Diary Entry: Went to “The Rains Came” with Miss Kidner & back with her. Diary notes: Miss Kidner was a friend who lived (& worked) in Weston-super-Mare; – the first mention of her in the diary is in 1938. Later KPD stayed with her when visiting the school after having left employment there. Given her …
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Diary Date: 3rd March [1940]
Dairy Entry: I went out with “Frank”. Diary notes: KPD mentions “Frank” (sometimes with the “” marks, other times without), but accurate identification hasn’t been possible. He seems to have lived near Weston-s-Mare, and was known to KPD before she worked at Rossholme.
Diary Date: 1st March [1940]
Diary Entry: Went to Winter Gardens afternoon. Diary notes: The idea of ‘Winter Gardens’ seems to have originated with the aristocratic owners of stately homes in the 17th to 19th centuries when glasshouses and Orangeries were built to allow the owners to walk in the warm and dry all year round. The first public one …
Diary Date: 27th February [1940]
Diary Entry: Went to flicks with Hull & saw “Inspector Hornleigh on holiday”. Diary notes: ‘Hull’ was one of KPD’s colleagues as Rossholme. “Inspector Hornleigh on holiday” (1939) was the second of three British films featuring the same character. It was written by Sidney Gilliat & Frank Launder, and starred Alastair Sim. By Source (WP:NFCC#4), …
Aunt Pamela’s War – More Memories (Part 10)
[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: 20th February [1940]
Diary Entry: More measles & more flu Moona & I went for drive with Wallbuttons & I had tea Mrs Mills. Diary notes: There is no doubt that living before antibiotics (and vaccinations against childhood illnesses as well) meant that illness we almost take for granted were worrying or more. KPD’s diaries often reflect this. …
Diary Date: 18th February [1940]
Diary Entry: Marjorie Pollard started German measles. Diary notes: German measles was a more common childhood illness before the invention of a vaccine 1964-5. There is no further mention of young Marjorie in KPD’s diaries, so she probably made a full recovery.
Diary Date: 13th February [1940]
Diary Entry: I went to tea Miss Kidner. Diary notes: Miss Kidner was a friend who lived (& worked) in Weston-super-Mare; the first mention of her in the diary is in 1938. Later KPD stayed with her when visiting the school after having left employment there. Given her previous jobs as a children’s nanny, it …
Diary Date: 11th February [1940]
Diary Entry: Moona returned to White House. 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. During the 1930s & 1940s KPD saw ‘Moona’ frequently. This entry refers to her absence from work for a few …
Diary Date: 9th February [1940]
Diary Entry: White House to run as well as annexe. Diary notes: Presumably Moona was out of action due to her bad cough & so KPD had to step in.
Aunt Pamela's War 