Aberdare Girls’ County School
The Gymnasium, 1938

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The Gymnasium 1938

Hanging from the wall bars and on the Vaulting Horse, from Left to Right:
Alma Taylor, Jessie Phillips (on horse), Joyce Manning, Joan Eves (on horse), Sadie Bowen, Evelyn Collins

Holding the climbing ropes and standing on The Balance Beam, from Left to Right:
Nancy Davies, Valmai Phillips, Gwyneth Palmer, Morfydd Williams, Beti Jones, Betty Lewis, Iris Jones, Gwyneth Rowlands, Winifred Wynn, Gwennie Morgan

Four on, and next to, the Pommel Horse:
Menna Baker, Eirian Evans, Dilys Evans, Glenys Davies

Near to Doors, standing Left to Right: Myra Tudor, Edith Price, Emma Price, Iris Prytherch
kneeling Left to Right: Enid Hopkins, Betty Thomas, Audrey Thomas

Sitting on the mat from Left to Right: Mary Manser, Doreen Perriss, Mair Christopher

Miss Margaret Elizabeth Maxwell was PE Mistress in 1938 and was at the school from 1937 to 1940. Although not shown here, she is in the Staff Photograph.

The Gymnasium 1938 signatures

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