Portsmouth Concert: Certificates were distributed to the successful entrants in the recent Royal Schools of Music (London) examinations by Mrs. Bruce Cornford, in the St. Peter’s Institute: … … Elocution: Winner of the Grade VI silver medal for having obtained the highest distinction marks in the elocution examinations in all England, Miss Joan C. Pinsent recited apportion of John Drinkwater’s “A night of the Trojan War.” Taught by Miss More Bremner, Miss Pinsent is a daughter of Paymaster Capt. Pinsent (General Secretary of Nay Week) and possesses exceptional powers of recitation and elocution. …
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Referenced
GRO0391 India: Harold Charles Frank Pinsent: 1884 – 1968
GRO0485 India: Joan Constance Pinsent: 1917 – 2003