Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones
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Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones is the comprehensive school
in the Pentrefelin area of Amlwch
, Anglesey
. The School was opened in 1950 and named after Sir Thomas Jones who was an Amlwch doctor and Chairman of the County Council. The school was initially designed to accommodate 700 pupils. However further blocks were added and by 1977 1265 pupils were on the register.
There are two main service tunnels that run underneath the main corridors with two main entrances. The first is in the 6th form common room. The second is at the base of the clock tower, and enters the main hall through a side door. The tunnel accessed both a storage room and a series of unfinished rooms that extend under the foyer and car park.
The style of the building with it's wide corridors and 'secret' rooms has been attributed to being designed as a potential war time hospital, having been opened five years after the end of WWII.
Lemmy, the lead singer of Motörhead attended the school in the late 1950s.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in the Pentrefelin area of Amlwch
Amlwch
Amlwch is the most northerly town in Wales. It is situated on the north coast of the Isle of Anglesey, on the A5025 which connects it to Holyhead and to Menai Bridge. The town has no beach, but it has impressive coastal cliffs. Tourism is an important element of the local economy. At one time it...
, Anglesey
Anglesey
Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...
. The School was opened in 1950 and named after Sir Thomas Jones who was an Amlwch doctor and Chairman of the County Council. The school was initially designed to accommodate 700 pupils. However further blocks were added and by 1977 1265 pupils were on the register.
There are two main service tunnels that run underneath the main corridors with two main entrances. The first is in the 6th form common room. The second is at the base of the clock tower, and enters the main hall through a side door. The tunnel accessed both a storage room and a series of unfinished rooms that extend under the foyer and car park.
The style of the building with it's wide corridors and 'secret' rooms has been attributed to being designed as a potential war time hospital, having been opened five years after the end of WWII.
Lemmy, the lead singer of Motörhead attended the school in the late 1950s.