Memories of the Playgroup

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The Playgroup Movement 1961-1987	Joan Conway	1
How it all Started, Playgroups in the 60's	Leontia Slay	15
Playgroups –What did they do? Who were they for?	Ivy Webster	18
My Playgroup Days	Barbara Howell	22
My First and Lasting Impression of North Wales PPA	Jean Gomersall	25
Another North Wales Experience	Sheila Griffiths	27
Early Days at Benllech Playgroup	Freda Kelbrick	30
Life in PPA – Looking Back – Looking Forward	Marjorie Dykins	31
'Welcome, Come on in and Meet Everyone'	Jill Burton	34
How Time Flies!!	Olive Browne	36
Playgroup? What was that?	June Frost	37
Memories of Playgroup	Gwyneira James	38
How Playgroup helped my Special Son	June Owens	39
What did PPA do for me (and my family)?	Janet McAllister	41
How did I get involved?	Veronica Hanson	44
And So Began the Rest of my Life	Jane Drabble	49
Students in Playgroups	Angela Wilkinson	52
Living with Playgroups	Angela Wilkinson	54
Mother and Toddler Groups	Julia Parry	58
Project on Safety in Playgroups	Lilian Lamacraft	62
Hospital Playscheme	Margaret Jenkins	65
Happy Memories of the Playgroup in the Sea Cadet Hall	Dorothy Clifford	68
Esther	Joan Conway	70
'Memories Light the Corners of my Mind'	Maureen Gallop	73
What's in a Name?	Joan Conway	75
Edna meets Brenda – my first County AGM	Edna Kirby	78
Playgroup Supervisors and their Development	Barbara S Thomas	80
The Job of a PPA Development Officer	Margaret Jenkins	83
But Who Looked after the Staff?	Judith Bray	85
I've Started and so I'll Finish!	Di Horley	88
PPA National Conference – AGM Memories	Leontia Slay	91
PPA Invades Llandudno	Ivy Webster	95
The Pre-school Playgroups Association – How it Influenced my Life, my Family and my Thinking	Anne John	99
The Children Left Playgroup But I Didn't	Wendy Hawkins	105
What about the Men-folk?	Marjorie Dykins	109
An Educationalist's Point of View	Hywel Evans	111
A National Adviser Remembers	Marjorie Dykins	113
Postscript - After 1987		116
Appendix 1 :Time Line		118
Appendix 2 : Structure of Wales Region PPA before Independence		124
Appendix 3 :Wales Region Field Staff		125
A Very Special Postscript

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