ONE of the best-known figures on the Welsh eisteddfod scene has died at the age of 90. Dr Aled Lloyd Davies, who was head of Ysgol Maes Garmon, Mold, for 20 years until his retirement in 1985, had been a resident at the Plas Derwen Nursing home in Penyffordd, near Holywell, for several years. Mr Davies, who was a member of the Gorsedd of the National Eisteddfod, was a native of Brithdir, near Dolgellau in Gwynedd. He began his teaching career in Birkenhead after graduating at Aberystwyth University. He then moved to Ysgol Brynhyfryd in Ruthin, and while there formed the party Meibion Menlli, who became one of the most popular and successful concert parties in Wales.