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<p>This 'dormy' was at Penycoed and situated at the front of the house on the right hand side as you went up the stairs. The photograph was taken outside the Laundry and near the Main School's tennis and netball courts. Anne Lloyd Davies was head of 'Poppy', she describes them as a super group of girls.
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Poppy Dormitory girls, Penycoed 1949 -50

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<p>Miss Orford and Miss Lee, visited the guide camp (led by Guiders Miss Salway and Miss Rees) in July 1944. Miss Lee (deputy headmistress) is seen here in the flowery dress and with glasses. Miss Orford (headmistress) stands to the left of what appears to be a flagpole.
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Guide Camp at Minffordd (above Portmeirion) July 1944

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<p>Visit to the Guide camp at Minfford (above Portmeirion) in July 1944 by Miss Orford (headmistress - back row second from left) and Miss Lee (back row far right). Miss Salway and Miss Rees were the Guiders - we had a glorious week weatherwise
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Guide Camp at Minffordd, July 1944

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

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<p>We think the girls in this photograph are sitting on the building materials for the new hall and library. In the background you can just glimpse the tennis courts and a Tremhyfryd chimney pot!
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<p>The new hall and library, which had been largely designed by miss Nightingale, was opened officially in 1939.
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<p>Click on Related Item to see the names of the girls in this photograph. One of the names, Beryl Rees, will be familiar to many former pupils.
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This image is from Gladys Dutton's collection.
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Form 5B Group seated on bricks for the new hall in 1936

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<p>Form 5B 1936, the names include Beryl Rees who was to become the school bursar in later years.
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<p>See the Gallery for the striking group image of form 5B sitting on top of what we assume are the bricks for the new hall and library. This is the reverse of that image.
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From Gladys Dutton's collection
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Form 5B, group by new hall bricks, photograph names 1936

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<p>The three girls are wearing their school uniform coats and carrying their school panama hats. K. Singleton was Gladys Dutton's best friend.
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<p>Gladys was sent to DWS from her home in Mexico. This photo is from her collection.
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Dorothy Faulks, Morffudd Rees, K. Singleton - circa 1936

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<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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<p>An intellectual and visionary Headmistress who was tall, imposing and elegant in colourful Eastern style shawls. She was a member of the 'Friends' and her trust and belief in her pupils derived in large measure from the Quaker belief 'respect for every person, regardless of rank or status and in the essential goodness of everyone' During her tenure, no girl received a punishment for a misdemeanor but was encouraged to look to her conscience.
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<p>Miss Nightingale was a remarkable woman who taught not so much about Latin texts or Old Testament religion but about compassion, the love of beauty surrounding us, about integrity and about the power of silence.
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Miss Ellen Constance Nightingale, Headmistress 1924-1940

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<p>The first school magazine was published in 1897 as a link between the pupils and the old girls. It was edited by Miss Anstey, (Senior Mistress) with an introduction by Miss Fewings from Australia. This first edition included an article by ex pupil Eluned Morgan Jones, written from Patagonia.
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<p>The cover used the school clours of green and white and was designed by Miss Louie Rigotti, an old girl studying art in Manchester. The original school motto, 'Honour Before Honours' can be seen in the scroll at the top.
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First School Magazine 1897

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Poppy Dormitory girls, Penycoed 1949 -50

Guide Camp at Minffordd (above Portmeirion) July 1944

Guide Camp at Minffordd, July 1944

Gladys Dutton, a DWS boarder from Mexico in 1937

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

Form 5B Group seated on bricks for the new hall in 1936

Form 5B, group by new hall bricks, photograph names 1936

Dorothy Faulks, Morffudd Rees, K. Singleton - circa 1936

Eleanor Ann Felix Richards

Miss Ellen Constance Nightingale, Headmistress 1924-1940

Miss Ellen Constance Nightingale, Headmistress 1924-1940

First School Magazine 1897