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Tuesday 12 March 2013

Happy birthday to you ...

The eldest living Griffin celebrated her 90th birthday with all the energy she has shown throughout her life. Her two 'young' children were left flagging in her wake as she entertained some of her friends to a small party.

Thanks also to cousin Peter Howard Dobson and his wife, Catherine who also tried to keep up.

There are some more photos here
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'Mrs Griffin, as Raina, made an attractive heroine; she looked charming and carried herself most elegantly.'
Review of the staff play, Arms and the Man, in the Uppingham School magazine 1951

'Mrs P Griffin, who played the part of Miss Neville, was also thoroughly convincing, and gave a first-rate performance.' 
Review of the staff play, She Stoops to Conquer, in the Uppingham School magazine 1952

'Mrs Griffin, as her daughter Gloria, has the hardest part of all. She acted gracefully, but did not altogether convince. I really don't know what Shaw meant her to be feeling from moment to moment, but at the beginning she ought surely to look as hard as nails, and that is perhaps impossible for an actress whose looks are made up of gentleness. But that, as Williams said, is "only the accident of birth". (Not only can Uppingham masters act, by the way, but they can choose for themselves beautiful wives).'
Review of the staff play, You Never Can Tell, in the Uppingham School magazine 1954