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Have you come across these two methods of teaching children in their early years – Froebel, and Steiner? Irene Mawer was interested in both methods, but I don’t yet know to what degree. Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) was born in Germany and established a method of allowing children to learn, particularly
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This article will talk about relatives of Charles Dickens and their relationship to Irene Mawer, and it can get a bit complicated. So here is a quick run-down of who’s who: – Charles Dickens (1812-1870), famous English author – Henry Fielding Dickens (1849-1933); a son of Charles Dickens. Married Marie
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Among the papers left at the time of Miss Mawer’s death in 1962 there is an anonymous typescript which sounds as if it was written by Miss Mawer, or someone close to her. It is dated 1954 – which is just the moment when Irene Mawer moved to the Birmingham
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Pageants What, you may ask, have British pageants got to do with Irene Mawer? Indeed, what is a pageant? Until I learned that Irene Mawer’s second husband was involved in pageants, I had never given them a thought. It turns out, that once I had done some research, I had
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When I was in my early twenties, I failed to realise the histories of the older people around me. After all – they were just that, old! Some thirty five years later, I now of course realise that all old people have amazing histories. They all have stories to tell,
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