan and Grammar Schools, which is being planned at the Cricket Club on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, General, News

Tales Out of School eBook

Colwyn Bay Heritage Group is very pleased to announce the launch of our latest eBook - Tales Out of School. This collection of memories of schooldays, along with photographs, is available to download … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Shelf, Colwyn Bay Heritage Group, Education, General

The Remarkable Reverend William Hughes and the African Institute

The Colwyn Bay Heritage Group was delighted to premiere this short film titled ‘The Remarkable Reverend William Hughes and the African Institute of Colwyn Bay’ during a Then and Now event. The film, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Education, General, History, News

Penrhos College (Open Spaces)

Summary: This pleasant site provides about 5 acres of public open space. It incorporates 2 secluded woodland paths, both leading from Chatsworth Close down to the sea – one in an attractive dell … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, General, Open Spaces, Rhos-on-Sea

Denbighshire Art Society, Penrhos Road

The Denbighshire Art Society was formed in 1940 in Colwyn Bay, then in Denbighshire, but closed 2 years later when its premises were requisitioned by the Ministry of Food. In 1947, a number of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, General, Rhos-on-Sea

Former National School, Old Colwyn

Opening in 1849, the first National School was a one room building, erected along with a school house, on donated land next to St. Catherine’s Church. An initial grant of £100 was made by the National … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, [:en]Old Colwyn[:cy]Hen Golwyn[:]

Min-y-Don Hall and Park, Old Colwyn

Min y Don Hall was situated next to the Park. Formerly Colwyn Farm, this was built in the 1700s and occupied by the Clough family, descendants of Sir Richard Clough who married Catherine Tudor, a ward … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, [:en]Old Colwyn[:cy]Hen Golwyn[:]

03. Wireless College

Gordon Scott Whale opened the North Wales Wireless College in Caernarfon in 1918, having trained with the Direct Spanish Telegraph Company and worked for Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Company. In 1920 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Eirias Park, World War

08. Eirias School

The building of the first school on the Eirias site began in 1903 for the Higher Grade School. In 1919 a decision was made to change the school to a Secondary School, which opened in 1920. It later … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bay Youth, Education, Eirias Park

St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Conway Road

In the early days of the town Colwyn Bay was part of the Roman Catholic Llandudno Mission District, which also included Conwy, Llanrwst and Penmaenmawr. In 1895 there were about one hundred … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Education, Pensaernïaeth

Former Penrhos College Chapel

The new 16 acre housing estate on Llannerch Road West facing the Promenade was once the impressive site of Penrhos College for Girls until it merged with Rydal School for Boys in 1995. The site was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Education, Pensaernïaeth

A Wartime Childhood in Colwyn Bay 1939-1945

These are the wartime memories of Gerald J. Davey, who has kindly allowed us to reproduce them here: When on Sunday 3rd September 1939 the Prime Minister spoke his famous words about “consequently … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, History, Ministry of Food, World War

Ysgol Bod Alaw 1950-2000

Published in 2000 to commemorate the 50th birthday of Ysgol Bod Alaw, this bilingual book is full of the history and of memories of the school from its origins at Rivieres Avenue to its present home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bay Youth, Book Shelf, Education

“O Grefft i Gryfder”:the Coleg Llandrillo Cymru Story

The history of Coleg Llandrillo Cymru by Gillian Evans. This book is available for reference at Colwyn Bay Library. Gillian Evans: "O Grefft i Gryfder" The Coleg Llandrillo Cymru Story: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Shelf, Education

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