I was a pupil at the school from 1943 to 1950 and my father was headmaster here for 20 years or more. His name was Thomas Ifan Edwards. He was from the Edwards family in Llanuwchllyn but he was teaching in London before the Second World War and then we were evacuated, first to Bedford, then to Weston Super Mare. Then my father decided he would return to his roots in north Wales so he applied for a job as headmaster here in Carrog and that's how we arrived here.

Being taught by my father had its advantages and disadvantages! The advantages were that he was a good teacher and he was excellent at mental arithmetic. I notice kids these days can't do mental arithmetic but he used to teach us all arithmetic for hours on end.

But the main disadvantage of being the headmaster's son was that he couldn't show any favouritism. So when any boys had been naughty (well, we were never naughty, only mischievous), and there was going to be the cane, because he was allowed the cane in those days, either my brother or I would be on the end of the line to show there was no favouritism!

I remember the Italian PoWs laying the school yard while I was a pupil here and we used to play soccer against them. We thought they were soldiers and they were old people but I presume really they were only about 18 or 19, so not that much older than us.

I remember in 1947 we had very heavy snow and we were most upset because we lived in the village, close to the school, whereas the children from Llidiart y Parc couldn't come to school because the road was blocked and we had to go to school while they were sledging all day long!

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