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<p>The earliest prize day programme shows a record of 'Special Prizes' awarded in 1884. There are Cambridge University Certificates (senior and junior), certificates for physiology, botany, model drawing and geometry. There are music prizes and the winner of the 'Cooking Class' was awarded a copy of 'Mrs Beeton's Household Management'. Other prizes were awarded for the 'Best Garden' and 'Needlework'.
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<p>A 'Boarders Prize' was also awarded. There is no indication as to what a boarder did to merit the prize. I can imagine how thrilled she must have been to read 'Scenes from Clerical Life' as her reward.
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<p>The school's headmistress at this time was Miss Emily Armstrong.
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Prize Day programme cover 1885

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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>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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<p>Last class of Upper III's before the school closed in 1975.
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Last Days of DWS 1975 Upper Thirds (2)

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<p>Extract from School Prospectus setting out entrance requirements and curriculum for Glyn Malden Junior School.
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Glyn Malden: School Prospectus 1960

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Glyn Malden curriculum

<p>My mother, Jean Petty (Crowther) was a boarder at DWS, 1938-44. She came from Nelson in north-east Lancashire and this is her school report for her first term at DWS, the Autumn Term 1938, aged 11. Being born in September, she was a year younger than average for her class, Form III. Her form mistress was Miss Cane and Miss Nightingale was Head Mistress. My favourite remarks are for Gardening, summed up as “Fair” and for which she was awarded a ‘C+’ for Industry and a ‘B’ for Progress. She never did take to Gardening!
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Jean Petty's First School Report, Dec 1938

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School report curriculum Miss Nightingale

<p>This is the cover of Jean Petty's School Report Book for 1938-44. Interestingly, at that time, school reports consisted of a single page per term and were written into a book, which was taken home and counter-signed by a parent. By the time I started at DWS, in 1959, school reports were produced individually each term and covered two pages. They were posted home and therefore did not need to be counter-signed.
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Cover of DWS Report Book, 1938-44

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School report curriculum

<p>Form 5SC, July 1942, with form mistress, Dorothy M Davies (“Do”), just after taking School Certificate exams.
Back row (L-R): Gwen Louis-Jones, Nancy Mayer, Mary Carter, Kath Allbrook, Mary Trotter, Peggy Voysey, “Mopsy”, Barbara Lloyd.
Middle row (L-R): Joan Whittingham, Barbara Mason, Kath Williams, Ronnie Rees, Mair Helena Davies, Janine Griffiths.
Front row (L-R): “Bread”, Daphne Frizell, Sophy, “Do”, Sheila Miller, Novello Evans, Jean Petty, Gwladys Evans.
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<p>“Do” (pronounced “Doe”) was a DWS legend - a former boarder, who returned to the school to teach English for 42 years and retired in 1961. She was an inspiration to many pupils.
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Class of 42 with Miss D M Davies

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Miss D M Davies School Certificate

<p>Corrie demonstrating a back dive during a swimming class. Note the swimming hat, worn not to keep hair dry but to prevent stray hairs not clogging up the filters. A one piece swimsuit was 'de rigeur'
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A back dive into a chilly swimming pool

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<p>Outside the tennis courts in front of the Main School
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New Member of Staff 1960 - Miss Cunnningham 2nd in PE dep.

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<p>The Shakespeare Birthday Book was awarded to Jean Petty (Crowther) for Form Work, 1938-39. It was the end of her first year at the school. She was in Form III and she was 11 years old. The Head Mistress at the time was Miss Nightingale.
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The Shakespeare Birthday Book 3 of 3

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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 2 of 3

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Prize Day programme cover 1885

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

Letter from Miss Lickes

Last Days of DWS 1975 Upper Thirds (2)

Glyn Malden: School Prospectus 1960

Jean Petty's First School Report, Dec 1938

Cover of DWS Report Book, 1938-44

Class of 42 with Miss D M Davies

A back dive into a chilly swimming pool

New Member of Staff 1960 - Miss Cunnningham 2nd in PE dep.

The Shakespeare Birthday Book 3 of 3

The Shakespeare Birthday Book 2 of 3