While idly browsing through Facebook, I came upon a video which made my heart sing. So I send out a big thank you to an Italian community organisation called Balancing Act for making this video, and for including Irene Mawer. I began watching the video, totally unknowing what would be
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Pittville Gardens, Cheltenham
This flyer, and the newspaper clipping attached to it are causing me some confusion! There is no date. Written in fountain pen are the words “This may be the future G-M School”. Yet, in the newspaper clipping, there is a reference to the Civic Theatre fire – but this happened
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“Prunella”
This programme puts me in a conundrum. There is no mention of Elsie Fogerty’s Central School, yet I think there is a connection. This performance of Prunella was given at the Swanley Horticultural College in 1916. In Marion Cole’s book about Elsie Fogerty, she states that when Irene Mawer was
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Apex Theatre, Birmingham
What a splendid document this is! It seems to be a booklet-type programme – but I can’t see what the performance was, perhaps the title used to be written in by hand, or something? If you know, please do tell me. I can see that there is a list of
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1957 Birmingham Lecture
1957 – just five years before Irene Mawer’s death (though of course she could not have known that at the time). Ruby Ginner had retired, and Miss Mawer now held the post of Senior Tutor and Lecturer at the Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, which was founded,
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Fogie – book wanted
I am on the scrounge – for a copy of Marion Cole’s book about Elsie Fogerty. I have checked on-line and second-hand copies are quite expensive, so if you have one that you want to sell me very cheaply, please let me know. Elsie Fogerty was a teacher whom Irene
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Mildred Robley-Browne (nee Peters)
This post is one in what will be a series of features about people connected with Irene Mawer. In this case I will be looking at Mrs Mildred Robley-Browne (nee Peters). There are two links for you to follow. The first is to the blog post about Mildred. The second
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Thursday’s Child (Part Four) & Other Activities Overview. August 1939
Dancing Times This round-up of activities of the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama opens with the bold news that Her Majesty Queen Mary attended a performance which included members of the Ginner-Mawer School, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Queen attended as patron of the Girls’ Friendly
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Two Performances by 600 girls (Thursday’s Child Part Three). June 1939
The Drama, London. Previous and future blog posts have dealt/will deal extensively with this very important show. 600 performers, at the Albert Hall, which was attended by Royalty. Although there were displays of ‘keep-fit’ and of National Dancing, the majority of the performance consisted of miming under the sole direction
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Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens: Girls’ Friendly Society (Thursday’s Child Part Two). 16 May 1939
The following information is taken from “Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens: The Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS) 1875-2005 by Vivienne Richmond (2006) and is available through the Girls’ Friendly Society. The GFS was a pioneer youth organisation founded in England in 1875, and is still in operation today. It was
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