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This image shows students then who were daughters of Old Girls.
I am pictured at the back,right hand side. Two others in the picture were the Hunter sisters from Tal y Llyn. I cannot remember who the others were.Perhaps someone else recognises who was who !
I know this was a long time ago, but I have kept the whole page cutting all about DWS- it has been to South America and back !A bit faded now though.

Daughters of Old Girls of the School

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Congratulatory Letter - 1931 'I am delighted that you have pulled off your School Certificate with credit in English, Welsh and Botany.Well done! Heartiest congratulations'. Miss Nightingale was headmistress from 1924-1940.

Leaving DWS 1931

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This obituary was found in my mothers scrap book of DWS.

Sad announcement - 1929.

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Death of pupil

Frontispiece of her school exercise book, Easter Term 1912, This exercise book, now held in Dolgellau Record Office, is full of recipes and household hints. The 1911 Census tells us Enid Mary Evans was a DWS boarder from Abergele born about 1896

Enid Evans ( Boarder) her Household exercise book 1912

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1911 Census Household exercise book

Continues from 'Rules for Cleaning knives'(see Related Items) Enid goes though how to clean the range and set the fire step by step.'Remove the ashes and keep the cinders.'Sweep around the top of the oven and in by the hot water flue'.'Polish with a blacklead brush'-not required every day, just when necessary. 'Rub the steel with emery papers'.To set the fire, pull out all the 'dampers',roll up paper and'lay in the bottom',lay the sticks,put on coal,close grate and light.Sweep and dust the kitchen.

Work in the early morning in the kitchen 1912 Exercise book

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exercise book kitchen laying a fire cleaning

Enid Evans, a boarder at the school has written washing up instructions including the use of hot water and a little soap. 'Use a little washing soda if the plates are greasy.Steep pudding dishes and milk jugs in cold water'. Washing and drying and putting away instructions follow. The dishes should have a 'bright polish'. At the bottom of the page instructions for 'how to wash wood' begin. Page digitised in Dolgellau Record Office (DWS archive)

Housework , Rules for washing dishes - 1912 Exercise book

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Exercise book household rules cleaning

Steep the knives in a jug of hot water with the water only coming to the top of the blade. Wash the blades with hot water to which has been added a little soap.Always keep the back of the knife next to the cloth.Dry the knives.Clean on a knife board.Hold the knife quite flat when doing so.Dust carefully and put away. 'Work in the Early Morning in the Kitchen' Clean the range and set the fire. Remove the fender and cover the hearthstone or floor in front of the fire with paper or matting'

'Rules for cleaning knives' Enid Evans' Exercise book 1912

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Exercise book Rules Household

Two new pupils describe the train journey to 'Dolgelley'.The language they use sounds like Angela Brazil's fictional accounts of jolly boarding school life.Margaret and Hilary feel their spirits lift. Other girls travelling are in the 'highest spirits'.Friendly girls, very generous with 'tuck'who raised many a 'hearty laugh'.More 'jolly and noisy girls'were introduced.They 'seemed to become one of them all at once'.The girls unpack,eat a'hearty meal' are 'ordered to bed'a member of DWS at last.

1938 'My first impression of DWS' - school magazine article

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First impressions train tuck

Group includes Janet Davies,Pam Cox,Lee Millican (an American exchange student),Eirlys Roberts,Joan Edwards,Cath John,Enid Francis,Phillipa Danks,Lynne Moorhouse,Brenda Snell,Susan Mallet and Elizabeth Jones Evans

Chilling on the flat roof Summer 1966

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Flat roof American exchange summer uniform

From left: Helen Rees, Julia Rickards, Mary Davies, Janet Yates, Lynne Morris, Jane Rowe. Just before we left school in 1970

Upper VB

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End of term. Leaving school. Upper VB

Group of friends on the hockey pitch in the 1970s

Friends on the hockey pitch 1970s

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hockey pitch any clothes 1970s

Dot Jones & friend on a Guide outing in the 1950s

Girl Guides 1950s

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guides leisure 1950s

Dr Williams’ School
Dolgellau
1878 - 1975

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Daughters of Old Girls of the School

Leaving DWS 1931

Sad announcement - 1929.

Enid Evans ( Boarder) her Household exercise book 1912

Work in the early morning in the kitchen 1912 Exercise book

Housework , Rules for washing dishes - 1912 Exercise book

'Rules for cleaning knives' Enid Evans' Exercise book 1912

1938 'My first impression of DWS' - school magazine article

Chilling on the flat roof Summer 1966

Upper VB

Friends on the hockey pitch 1970s

Girl Guides 1950s