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managed by very strict laic ladies where girls learned French, Flemish Dutch, arithmetic, gymnastics, theatre, cooking, good manners, painting, and sewing. The girls and ladies lived together in a very close community, leaving only for
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moved to the Mesen Castle after the First World War. There were approximately 150 girls from 5 years old to 18 years old that studied in French at the "Pensionnat de Lede" from 1914 to 1970. The school was for daughters of men in the military after the First World War. It was a very good school
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