The Red Cross Bazaar - fundraising event, December 1916

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The Red Cross Bazaar - fundraising event, December 1916

This article, published in the July 1917 school magazine, describes the Bazaar as 'The great event of the year'. One,for which, the girls had worked since July 1916. As a result of their efforts £50 was sent to the Red Cross, £50 to the Dolgelley Sick and Wounded Fund,and £12 to a Fund for Disabled Soldiers. There was a sale of garments and decorative handwork and an exhibition. The school dining room was transformed into a 'first class restaurant'. The entertainment on offer included a play, Welsh duets and an action song called 'Red Cross Nurses'. Interestingly there was also an 'amusing costume song on Women's Rights'

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  • Uploaded by:Jennifer Hutcheson
  • Approximate date of item:
    From: 08 December 1916
    To: -- - 1917
  • Location:Dolgellau
  • County:Merioneth
  • Creator:unknown
  • Owner:in the care of Meirionnydd Record Office
  • Themes:DWS Home Front 1914  

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