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Taken summer term 1966 I think.
<br>Front row L-R : Jane Pryce, Elizabeth Jones-Evans, Pam Cox, Angela Teague, Susan Crowther, Jane Hicks, Joan Edwards
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<p>back row L-R: Heather Sales?, Jane Benson, Sheila Knibbs, Barbara Mumby, Brenda Snell, ?, Elisabeth Harris, Elizabeth Chapman?, Margaret Morgan, Anne Kimberley, Janet Davies, Anne Edwards.
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Upper 5A 1966

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Upper 5th on the hockey pitch post "O levels" 1966
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<p>Front row L-R: Rosalind Sawyer,Elizabeth Jones-Evans, Janet Davies,Joan Edwards, Elisabeth Harris, Barbara Mumby, Delia Pilditch
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<p>Back Row L-R: Joy Middleton, Margaret Morgan, Pam Cox,Lynne Moorhouse, Brenda Snell, Diana Workman,Sheila Knibbs, Jennifer Hutcheson, Jane Benson,Anne Kimberly, Christine Middleton, Antonia Leech, ?, ?, Susan Crowther, ?, Anne?, Sheena Sandy, Sally Arthur
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Upper 5th photo 1966

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Group photo

Glyn Malden Junior House

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Glyn Malden

<p>Gillian is wearing summer uniform. She is standing across the road from the track of the Fairbourne miniature railway. The building in the background was a cafe at this time.
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<p>Also in the background can clearly be seen the tank defences constructed in 1940-41 above Fairbourne beach.
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<p>To read Gillian's story see the 'Related Story' link.
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<p>NOTE- At the time of adding this image, Gillian Green 'Musician and Lately Director Live Music (Wales)' has just been awarded an MBE for 'Services to Music, particularly for Disadvantaged People'. Congratulations Gillian!
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Gillian Green on a day out to Fairbourne 1960s

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Fairbourne uniform music

Gillian Green MBE muses on her life at DWS in the 1960s

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music homesickness Llwyn View hospital Wendy Ed piano harp

<p>On the back of the photograph held at the Record Office in Dolgellau there is a contemporary handwritten list of names of the women who attended the Sixth London Reunion.
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<p>It is often quite difficult to read the handwriting so the names and initials given below may not be accurate. The invitation to Joyce Bullas is linked to this page. Mrs Lloyd George and Miss Anstey (headmistress at DWS from 1906- 24) are included in the group photograph.
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First Row
<br>Left to right - JLWH (?)2. Edith Grover 3. Joyce Bullas 9. Flossie Tootil 11. Winnie Tootil 12. Dorothy Jones 13. Dorothy Owen 17 Dilys Bromley
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Second Row
<br>6. Violet Islip 8. Lucy Renneys
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Third Row
<br>5. Gwyneth Hughes
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Fourth Row
<br>1. Norah Grindrod 2. Gladys Hurst 3.Kathleen Flinders 4. Verona Evans 5. Bessie Q (?) 6 Bessie H. 7. Enid 8. Mrs Lloyd George 10 Millicent Sankey 11 Miss Anstey 12 Flora (?) Barr 13 Marion Hodgson 14.Bee Carr (?)19 Lilian Wms 20. Olive Ffoulkes
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Group at the DWS reunion held at 10 Downing Street in 1921

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10 Downing Street Margaret Lloyd George Miss Anstey reunion

<p>Megan Lloyd George 1902 -1966 was the daughter of former pupil Margaret Lloyd George. She was brought up mainly at numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street. Her father, Lloyd George, was chancellor of the exchequer and prime minister.
Megan was Wales first woman MP, winning her Anglesey seat as a Liberal in 1929. She was very well known as an inspirational speaker in the 1930s and 40s. Unlike her sister Carey, she was not educated at DWS. In the 1950s she campaigned for a Welsh assembly. In 1945 Megan Lloyd George joined the Labour Party and became MP for Camarthen.
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Megan LLoyd George distributes prizes- programme cover 1947

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Megan Lloyd George 10 Downing Street MP Speech day

<p>A group of friends eating lollipops at the Dolgellau Eisteddfod. l-r: Susan Ogden, Menai Davies, Ann Taylor, Margaret Louise Jones, Andrena Anderson.
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A Group of friends at the Dolgellau Eisteddfod, 1960

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Eisteddfod friends Dolgellau 1960

<p>An invitation, by 'kind permission of the Prime Minister and Dame Margaret Lloyd George', for Miss J. Bullas to attend the sixth London reunion at 10 Downing Street in 1921.
The accompanying contemporary newspaper cutting mentions 150 former pupils attending the event. Miss Ann Griffith, a school cook for over forty years and'famous for her cakes', sent a special cake from Dolgelley for the occasion. This was duly cut and 'solemnly', sampled by all present.
An interesting variation on the expected format for Old Girls' reunions was 'a programme of songs and elocution' contributed by past pupils.
Margaret Lloyd George made a short speech referencing the three happy years she had enjoyed at DWS and mention was also made of her daughter Mrs Carey Evans, who had also been to DWS. Unfortunately Carey's departure from India had been delayed until September so she was unable to attend.
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Margaret LLoyd George hosts a reunion at Number 10 in 1921

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10 Downing Street Margaret Lloyd George Reunion

<p>A letter I received from Miss Lickes after I had left school. It describes the rush every day to send the exam scripts off to the WJEC (Welsh Exam Board). She also has news of the new classrooms built in 1965-6 and wishes me the best for my new course in university. (This project has found that she had an extensive correspondence with ex pupils of the school).
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Letter from Miss Lickes

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letter Miss Lickes correspondence ex-pupils examinations classrooms

<p>When the school closed in July 1975, a service was held at St Mary's Church, Dolgellau, to celebrate the achievements of the school in the 97 years of its history. This newscutting gives details of the service and the sermon by the Archbishop of Wales, Dr G.O.Williams. A recording of this sermon is available on the Audio page of the site.
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Thanksgiving Service at school closure

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1975 school closure sermon thanksgiving service St Mary's Church

<p> A digitised original slide transparency of the school taken from the Lady Bridge in the snow in the winter of 1966.
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Dr Williams' in the snow from the Lady Bridge 1966

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Upper 5A 1966

Upper 5th photo 1966

Glyn Malden Junior House

Gillian Green on a day out to Fairbourne 1960s

Gillian Green MBE muses on her life at DWS in the 1960s

Group at the DWS reunion held at 10 Downing Street in 1921

Megan LLoyd George distributes prizes- programme cover 1947

A Group of friends at the Dolgellau Eisteddfod, 1960

Margaret LLoyd George hosts a reunion at Number 10 in 1921

Letter from Miss Lickes

Thanksgiving Service at school closure

Dr Williams' in the snow from the Lady Bridge 1966