Giavera War Grave, Italy
In a few days time, I will visit the grave of Robert Jacomb Norris Dale, Irene Mawer’s first husband. Robert was killed in action very close to the end of World War One. He died ...
Mime
Mildred Robley-Brown (nee Peters)
Christchurch Press, 1 September 1922 Irene Mawer’s influence reached right over to the other side of the world. In New Zealand, Mildred Peters (later, Mildred Robley-Browne) opened her own school of dancing, dramatic art, and ...
Ruby Ginner Awards 2024
Milton Keynes, 3 November 2024 I was extremely pleased and honoured to be invited to the Ruby Ginner Awards. I had never been before and it was an extremely interesting day. The event is held ...
Ginner-Mawer on TV
It would have been a huge event for anyone to appear on the television in 1936. The Ginner-Mawer School would have, without a doubt, been thrilled to have appaeared on the BBC. You may wonder ...
Mawer Remembered
Daily Telegraph, 14 November 1964 After Miss Mawer’s death, a memorial Mime Competition was held in her memory. Miss Mawer died in 1962 and this clipping from 1964 points to the esteem in which she ...