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Letters Home in WW2 by Bronwen Pugh (Viscountess Astor)

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

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Churchill Spares Diary TV War

<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

Enid Evans, a boarder at the school has written washing up instructions including the use of hot water and a little soap. 'Use a little washing soda if the plates are greasy.Steep pudding dishes and milk jugs in cold water'. Washing and drying and putting away instructions follow. The dishes should have a 'bright polish'. At the bottom of the page instructions for 'how to wash wood' begin. Page digitised in Dolgellau Record Office (DWS archive)

Housework , Rules for washing dishes - 1912 Exercise book

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Exercise book household rules cleaning

Steep the knives in a jug of hot water with the water only coming to the top of the blade. Wash the blades with hot water to which has been added a little soap.Always keep the back of the knife next to the cloth.Dry the knives.Clean on a knife board.Hold the knife quite flat when doing so.Dust carefully and put away. 'Work in the Early Morning in the Kitchen' Clean the range and set the fire. Remove the fender and cover the hearthstone or floor in front of the fire with paper or matting'

'Rules for cleaning knives' Enid Evans' Exercise book 1912

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Exercise book Rules Household

lucky dip

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One year we made a cricket pitch hat for DBL to wear on the school birthday at lunch. An entirely rational choice when you consider that A)DBL was a keen cricketer and B) we all had to play cricket. This cartoon does not represent DBL, the young artist did not know her.If he had done he would have known that mugs and sandwiches were not quite her style even with the crusts cut off!

Staff Hats, cartoon of a teacher wearing a cricket pitch hat

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staff hats school birthday cricket

Staff Hats and the gong 1960s

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staff hats gong school birthday

A group of girls eating around a table at Glyn Malden,the junior school. The picture was posed for the visit by a reporter from the Daily Post in 1956, see the story "A Reporter Visits the School". Picture courtesy of The Daily Post.

Teatime at Glyn Malden

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Food Eating Glyn Malden

A selection of cake recipes from the Dr Williams' School cookbook with the contributing authors noted below each recipe. Included is a recipe for Bible cake where you have to research the verses identified to discover the ingredients and the method

Dr Williams' School Cookbook cake recipes

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Cookery Food Books Recipes

The cover page of the Dr Williams' School Cookbook

Dr Williams' School Cookbook cover

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Cookery Food Books

A page from the Dr Williams' School cookbook detailing a recipe for happiness and a recipe for cabbage salad.

Dr Williams' School Recipe for Happiness

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Cookery Food Books Recipes

Ysgol Dr Williams
Dolgellau
1878 - 1975

Chwilio drwy’r themâu

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Letters Home in WW2 by Bronwen Pugh (Viscountess Astor)

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

napkin and napkin ring 1960s

Housework , Rules for washing dishes - 1912 Exercise book

'Rules for cleaning knives' Enid Evans' Exercise book 1912

lucky dip

Staff Hats, cartoon of a teacher wearing a cricket pitch hat

Staff Hats and the gong 1960s

Teatime at Glyn Malden

Dr Williams' School Cookbook cake recipes

Dr Williams' School Cookbook cover

Dr Williams' School Recipe for Happiness