Alt Ref NoPBIS/58
TitlePress Cutting
DescriptionTaken from the North Wales Chronicle.

Details on the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony and Procession. Gives background to the foundation of the school. Detailed description of the schools layout. Gives the inscription of the stone in English and Welsh and gives the Penrhyn's characters. Details Lady Penrhyn's speech and the items placed under the foundation stone. Mr. D.P.Williams (chairperson of the County Governing Body) speech on the importance of schooling and the details of the scheme in general. Details of Lord Penrhyn's speech, the importance of educating people with a trade and the importance of handcraft in a time of machines. Description of the trowel and the inscription on it. Thanks given to the police under the command of Superintendent Harris of Bangor.
Date18 January 1896
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