Boscastle Summer School
During the Second World War, the Ginner-Mawer School evacuated from London to the tiny village of Boscastle, on the north coast of Cornwall. The school year followed the normal academic year, with the usual ...
Mime
Valency Fields, Boscastle
Mystery surrounds the National Trust car park in Boscastle. The car park came to my attention when I was told that the original land – Valency Fields (a green and unspoiled area of grass), had been ...
Theatre Pie
Theatre Pie An unusual title, and one that I have never liked, but I think was suitable for the times. There is no date on this flyer, but the blurb states that the Ginner-Mawer School ...
Let’s Not Pretend – Mawer’s Technique
For some time, I have been struggling with how to tell you what Miss Mawer’s mime technique was like. I have been looking for ways to describe it in words. I still haven’t found my ...
Wallace B. Nicholls
The Link, July 1934, p.6 Very sadly, I have been able to find out NOTHING about Wallace B. Nicholls, save for his dates (1888-1967) and the fact that he was educated at Westminster School in ...