Our School

The Clock
History

The 7 Wonders
of Nantymoel
Famous people
Recreation

Landscape Berwyn Centre

 Clock
• The Clock was built in 1955 to
commemorate the founding of
the Wyndham Health Society.

• “The clock is in the heart of

Nantymoel, it is near the boys
and girls club, surgery and the
school. It is the main attraction
in Nantymoel, apart from the
view. It was built over 50 years
ago.”
• Louisa Carr, Catrin Thomas and
Lauren Davies.

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 Nantymoel Primary School
• The school is situated at the northern end of the Ogmore Valley in the village of
Nantymoel. The village was once a flourishing mining community but the mines
have now closed and there is little trace of them.
Nantymoel Primary School was created in September 1990 with the
amalgamation of the then separate Junior and Infant Schools. In September
2001 a nursery class was set up in the school when Nantymoel Nursery School
closed.

• “Nantymoel Primary is the best school around it has helped me learn to read and
write.” Summer Parsons

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 Berwyn Centre
• The Berwyn Centre, in the Ogmore
Valley, is an Arts and Community
Centre converted from a former
Miners’ Welfare Hall and Cinema in
1974 and funded by Bridgend County
Borough Council. It houses an art
gallery, library, and a small three
hundred-seat theatre, the venue for
many plays and concerts.

• “I like going there to read books &

use the computers. I sometimes go
to find information for homework
and other things like History
projects. There is a theatre where
the school can do Christmas
concerts and a café if you are
feeling peckish” Louisa James

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 Landscape
Nantymoel can be found nestling at the head of the
Ogmore Valley and the foot of Mynydd William
Meyrick, and Craig Ogwr. The viewing points from
Bwlch Y Clawdd (the pass between the mountains)
facilitates a vista over the Vale of Glamorgan and
across the Severn Estuary to the distant coast of
Devon.
It was originally a mining village and suffered the
usual scars created by industry. The last of the
coalmines closed in the 1980s and little evidence
remains of the industry that spawned the community.
Where were once spoil tips are now lush green hills
that are a pleasure for ramblers and casual walkers
to enjoy. The colliery sites have been transformed
into parks and leisure areas with paths that weave
through shrubs and trees instead of industrial waste.

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 Famous People
Nantymoel - the birthplace of notable celebrities and heroes such as actor Windsor
Davies, Olympic long jump champion Lyn Davies and Corporal JL Davies, awarded
the Victoria Cross for gallantry in World War One.

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 History

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 Lynn the Leap
• Born: 20 MAY 1942
• Place of Birth: Nantymoel
• Famous For: Long jumper who won Olympic gold

One of Wales's most popular sporting personalities, long jumper Davies

competed in three Olympics. He surprised himself and his fans to win gold on his
Olympic debut aged just 22 at the 1964 Tokyo games. Davies made the best of
the wet and windy conditions to beat world record holder and reigning champion
Ralph Boston with a leap of 8.07 metres.
He won gold at the 1966 Jamaica & 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth games, as well
as European Championship gold in 1966 and silver in 1969. Davies's personal best
of 8.23 metres, set in 1968 in Berne, stood as the Welsh record for 34 years.

Following his retirement, Davies turned his hand to sports administration,

including spells as team manager British athletics team at the Olympics and
technical director for the Canadian Track and Field Association.

He is currently president of UK Athletics and played a key role in London's

successful bid to stage the 2012 Olympics.

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 Windsor Davies
• Windsor Davies was born of
Welsh parents in Canning Town,
where he spent the first ten
years of his life. He then
returned to Wales with his
family and later became a school
teacher. It wasn’t until he was
31 that he did a three-week
drama course at Richmond
College of Further Education,
and got his first engagement in
the theatre at the Cheltenham
Rep. This led him to London and
The Keep, The Battle of Agin
Court, Under Milk Wood and
many other plays.

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 Corporal JL Davies
• Corporal JL Davies of the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers was awarded the
Victoria Cross for conspicuous
gallantry. He was fatally wounded at
Ypres in July 1917 during the First
World War.

• Corporal J L Davies single handed

attacked a machine gun position and
took it, although previous attempts
had failed, he then led an attack on
a sniper – he died later.

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 Recreation
• Where were once spoil tips are now
lush green hills that are a pleasure for
ramblers and casual walkers to enjoy.
The colliery sites have been
transformed into parks and leisure
areas with paths that weave through
shrubs and trees instead of industrial
waste. The old railway line is now a
tarmac cycle track running from the
area known as the Court, along the
valley following the no longer polluted
river allowing convenient access to
Bryngarw Country Park. For the sports
enthusiasts there is a large playing
field known locally as the Planker,
which offers several football fields and
cricket pitches. Nantymoel RFC has its
own ground adjacent to the primary
school, with its clubhouse on the main
road as you enter the village.
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