Diary Entry: Went home. Diary notes: Home for KPD was still her Mother’s home, 35 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, Kent, where her Mother, Ellen ‘Nellie’ Dell (1875-1960) and younger sister, Veronica (then 17) still lived. 35 Broxbourne Road (in the early 21st Century)
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Diary Date: 4th April [1940]
Diary Entry: M [Moona] & I to tea Miss Kidner. 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. Miss Kidner was a friend who lived (& worked) in Weston-super-Mare; – the first mention of her in the …
Diary Date: 3rd April [1940]
Diary Entry: M[Moona] & I went to “At the Villa Rose.” 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. …
Diary Date: 2nd April [1940]
Diary Entry: Left Rossholme. Went to stay at flat. Diary notes: Whilst I can’t be sure where the flat was, or who lived there, it was probably near the school, so in the Wston-Super-Mare area. Whether it belonged to a friend, or KPD was renting, is not known either.
Diary Date: 30th March [1940]
Diary Entry: Went to “First Love” with Moona. Most of children went. A hectic term of illness ended. Diary notes: A rare ‘personal’ comment from KPD here. KPD’s diaries are not the personal, reflective account of one’s thoughts some people write. I think it’s fair to say that they reflect her brisk, no nonsense approach …
Diary Date: 29th March [1940]
Diary Entry: Had games with children & they gave me present. Diary notes: Presumably a leaving present. It’s a shame KPD doesn’t tell us what the present was!
28th March
Aunt Pamela’s War – More Memories (Part 9) [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 …
27th March
Aunt Pamela’s War – More Memories (Part 8) [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 …
26th March
Aunt Pamela’s War – More Wartime memories (Part 7) [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 …
25th March
Aunt Pamela – More Memories (Part 6) [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”. …
Aunt Pamela's War 