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<p>Final page, Section D invites children to answer questions on nature.
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Nature Study section of the 11 Plus Exam, used at DWS 1961

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<p>Form V1B subjects ranged from History,Latin and French to Elocution, Gym and Current Events.<p> G.T.C.(crossed out) stood for the Girls'Training Corps which was formed in 1942. Quote from the school magazine July 1942,'Our activities have taken many forms, from collecting paper salvage, to raising money for Warships Week, to marching in threes on the flat roof as a member of the newly formed G.T.C. to asking Mr Donald Grant searching questions about the world situation.'(I don't know who Mr Grant was)</p>
Read Sheila Miller's 'Wartime Jottings' and see the G.T.C.standing to attention on the flat roof. There's a photo of Sheila too, sitting next to the legendary Do Davies. (Just click on the Related Items links)
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Sheila Miller's wartime school timetable 1942 or 43

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WW2 Girls Training Corps Timetable Sixth Form

Elizabeth (Bessie) Craigmyle, teacher at DWS 1886-7

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1880s teachers women's eduction

<p>Bessie Craigmyle pictured in Aberdeen a few months before she arrived at DWS.
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<p>There is also a story about Bessie published on this site.
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Bessie Craigmyle, Teacher- Aberdeen to DWS 1886-1887

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Poetry 1880s teacher Bessie Craigmyle Aberdeen

Answers to the Christmas 1964 Junior General Knowledge test

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Christmas General Knowledge test 1964 Junior exam

<p>An annual swimming gala in which the four school houses, all named after local lakes, competed for a cup. I don't think we did compete as Houses very often - just sporting occasions.
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<p>The editor recalls doing a back dive off the top board for her House one year. As she had never done this dive before, at any height, this did not turn out to be a good move.....
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<p>Click on Related Items to see more pictures and stories about swimming at the school.
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The sun shone at the annual swimming gala in 1965 or 1966

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swimming gala House summer

<p>Lots of swimmers are watched by the rest of the school. What they are doing exactly is a mystery! Meanwhile, the audience relaxes on the bank, all in their candy striped summer dresses. A blackboard, desk and chair, on the far side of the pool, suggest that this is the annual House Swimming Gala. It looks like it was the perfect day, as far as the weather was concerned. In the background can be seen Tremhyfryd and the school playing field. The field was the scene of many a cricket practice in summer under the watchful and sometimes exasperated eye of DBL, a keen cricketer herself in her time.
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Swimming gala, school pool on a sunny day summer 1965-66

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swimming gala candies House summer

Junior General Knowledge Test, set Christmas 1964

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Christmas General Knowledge Test 1964 Junior Mrs Bingham diary

<p>The school opened on 8th February 1878 with Miss Emily Armstrong as the first headmistress. There were 19 boarders in the first term. Eluned Morgan (writer) and Margaret Owen (later to become Margaret LLoyd George) were pupils while Miss Armstrong was in charge.
This photograph shows staff and pupils.
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A school group photograph taken between 1878 and 1886

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Emily Armstrong headmistress group photograph 1880s

<p>The centrefold of the 1903 prospectus shows 15 girls dotted around a field playing hockey. The girls are all wearing hats,long sleeved blouses and long skirts.
Cattle can be seen in the picture too. Presumably the livestock were separated by a fence from the players.
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The hockey field with players, 1903 prospectus photograph

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hockey 1903 prospectus games

<p>This room was later to become the Geography room. In 1903 it seems to have been multipurpose. Perhaps it was used for performances as well as for instruction. There is an upright piano and two sets of curtains could have been used to divide the space. The double desks are worn and scratched. Ink wells are visible on the desks in the foreground. The room is lined with pictures and busts. A satchel hangs over a seat.
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School Room, 1903 Prospectus photograph

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Prospectus 1903 classroom geography room

<p>The curriculum had included butter making and cookery since Miss Fewings' time (headmistress 1886-1896). This image shows a wooden churn,and what perhaps is a gaslit stove to the right of the table. A set of scales can be seen on the left and what looks like an oven is in the foreground, on the right. The room is lined with shelves for pans, jugs,jelly moulds, colanders and plates. There is no sink visible in this picture. The kitchen is gaslit.
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The girls' kitchen, 1903 prospectus photograph

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prospectus 1903 cooking butter making kitchen

Dr Williams’ School
Dolgellau
1878 - 1975

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Nature Study section of the 11 Plus Exam, used at DWS 1961

Sheila Miller's wartime school timetable 1942 or 43

Elizabeth (Bessie) Craigmyle, teacher at DWS 1886-7

Bessie Craigmyle, Teacher- Aberdeen to DWS 1886-1887

Answers to the Christmas 1964 Junior General Knowledge test

The sun shone at the annual swimming gala in 1965 or 1966

Swimming gala, school pool on a sunny day summer 1965-66

Junior General Knowledge Test, set Christmas 1964

A school group photograph taken between 1878 and 1886

The hockey field with players, 1903 prospectus photograph

School Room, 1903 Prospectus photograph

The girls' kitchen, 1903 prospectus photograph