Diary Entry: Tea Elaine at Langton Green & called Jerviswood after. 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). Jerviswood (a house in Lower Green Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells) was the home of KPD’s Uncle Claude Evershed …
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Diary Date: 20th April [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to Tun. Wells to stay A[Aunt] Consie. Diary notes: ‘Aunt Consie’ is Edith Constance Beckwith Evershed (1868-1951), unmarried elder sister of Nellie Dell, and perhaps the closest of her Aunts to KPD, who visited and stayed with her in Tunbridge Wells on many occasions. A painting believed to be of Constance Evershed …
Diary Date: 19th April [1941]
Diary Entry: Went home. Diary notes: Home for KPD was still her Mother’s home, 35 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, Kent.
Diary Date: 15th April [1941]
Diary Entry: Dulcie Peter & I went to Keswick & Seatoller. Diary notes: Sightseeing in wartime! Surprisingly this is the only entry in her diary during this 9 day holiday, which tends to support the idea (see entry for 15th April) that KPD was staying to help with the children. Usually her holidays were filled …
Diary Date: 10th April [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to Cockermouth to stay Dulcie & the boys. 1 Towers Lane. Diary notes: Dulcie was a former Nanny, and good friend of KPD, both before and after her marriage. Her son, Paul Rupert Leggett, was KPD’s godson. The fact that KPD could travel from Orpington to Cockermouth (335 miles) in wartime, shows …
Diary Date: 8th April [1941]
Diary Entry: Mother & I went to “No, No Nanette” Diary notes: “No, No Nanette” is a 1940 British musical film starring Anna Neagle. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No,_No,_Nanette_(1940_film) By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50801528
Diary Date: 6th April [1941]
Diary Entry: My birthday. Miss Humber to tea. Diary notes: The Humbers were the next door neighbours, and friends, of KPD and her Mother. ‘Miss Humber’ refers to Catherine Lucy Violet Humber (c.1889-1975); she remained a friend of KPD until her death and is often referred to in KPD’s diaries. In the 1939 Civil Register, …
Diary Date: 5th April [1941]
Diary Entry: Spent day Orchard Cottage. 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: 3rd April [1941]
Diary Entry: Went home. Diary notes: Home for KPD (and her younger sister, Veronica) was still her Mother’s home, 35 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, Kent. The hosue today:
Diary Date: 1st April [1941]
Diary Entry: Boys went. Diary notes: Interestingly the boys left some two days before KPD returned home – presumably she had clearing up and other duties to perform.
Aunt Pamela's War 