Figure 1.--We know nothing about the Eglwys Newydd Boys School. We are not even sure if Eglwys Newydd is a name or location. It sounds Welsh to us. We also do not know what type of school it was. The available image from about 1954/55 suggests it was a state primary school.

We know very little about the Eglwys Newydd Boys School. The name of the school in Welsh means 'New Church'. I'm not sure why the school has this name. The school appears to be located in the village of Whitchurch near Cardiff in southern Wales. It was the local state primary school for boys. An available image shows the school in 1954/55 (figure 1). The boys look rather well dressed, but there does not seem to be a uniform. The villages seems to have had both a boys and girls school and they became co-educational sometime between 1973-1982. The Eglwys Newydd school still exists. A website provides information on the community of Whitchurch and Llandaff North (neighbouring villages within Cardiff City). A reader writes, "I noticed that one boy in the front row and one in the back (looks like) are wearing bow ties while the others wear neckties. Thought this was interesting, as bow ties were more common in the US than in the UK." Yes this is curious. I rarely have seen bowties at British schools.

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