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<p>This diary entry is devoted entirely to impressions of the State funeral of Sir Winston Churchill on January 30th 1965. A black and white television was placed on the stage in the hall. There must have been about 250 of us watching.The diary notes 'We missed prep (sic) to see the service and the procession'
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The funeral of Winston Churchill - teenage diary 1965

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My First Term at Dr Williams' School, 1954

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music piano lessons junior school matron 1950s birthday bullies Tremhyfred Llys Mynach

Winston Churchill Lying- in -State. We watch on TV (Teenage diary 1965)

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Churchill Spares Diary TV War

<p>L-R Candy Seymour, Marian Jones, Emma Hughes, ?, Jackie Home, Jill Norman, Caroline Sandy, Hilary Davies, Rachel Williams, Fenella Walsh
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Group on a snowy day c 1969

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Class of '71 uniform

<p>A mundane account of a school day juxtaposed with newspaper reports of Winston Churchill 'losing ground'.
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<p>'I had a parcel containing my overall today and my first letter of term which did not contain any spectacular news. Churchill has not died as yet but the headlines in the paper said 'Churchill Loses Ground'.Poor old Churchill he is 90 and has lived to a ripe old age but somehow it always shocks me to hear of the death or illness of someone famous. I don't know what we would have done without him in the last war. He is a brilliant tactician, God help him. It started to sleet today but it has not stuck because it has been raining. I revised history tonight.'
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'Churchill Loses Ground' - teenage diary January 18th 1965

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Winston Churchill diary history

<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

<p>Strictly not uniform, pupils sported these knickers in defiance of school rules & Daniel Neal regulations, Made of bri-nylon, very modish in the 60s! See the related story at the side of humiliations wearing these knickers.
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Long John Knickers

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knickers school uniform

The Swinging 60's at DWS?

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Uniform SWimming School Shoes

<p>Photo of 6 ex headmistresses taken at the 1928 Jubilee
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Back row left to right: Miss Anstey, Miss Nightingale.
Front row left to right: Miss Fewings, Miss Armstrong, Miss Thompson, Miss Thomas

Six ex headmistresses

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headmistresses teachers School Jubilee 1928

Eisteddfod chairs awarded as prizes, one dated 1949 and a school plaque with the original 'Honour Before Honours' motto. The school held its own Eisteddfod. The chairs were owned by Mary Catherine Williams a pupil from 1944 to 1951.

Eisteddfod chairs 1949

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Eisteddfod

<p>Three napkins complete with name tapes and original napkin ring holder. Used at all mealtimes and keeping at bay at least some of the schoolgirl 'grot' that inevitably accumulated on skirts and gymslips.
I can't recall gymslips or skirts being included in the weekly items sent to the laundry in Dolgellau.
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napkin and napkin ring 1960s

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mealtimes name tapes

Mynd i drafferth am fod yn gwrtais. .

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Chwarae triwant cwrtais.

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Dolgellau
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The funeral of Winston Churchill - teenage diary 1965

My First Term at Dr Williams' School, 1954

Winston Churchill Lying- in -State. We watch on TV (Teenage diary 1965)

Group on a snowy day c 1969

'Churchill Loses Ground' - teenage diary January 18th 1965

Dr Williams' Eisteddfod Chair

Long John Knickers

The Swinging 60's at DWS?

Six ex headmistresses

Eisteddfod chairs 1949

napkin and napkin ring 1960s

Mynd i drafferth am fod yn gwrtais. .