Diary Entry: Went to Ewhurst for tea & supper. Dairy notes: Ewhurst is a village about 16 miles from Seale. The Davies’, who seem to have been two sisters, Janet & (name unknown) – friends of KPD, perhaps ones she met through one of her jobs, lived there.
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Diary Date: 3rd October [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to Bosham & spent day with Betty Hughes, saw Anthony, Christopher & Elizabeth. Diary notes: Bosham, a small coastal village near Chichester, was not far from where KPD’s family had lived early in the 20th Century. Betty Hughes was a friend from that time.
Diary Date: 26th September [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to Hindhead tea & supper. Diary notes: Molly Browning, who lived at Hindhead, was a friend KPD met up with regularly over many years.
Diary Date: 19th September [1941]
Diary Entry: Boys returned. Diary notes: Interesting to note that this day was a Friday, so the boys returned to this (boarding) school at the week, not at the start!
Diary Date: 17th September [1941]
Diary Entry: Went with Gullands to “Atlantic Ferry”. Diary notes: The Gullands seem to have been the owners and Head (& wife) of Cumnor House School. This post suggests that their son may have been Head in later years (1969-2000) which would be the case if they owned the school. http://rosirobinson.com/landscapes-seascapes/memories-of-cumnor-house-school-1969-2000.html . Nick’s obituary gives …
Diary Date: 16th September [1941]
Diary Entry: Returned to school. Diary entry: As a former teacher I have been interested in noticing how much later school terms seem to have started in the 1940s. KPD seems to have had a full 3 months Summer holiday, which would be excessive today even for a private school such as she was working …
Diary Date: 13th September [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to Berkhamsted, lunch Smallwoods, tea Coldharbour. To stay the Gardners, Abbots Langley. Diary notes: KPD had lived in Berkhamsted with her parents from 1914-26, she had gone to school there; the Dells still had friends in the area.
Diary Date: 12th September [1941]
Diary Entry: Mother, Mrs L.[Lewis] John & I went to “Cottage to let”. Diary notes: “Cottage to Let” is a 1941 spy drama starring Leslie Banks, Alistair Sim and John Mills; like many British films of this era it was directed by Anthony Asquith. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottage_to_Let https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18415039
Diary Date: 9th September [1941]
Diary Entry: Went home. Tea & supper Lewis’. Diary notes: The Lewis’ were a family KPD worked for as a nanny, who became friends in Crofton, near Farnborough, living at Orchard Cottage. Apparently KPD got to drive their Bentley!
Diary Date: 7th September [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to see Elaine T[Tessa] & M [Michael]. Tea Jerviswood. Diary notes: ‘Elaine’ is Elaine Dell, née Pitt, first wife of Martin Dell (KPD’s eldest brother) and mother of his two eldest children (Tessa & Michael, born 1935 & 1936 respectively). Jerviswood (a house in Lower Green Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells) was the …
Aunt Pamela's War 