| AdminHistory | Possibly owned by Irene Mabel Marsh's great niece, Sarah Green, who is a retired history teacher with a special interest in women’s education. Irene Mabel Marsh, known to her great niece as 'Auntie Rene,' bought a holiday home in Abersoch and built a small wooden house there which she called ‘The Shanty.’ Her family holidayed with her there, sometimes along with her students who slept in bell tents on land above The Shanty. Sarah Green remembered spending holidays there as a child and described it in a talk she gave to the Association of Past Students in 2021 as 'terribly basic' with no heating and no running water. Irene had a 'close friend' called Kathleen M Henderson, known to the family as 'Aunty Kathleen,' who was a 'lifelong companion' and inherited The Shanty upon Marsh's death, per Marsh's wishes. Kathleen Henderson was born in 1885 in Seaforth, Lancashire. She was first a student at I M Marsh College from 1902-1904, and then became Vice Principal c.1905-1939, also teaching at I M Marsh College. She also played for England and was a member of the North selection committee for Hockey and Lacrosse. 'Auntie Elspeth,' presumably one of Irene's sisters, bought The Shanty from Kathleen Henderson and it was owned by her until the 2010s when the property sold upon Elspeth's death for £2.5 million. The Shanty was demolished, and a modern building was developed on the site. |
| CustodialHistory | Kindly donated by the Association of Past Students of I M Marsh College of Physical Education. |