Was he, or wasn’t he? That is the question. Was Leslie French trained at Ginner-Mawer, or wasn’t he? According to his obituaries, he wasn’t (or at least they don’t mention Ginner-Mawer), but then again the two obituaries that I have looked at also give different dates for various moments in
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Avice Spitta Landone (1910-1976) During the party to celebrate the 21st birthday of the Ginner-Mawer School in 1934, Irene Mawer mentioned several former students who had gone on to do well for themselves. Among them was Avice Spitta, later known as Avice Landone. I got very excited because I discovered
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Edith Sitwell’s Influence at the 21st Birthday Party Today’s blog post is definitely one of my favourites. I have had such fun researching it. It started with me reading the report of the 21st Birthday Party for the Ginner-Mawer School (1937). I had no idea that the write-up in The
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Some time ago I published a blog post where I noted that I thought there was a link between Laurence Olivier and Irene Mawer. I am happy to say, that following a visit to NRCD, I have now found the evidence to prove what I suspected: in his youth Lord
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