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Freshers Week in the Normal College, Bangor, 1958

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Image 1: Normal week 1958 Sept principal and tutor?
Image 2: Student leaders and tutor - Rhydderch Jones on right and may be spoof "tutor".
Image 3: Normal week wet treatment on table. Rhydderch? Real shenanigans here!
Image 4: Women group in the room of "Humphs" Humphs was a well know student tea-shop in Upper Bangor.
Image 5: "Tutor" hold court. This was a real "spoof" with freshers "tried" for supposed "Crimes" against the establishment.
Image 6: Mothers and daughters in "Humphs" ie. Senior students "mothering" the newcomers - an old practice.
Image 7: Miss Griffiths and girls - back view of girls this seems a "genuine" interview.
Image 8: Tutor and two girls from front .
Image 9: Len of "Humphs", the cafe owner.
Image 10: Normal Common room scene trouble afoot, for sure.
Image 11: Normal week. i think some sort of "trial" was going on in the men's Common Room - judging by the serious faces!
Image 12: And this could be the reason for the serious faces Rhydderch Jones is under some sort of test!
Image 13: Normal week. Notice the words of "Myfanwy" on the black board - a must for all to learn. Some one seems to be getting some sort of spoof(?) lecture here.
Image 14: Normal Week Bangor, some serious faces here too!
Image 15: Normal Week Bangor. Serious faces again in a Common room - spoof trouble?
Image 16: Normal week, Bangor this seems a genuine sing-song around the piano in a Common room i think (the coat hanger looks a bit like "Humphs".

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