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Digital copy of a photograph of Miss Gwenda Davies, wearing a Welsh costume, presenting Princess Anne with a doll at the 1960 National Eisteddfod of Wales in Cardiff. She was the Welsh Tourist and Holidays Board's 'Hostess for Wales' for the summer of 1960.
In 1960, as a 20 year old studying at a teacher training college in Liverpool, Gwenda Davies's mother spotted an advert for the role of 'Hostess for Wales' and encouraged her daughter to apply as a summer job. She was interviewed by a panel at a Cardiff hotel, and the announcement that she had won the competition was made on television. Typical duties of the role included meeting dignitaries and attending public events - such eisteddfodau.
Image: By kind permission of Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales. © Unknown. If you have any information that may assist us in identifying a © holder, please contact images@museumwales.ac.uk
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2022.18.9
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Tucker, Gwenda Angharad (née Davies)
Association Type:
Date: 1960
Associated Person/Body: National Eisteddfod of Wales
Association Type:
Date: 1960
Creation/Production
Western Mail & Echo Ltd
Acquisition
Donation, 9/6/2015
Techniques
digital copy
Location
In store
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