Penygaer School Group from Derrick Rhydderch-Evans - 1958

The above was kindly forwarded from Derrick who would be interested to know where any of those old pupils are these days.

Penygaer School (closed 1959)

I had not realised how close to Login this closed school was - so after having an enquiry decided to add what little information I could find.

Penygaer School Group 1959

(from Efailwen to Whitland Volume 2)

It is also from Efailwen to Whitland Volume 2 that I gleaned the following:

By 1885 Penygaer was one of three schools run by the United School Board of Llanboidy and Llangan - the other two being Whitland and Llanboidy.

Penygaer opened on 5th November 1883 and by the 9th had 23 children on its books.

Apart form the patronage of the Maesgwynne family the school ranked high in the thoughts of Miss Shaw Protheroe, Glyntaf.

Built in a secluded position between Login and Llanboidy the countryside suffered a greater measure of depopulation than most districts.

Government Inspectors reports were on the whole good such as 'an excellent county school' in 1906 and in 1909 'Welsh is interestingly studied'.  In 1912 'quite exceptional' and 'the general tone of the school is admirable'.

Burial Chamber - Gwal y filiast evidently translates as "Lair of the Greyhound Bitch".

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In 1919 the pupils visited the cromlech at Glyntaf nearby, a piano was acquired by 1936 and in 1948 a wireless set.  A sale at Glyntaf in October 1948 meant school closure.

Numbers of Pupils

1883 - 23 (9th November)

1892 - 32.4 (average)

1918 - 34.1 (average)

1939 - 38

1950 - 23

1958 - 12 (3rd October)

1959 - (25th March - school closed and pupils were transferred to Llanboidy, Ffynnonwen and Pantycaws).

Head Teachers
John Evans
Rees Thomas
Catherine Ann Harries
Evan J.Davies
John S.Harries
Edward Phillips
John E.Jones
John Jones
W.Rhydderch Evans