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<p>The top half of the image shows DBL (Miss Lickes, headmistress 1947-67 and much revered; she certainly had a presence) wearing a purple dress, a favoured colour of hers and seated in a deckchair (3rd from right) According to Vera, it was a beautiful April afternoon.
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<p>The bottom half of the image shows OGs of the 30's. l-r; Kay, Ann, Gaynor, Pauline, Thelma, Morfydd (ref obituary Morfydd Rees) and Vera - read her story ('My Life at DWS by Vera Gibbon) spanning two years - 1933-35
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1987 OG REUNION IN BLACKBURN

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In conversation with Gillian Spencer, a boarder in 1929 at 8

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Alexis Aladin Eisteddfod Miss Nightingale uniform church games picnic

<p>Last day at school and off to pasture new. Hats thrown out of the train into Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid)
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<p>L-R back row - Gwyneth Powell, Dilys James, Shirley Rushton, Joan Bankier
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<p>L-R front row - Gwenda Roberts, Nesta Lloyd, Jeanette James, Anne Lloyd Davies
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This image is from Anne Lloyd Davies's collection
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Packing Day - End of Summer term, 1949

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Packing day 1940s Bala Lake uniform

<p>The school opened on 8th February 1878 with 52 day pupils and 19 boarders. The first headmistress was Miss Emily Armstrong see the Headmistress page in the History section
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View of the school soon after opening in 1878

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1878 school opening school view

<p>Gladys was sent to DWS in 1936 from her home in Mexico. Her family worked at the Consul,for the British diplomatic service, in Yucatan. Gladys was at DWS from 1936 to 1938.
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<p>Click on Related Story and Related Items to read an extract from a memoir Gladys sent to DWS friends in 1988 and to see more 1930s photographs from her collection.
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Gladys Dutton, a DWS boarder from Mexico in 1937

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1930s Gladys Dutton Mexico

From an old exiled DWS (who is still young at heart) 1936-38

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Gladys Dutton Miss Lickes Miss Nightingale French table Spanish

<p>This photo, from Gladys Dutton's collection, is marked 'Jonas, French Teacher'. Miss Jones, whose nickname at school was Jonas, is on the right. Both women are wearing panama hats and either a cardigan or a knitted dress.
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<p>It is possible that the beach may have been at Friog where the school had a beach hut. DWS girls went swimming there for many years.
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<p>In the background you can just see a girl in a swimming costume.
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Jonas, French Teacher and a companion on a beach 1930s

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Jonas French swimming Friog

<p>This photograph shows Miss Nightingale in her customary white stockings. The location is unknown but could be near her home, Glandwr Hall.
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<p>Miss Nightingale was a Quaker who did not believe in punishments. During her time new dormitories, a gymnasium, new staffroom and the school hall were added. Click on the Related Item to read a story about Miss Nightingale.
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<p>This photo is from Gladys Dutton's collection. Gladys was a pupil from 1936-38
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Miss Nightingale, headmistress from 1924-1940

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Miss Nightingale headmistress 1930s Glandwr Hall

<p>Tom, Alfred, Lawrence and Gladys were all sent to Boarding Schools in the UK from their home in Mexico.Two more brothers were not able to go to boarding school because of WWII.
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<p>Gladys says " My brothers went to Wellington School and they would come up during breaks on their motorcycles. They would pick me up and bring me to our Grandparents or they would just visit. If there was an extra seat on the motorcycle my brothers would pick a girl to go on an outing to the castle. Their arrival would cause quite a stir among the girls."
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<p>Editors Note: I can imagine they would indeed have caused a stir. Amazed that you were allowed out of DWS on a motorbike and taking a friend with you too!
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Siblings Tom, Alfred, Lawrence and Gladys Dutton in 1937

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1930s brothers outing motorbike Mexico

<p>Ley, as she was known at school died in a tragic car accident on June 10th 1970 towards the end of the summer term. This photo was taken only a couple of weeks earlier. She was looking forward to her time at drama school and her future on the stage. The school choir sang at her funeral mass at the Dolgellau Roman Catholic Church "Our Lady of Sorrows".
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Eleanor Ann Felix Richards

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Miss Ellen Constance Nightingale, Headmistress 1924-1940

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Headmistress Penycoed tea punishment

Eluned Morgan from Patagonia to DWS,1897 letter translation

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Eluned Morgan Patagonia Welsh language school magazine

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1987 OG REUNION IN BLACKBURN

In conversation with Gillian Spencer, a boarder in 1929 at 8

Packing Day - End of Summer term, 1949

View of the school soon after opening in 1878

Gladys Dutton, a DWS boarder from Mexico in 1937

From an old exiled DWS (who is still young at heart) 1936-38

Jonas, French Teacher and a companion on a beach 1930s

Miss Nightingale, headmistress from 1924-1940

Siblings Tom, Alfred, Lawrence and Gladys Dutton in 1937

Eleanor Ann Felix Richards

Miss Ellen Constance Nightingale, Headmistress 1924-1940

Eluned Morgan from Patagonia to DWS,1897 letter translation