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1898-1962 Winifred Nicholls (nee White) was born in 1898 the daughter of Robert and Louisa White. She was educated at Sheffield High School where she worked towards University of London matriculation. She gave up her studied after the death of her father and worked as as a private governess (1888-1892) and then as form mistress at Kensington High School (1892-1901). During this period she trained in elocution at the Guildhall School of Music, and between 1901 and 1917 she taught elocution and history of art at various local schools including St Margaret's, Harrow, Kensington High School (up to 1909), Putney High School, Croydon High School and Leinster House School. In 1916-1917 she founded and was Head of The Garden School, which was based on principles of love, freedom, brotherhood, cooperation and service. The school moved from London to Ballinger, Great Missenden in 1921, and in 1928 to Lane End, near High Wycombe, 'where open air and contact with great natural beauty played an important part in the lives of pupils and staff. While academic subjects were given their due importance in the curriculum, music, rhythmic movement, drama, art and handicrafts were considered equally essential. All forms of original expression were encouraged'. Winnie Nicholls retired in 1937, though the school continued on for another 10 years. She was also heavily involved with the New Education Fellowship, joining it in 1917 when it was the Theosophical Fraternity in Education. Conferences of the English Section of the Fellowship were also held at the Garden School. She was also vice-president of the buckinghamshire poetry society and a member of the Penn Music Club, the Royal Society of Arts, the Fawcett Society, and a theosophist. Winnie married Charles Henry Nicholls (1866-1938) in 1902, and had one daughter, Agnes Margaret (Poppy) Nicholls (1907-1993). She died in 1962 at the age of 93. GB/366/1196 DC/WF and WEF/B/2/12/1 Deposited/Personal/WhiteFamily/Nicholls,W 06/05/2009 Mkklibyz 06/05/2009 Mkklibyz Nicholls; Winifred (1898-1962) Nicholls Winifred Female nee. White International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes f4b6b449-6e06-46c6-a729-0700941ee31a