THIS IS THE BLOG OF COLIN JONES, RHYL TOWN COUNCILLOR: BODFOR WARDl
The opinions expressed in this blog are entirely my own and not the views of the town council.
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Epworth College for boys in Rhyl (shown above) started in 1880 in the building now known as Ysgol Dewi Sant, Rhuddlan Road. Initially the college was a small private residential school. Gradually the house and grounds were extended to include more dormitories and also hockey, cricket and football pitches.
By the 1930s the entire spread occupied about 18 acres. After World War 2 Epworth College experienced a reduction of student numbers. In the 1950s it moved to smaller premises in Waen near St. Asaph; a lot of the land in Rhyl was sold for house building.
My thanks to Philip Lloyd for some of this info, and the picture is from Gaynor Williams.
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