Diary Entry: Took Robin out. Diary notes: Robin was one of the children of the Gullands (or ‘Milner-Gullands’) at Cumnor House School. He would have been 4 years old at this time. He later became a distinguished academic. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Milner-Gulland
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Diary Date: 11th January [1941]
Diary Entry: Started with Mr & Mrs Gulland, Cumner House School, Seale, Farnham. Phillip Gaze met me. Diary notes: Cumner House School had moved from its home in Croyden to Seale as a boarding school due to the War, just as many schools moved either due to the dangers of bombing or due to their …
Diary Date: 10th January [1941]
Diary Entry: Mother & I had tea Humbers. Diary notes: The Humbers were the next door neighbours, and friends, of KPD and her Mother.
Diary Date: 9th January [1941]
Diary Entry: Orchard Cottage for tea. 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 January [1941]
Diary Entry: Went home. Diary notes: Home for KPD was her Mother’s home, 35 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, Kent, where her younger sister, Veronica Dell, still lived. The house today:
Diary Date: 6th January [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to Berks[hamsted]. Called Oldhams. Lunch Betty at the Crown. Diary notes: There still is a pub/restaurant in Berkhamsted called ‘the Crown’, which may be the same one KPD refers to here.
Diary Date: 5th January [1941]
Diary Entry: “Maysie came over”. Diary notes: ‘Maysie’ was presumably a friend from the Berkhamsted days or a relative of the Webbs – she is mentioned twice in KPD’s diaries.
Diary Date: 4th January [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to Chesham & had long journey round by Taunton. Stayed at Ingleside. Dorothy at home. Diary notes: The Webbs, who lived at a house called Ingleside in Chesham, were friends whom KPD frequently visited, esp. Dorothy and Marjorie. Another long journey – Somerset to Buckinghamshire, close to Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, which was …
Diary Date: 3rd January [1941]
Diary Entry: Went to East Brent to see Rossholme Dentist & to see the Kings, Mrs. & Janet. Diary notes: KPD always seemed to have a strong affection for her old jobs, but Rossholme seems to have been the one she liked best (or perhaps the colleagues she worked with there were her favourites?). For …
Diary Date: 1st January [1941]
Diary Entry: We went to “Safari”. Miss Culverwell Pat & Joan came over. Diary Notes: “Safari” is a 1940 US adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jnr & Madeline Carroll. More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_(1940_film) ‘Pat & Joan’ were presumably friends, possibly ‘Pat and Joan Gardener’, mentioned elsewhere in her diary.
Aunt Pamela's War 