Aberdare Girls’ Intermediate School
Anniversary Celebrations &
Presentation of Assembly Hall Furniture, 1938
From left to right: Mrs H.J. Davies, M.Sc., Miss Margaret Cook, M.A., Miss Joan Eves (senior prefect),
Miss A.J. Prothero, B.Sc.
Presentation of the gift of Assembly Hall furniture upon the School’s 25th Anniversary in 1938.
The location is the rear playground.
Miss Cook retired four years later in April 1942 at the age of 64. She lived on
to enjoy almost 23 years of retirement.
Press Report of the 25th Anniversary Day Celebrations
from The Merthyr Express, July 30th, 1938 new
Click or tap the image to read
Pictures of the 1938 presentation furniture
photographed in July 2014 — during
the last week of Aberdare Girls’ School’s existence
Close-up of inscription on the lectern
1913 - 1938
HEADMISTRESS MISS M.S. COOK, M.A.
PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL BY
THE OLD GIRLS ASSOCIATION
ON THE OCCASION
OF ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY
The lectern standing at the side of the Assembly Hall — about to be retired
The Head’s Chair in place on the dais in the Assembly Hal
The inscribed brass plate on the Head’s Chair
Presented to
The Aberdare
Girls Intermediate School
BY THE STAFF AND GIRLS
on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary.
1938
Lectern and Chair — parked in the Assembly Hall
The inscribed brass plate on the Assembly Hall Table
The words are the same as on the plate above
The empty Assembly Hall with the three items of the 1938 furniture