Gwenethe Walshe (5 February 1908 – 22 January 2006) was a leading British Latin and ballroom dancer. Born in Wanganui, New Zealand, she lived most of her life in England and moved to Australia after her retirement. She arrived in England in 1936, and by 1938 she had founded a dance school bearing her name in London's West End, which (as of 2006) is still operating as the Central London Dance. During World War II she worked by day as a WVS nurse and by night continued to run classes, even during air raids. Gwenethe simply turned up the music and the dancing continued!
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5 February 1908 Wanganui, New Zealand
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Died |
22 January 2006 (aged 97)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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