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D ORMITORY IN THE M AIN B UILDINGS ( LATER A PSLEY ) SLEEPING AROUND THIRTY PUPILS - CIRCA 1917 These were on the top floor of the basically unheated Main Buildings, Lighting was by gaslight and candlelight. A new ‘furnace’ installed in 1909 gave some limited supply of hot water. There were insufficient bathrooms to cope with the expanding School numbers and often baths and cold showers were limited to the bare minimum to allow for basic hygiene - this improved after the war.