[KPD left – as well as her diaries – an old exercise book, falling apart, and not by any means full, but containing some family history information. Inside the front cover she has written: ‘I meant to rewrite this book…I hope I have not repeated myself too much”. I have tried to remove such repetition, …
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Aunt Pamela – Childhood Memories (Part 5)
[KPD left – as well as her diaries – an old exercise book, falling apart, and not by any means full, but containing some family history information. Inside the front cover she has written: ‘I meant to rewrite this book…I hope I have not repeated myself too much”. I have tried to remove such repetition, …
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Diary Date: 22nd November [1940]
Diary Entry: We went to “A Night in London.” Today’s diary entry contains a mystery – the name “A Night in London” may have been incorrectly noted by KPD as no film of the same name can be identified at that time. It is possible that the correct film is “A Window in London” – …
Aunt Pamela – Childhood Memories (Part 4)
[KPD left – as well as her diaries – an old exercise book, falling apart, and not by any means full, but containing some family history information. Inside the front cover she has written: ‘I meant to rewrite this book…I hope I have not repeated myself too much”. I have tried to remove such repetition, …
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Aunt Pamela – Childhood Memories (Part 3)
[KPD left – as well as her diaries – an old exercise book, falling apart, and not by any means full, but containing some family history information. Inside the front cover she has written: ‘I meant to rewrite this book…I hope I have not repeated myself too much”. I have tried to remove such repetition, …
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Aunt Pamela – Childhood memories (Part 2)
[KPD left – as well as her diaries – an old exercise book, falling apart, and not by any means full, but containing some family history information. Inside the front cover she has written: ‘I meant to rewrite this book…I hope I have not repeated myself too much”. I have tried to remove such repetition, …
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Aunt Pamela – Childhood memories (Part 1)
For those who have started reading this blog recently, or who missed out Aunt Pamela’s childhood memories, and as there are relatively few diary entries for November 1940, I thought it worth reposting these over the next few days. [KPD left – as well as her diaries – an old exercise book, falling apart, and …
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Diary Date: 14th November [1940]
Diary entry: We went to “The North West Passage.” Diary entry: “The North West Passage” was a 1940 US Technicolor adventure film starring Spencer Tracy. It is based on a novel of the same name, and not the search for the sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific north of Canada. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Passage_(film) By …
Diary Date: 8th November [1940]
Diary Entry: We went to see “Typhoon.” Diary notes: “Typhoon” was a Technicolor American adventure film set in the South Seas and starring Robert Preston and Dorothy Lamour. More details can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_(1940_film)
Diary Date: 30th October [1940]
Diary Entry: “Went to town for interview & home. Hectic journey back”. Diary notes: ‘Town’ is London, and again KPD was looking to move on from her job. Given that we were 13 months into the Second World War and the ‘Blitz’ had just started, one can only imagine what the descriptive ‘hectic’ actually hides!
Aunt Pamela's War 