Diary Entry: Sports & saw the Owdens. Diary notes: At the independent schools KPD worked at there was an ethos (perhaps stemming from that of the 19th Century Public Schools) of “Mens sana in corpore sano” or “a healthy mind in a healthy body” – hence the importance of sports days of all types. This …
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Diary Date: 30th May [1941]
Diary Entry: Mother & Veronica came to stay at Runfold. Diary notes: Veronica Dell, KPD’s younger (& only) sister, had just had her 19th birthday. Runfold is a village about two miles from Seale. This must have been a busy working months for KPD as her only entries so far this whole month were on …
Diary Date: 23rd May [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to Ewhurst for tea & supper The Davies’ & Allen. Diary notes: Ewhurst is a village about 16 miles from Seale. The Davies’ seem to have been two sisters, Janet & another Davies (KPD mentions several other female friends/acquaintances whose surname was ‘Davies’) – friends of KPD, perhaps she met them through …
Diary Date: 16th May [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to Catherington. Lovely day. Diary notes: Catherington, Hampshire was the home of Cecil & Eve Evershed, KPD’s first cousin and his wife, and later their son Bill and his wife Penny. KPD was close to Cecil, one of her Mother’s nephews, and frequently visited there. Her comment ‘lovely day’ shows how much …
Diary Date: 9th May [1941]
Diary Entry: Met Molly B[Browning] in Farnham & saw Deanna Durbin in “Spring Parade”. Diary notes: “Spring Parade” is a 1940 American musical. Deanna Durbin, the Canadian born Hollywood star was popular within the Dell family (not least because KPD’s sister, Veronica, was thought to look like her as a teenager!). For more information see: …
Diary Date: 2nd May [1941]
Diary Entry: Boys returned. Diary notes: The Easter Holidays had lasted a full month, rather longer than the 2 weeks (in state schools) or 3 weeks (in some independent schools) common today.
Diary Date: 28th April [1941]
Diary Entry: Had lunch Guildford & saw Moona off. For further details about ‘Moona’ see yesterday’s blog entry. KPD and ‘Moona’ went on holiday several times in the 1930s. This photograph was taken in August 1939 (‘Moona’ on left, KPD on right):
Diary Date: 27th April [1941]
Diary Entry: Met Moona Guildford. Back to school. Diary notes: Miss Noyes [aka ‘Moona’] was a friend of KPD’s (they went on some holidays together); She was, like KPD, a Nanny/Matron, and was also at Rossholme. She was with KPD on the latter’s birthday in April 1954, but died 9 days later. Her full name …
Diary Date: 24th April [1941]
Diary Entry: Spent day Orchard Cottage. Diary notes: In the 1930s and 1940s KPD’s diaries have many entries referring to both the Lewis family and Orchard Cottage. By the 1950s the entries mention the family, but not Orchard Cottage, so presumably they had moved by then.
Diary Date: 23rd April [1941]
Diary Entry: I went home morning. Tea 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!
Aunt Pamela's War 