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<p>The Shakespeare Birthday Book was a Prize awarded for Form Work, 1938-39.
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The Shakespeare Birthday Book 1 of 3

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Prizes

<p>Subjects included English, French, Welsh,German, Latin and Greek. Then there was Aural Culture, Hygiene, Class Singing, Domestic Science, Handicrafts, Speech Training,Games and Dancing, Art, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. General Certificate of Education examinations were taken at Advanced and Ordinary level.
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<p>At this time the prospectus states there was a Domestic Science House. Here girls could 'learn by practical experience catering, buying, cooking, entertaining, needlework, decorating and household repairs' apparently.
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Most of the 'extra subjects' on offer involved learning how to play a musical instrument.

Curriculum and extra subjects 1960 Prospectus

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Curriculum 1960 school prospectus extra subjects

<p>1960 prospectus - The Reverend Daniel Williams, D.D. under his will dated 26th June 1711 left funds for the purpose of promoting the education of English and Welsh children. DWS 'aims at fitting girls for suitable careers or for home life, and at training them in habits of sound work, courtesy and consideration for others'.
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<p>The accommodation included 'a magnificent Assembly Hall and Library', Orchestra room, Prefects' studies, Music Wing, Sick Wing and Girls' Common Room. It had accommodation for about 240 boarders between the ages of 7 and 19.
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Fitting girls for suitable careers or home life

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1960 prospectus Daniel Williams accommodation careers

This page lists teaching and support staff in 1960
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List of staff and subjects continued - 1960 prospectus

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staff prospectus 1960 matron

This page lists teaching staff in 1960
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List of staff and subjects in 1960 prospectus

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staff prospectus 1960

<p>This image shows the school as it looked in 1960. The campus has been extended dramatically since then. It is now home to Coleg Meirion Dwyfor. The tennis courts and craft room in the picture are no longer there.
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<p>Coleg Meirion Dwyfor offers a range of academic and vocational courses post GCSE
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Main school building -1960 prospectus

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main school building 1960 prospectus

<p>Two loose inserts in the 1960 prospectus outline tuition fees at £75 per annum. Boarding and laundry (exclusive of tuition and books): £160 per annum. Extra subjects included harp, organ, elocution, solo singing, orchestra and shorthand and 'typewriting'. The second loose insert informs of the construction of a swimming bath.
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Tuition, boarding, laundry and extra subject fees 1960

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prospectus 1960 tuition fees boarding fees

<p>A page from the DWS prospectus of 1951 detailing the school fees and costs of extra-curricular activities
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DWS Prospectus 1951

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school fees fees music lessons prospectus 1950s tuition dancing

"Safety of the mountains" 1939

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orchestra Cader Shrewsbury Bridgend evacuees pets midnight feast

<p>Meinir Williams won this Chair in 1945 for a poem about daffodils
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Dr Williams' Eisteddfod Chair

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Eisteddfod poetry 1945

Summer 1969 - Iscoed garden
<br>From left to right: Eleri Edwards (French), Julia Redd (Latin), Menna Lloyd Williams (Welsh and Scripture), Sylvia Robinson (English), Jennifer Carrington (Art).
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Five DWS teachers in Iscoed Garden 1969

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Christmas Quiz- early 1960s

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Glyn Malden Girl Guides Christmas daybug swimming

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The Shakespeare Birthday Book 1 of 3

Curriculum and extra subjects 1960 Prospectus

Fitting girls for suitable careers or home life

List of staff and subjects continued - 1960 prospectus

List of staff and subjects in 1960 prospectus

Main school building -1960 prospectus

Tuition, boarding, laundry and extra subject fees 1960

DWS Prospectus 1951

"Safety of the mountains" 1939

Dr Williams' Eisteddfod Chair

Five DWS teachers in Iscoed Garden 1969

Christmas Quiz- early 1960s