Diary Entry: Returned Wembley. Diary notes: After a 10 day leave, KPD was back to work at Wembley for the Army Kinematograph Service.
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Diary Date: 18th August [1945]
Diary Entry: Spent day Lewis’. Swimming Gala Darrick Wood. June back & John late. oDiary notes: The Lewis’ were a family KPD worked for as a nanny, who became friends in Crofton, near Farnborough, living at Orchard Cottage. ‘Darrick Wood’ swimming pools had been built in 1928 (they later were taken over by the local …
Diary Date: 17th August [1945]
Diary Entry: Rode round Harpers Hill & went in St. Anne’s Church. Caught 2.36 train. Diary notes: KPD’s last day in Buxton – she made the best of it before taking a train (with her bike, presumably) back home.
Diary Date: 16th August [1945]
Diary Entry: Long run. Edale Vale, Castleton, Hope, Hathersage, Surprise view, Grindleford, Eyam, Tideswell, Millers Dale. Diary entry: When KPD says a ‘long run’, she was not exaggerating: this was about 45 miles at least, with many hills on the way.
Diary Date: 15th August [1945]
Diary Entry: V.J. Day (‘Victory Japan’]. Raining. Went to Pav. Gdns & listened orchestra. Walked in woods. Cycled Cowdale etc. after tea King’s Speech. Community sing & fireworks etc. Diary notes: A significant day, the final end of World War 2 after almost 6 years. KPD seems to have enjoyed a fairly quiet day in …
Diary Date: 13th August [1945]
Diary Entry: Long day on bikes. Started 11am. Went Ashford, Chatsworth Park & House. Rowsley, Darley Dale (Old Yew Tree), Bakewell. Diary notes: It must have been a long day, with a number of significant climbs; 27 miles if they took a bus back from Bakewell, over 40 if they cycled!
Diary Date: 12th August [1945]
Diary Entry: Biked round town a.m. & walked to Solomon’s Tower. Slept afternoon! Biked Whalley Bridge. Chapel-en-le-Frith. Dove Holes & back. Diary notes: A slightly unusual day – a visit to a local landmark (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple,_Buxton ) then a siesta! Then another cycle ride – around 17 miles with several climbs – quite an effort. …
Diary Date: 11th August [1945]
Diary Entry: Nan & I left 10.30 a.m. Biked across London. To stay Pendennis Hotel. Buxton. Diary notes: KPD refers to ‘Nan’, ‘Nanny’ and ‘Nancy’ in her diaries, so who this actually refers to is unclear. ‘Biked across London’ – presumably KPD and ‘Nan’ travelled to London with their bikes on the train. And then …
Diary Date: 10th August [1945]
Diary Entry: Went Tun. Wells. Lunch & tea Elaine & kids. Nan for night. Diary notes: KPD often went to Tunbridge Wells to visit her Aunt Consie (Constance Evershed (1868-1951), unmarried elder sister of Nellie Dell, and perhaps the closest of her Aunts to KPD, or her sister-in-law Elaine Dell, the first wife of her …
Diary Date: 9th August [1945]
Diary Entry: Leave. Went home. Diary notes: Home for KPD was her mother’s house in Orpington; it would remain as the place KPD returned to frequently until her mother’s health declined and she had a series of strokes, before eventfully dying (in 1960) in an old person’s ward in a local hospital. The house had …
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