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<p>Outside the classrooms 1947 - Gwenda, Eva, Margaret, Lowri, Tegwen Harris Jones
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Five friends on a bench 1940s - Pedair ffrind yn 1947

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Gwenan ? and Tegwen Harris Jones sitting together on a bench outside the classrooms
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Two friends sitting on a bench 1940s

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friends 1940s

Collecting sphagnum moss

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walks sphagnum moss 1940s

<p>A Walk to Lake Cynnwch with 'Do' Davies after finishing exams. The girls are holding sphagnum moss which was used during the war. Pupils collected the moss and delivered it to Miss Nightingale's house in Cader Road (headmistress 1924-1940). The Red Cross used the moss to treat soldiers' wounds.
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Picnic with Miss 'Do' Davies 1940s

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picnic walks 'Do' Davies recreation

Crime and Punishment and Meal Times

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Punishment Confirmation Set Places Rules Dining Room

Patricia Jonathan on the left and Ducky
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Cubicles in Lower 5th common room 1970s

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Common room

<p>Kay Phillpot, Francesca Hall (Cesca), Philipa Hickley (Pippa) and Marilyn Williams pose for a picture outside the tennis courts at Pen.
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Four girls in their candy striped summer uniform 1967

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Candy tennis courts Pencoed

Miss Robinson and Kath skiing in Leysin.
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Skiing in Leysin Switzerland 1969

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Skiing Switzerland

<p>Jane McLellan, Fenella Walsh, Sue McLellan, Lotty (Miss Lee), Sandra Williams (Ruby)
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End of year - end of school 1973

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End of Term End of Year

<p>Cerys Pugh, Enid Francis and Eirlys Roberts picking gooseberries. Another occupation after 'O'levels.
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Picking gooseberries at Penycoed 1966

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Fruit picking

<p>A cause of great excitement in October 1923 was the Prince of Wales making a brief halt at the school whilst on a visit to North Wales. The pupils lined the main road and he stopped to meet the Staff & Governors and to sign the school Visitors' Book.
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The Prince of Wales visits the school 1923

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Prince of Wales 1923 royalty Visits

<p>A ‘legend’ according to one dictionary definition, is a person having a special place in public esteem because of striking qualities or deeds, real or fictitious. 'Do' was, and still is, a DWS legend but in that legend there is nothing fictitious; the real was striking enough. She was one of the ‘Greats’.
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<p>She entered DWS as a 12 year old pupil in 1906 and left in 1912 to attend Aberystwyth University. Following a teaching post in South Wales she returned to DWS in 1919, retiring in 1961 as Deputy Headmistress.
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<p>“She was tall and carried herself very erect; she had short straight hair and blue eyes to rival those of Paul Newman and she oozed a great natural authority. When she walked into a classroom an immediate hush fell”
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<p>Click on the 'associated story' upload file to read an extract from ‘A Patchwork of Memories’ by Gaynor Smith. which tells her memories of Do and DWS.
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Miss Dorothy M Davies ('Do')

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Do Dorothy Davies deputy headmistress legend English teaching

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Five friends on a bench 1940s - Pedair ffrind yn 1947

Two friends sitting on a bench 1940s

Collecting sphagnum moss

Picnic with Miss 'Do' Davies 1940s

Crime and Punishment and Meal Times

Cubicles in Lower 5th common room 1970s

Four girls in their candy striped summer uniform 1967

Skiing in Leysin Switzerland 1969

End of year - end of school 1973

Picking gooseberries at Penycoed 1966

The Prince of Wales visits the school 1923

Miss Dorothy M Davies ('Do')