Diary Entry: St. Pancras am. Capt Batty pm General Election – Labour in. Diary notes: 3 weeks after the voting (in most parts of the country), the election votes were counted and the results published.
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Diary Date: 24th July [1945]
Diary Entry: On rushes. Curzon St, House, two trips Denham. Saw “Enchanted Cottage” Diary notes: ‘Rushes’ refers to the raw film shot during one day. Taking them back to the studio at the end of the day was an important part of KPD’s regular work at this time. “Enchanted Cottage” is a US 1945 romantic …
Diary Date: 23rd July [1945]
Diary Entry: Harrow a.m. Denham, Elstree & Archway Road. Drill & inspection. Hot. Diary notes: This looks like a pretty busy day (and in hot weather – KPD only mentions the weather when it is quite extreme). Standard army disciplines continue, hence the ‘drill & inspection’.
Diary Date: 22nd July [1945]
Diary Entry: Went to see Elaine & Tessa am. Sat in garden. V.M.S. came. Diary notes: Elaine Dell, née Pitt, was another of KPD’s sisters-in-law, married to her eldest brother Martin Dell (1904-1958), KPD’s eldest brother; ‘Elaine’ was Martin’s first wife and mother of his two eldest children (Tessa & Michael – though Michael doesn’t …
Diary Date: 21st July [1945]
Diary Entry: Finished 12.30. Went Tun. Wells Tea Aunt Consie. Stayed Miss Bradshaw, Temple House. V.M.S. [Violet M Stevens] over. Diary notes: ‘Aunt Consie’ is Edith Constance Beckwith Evershed (1868-1951), unmarried elder sister of Nellie Dell, and perhaps the closest of her Aunts to KPD, who visited and stayed with her Aunt in or near …
Diary Date: 20th July [1945]
Diary Entry: Elstree am. & Denham. Diary notes: Another fairly standard day working for the Army Kinematograph Service.
Diary Date: 19th July [1945]
Diary Entry: Rushes. George came. Called V[Valerie]. Had supper Valerie, Finchley. Diary notes: ‘Rushes’ refers to the raw film shot during one day. See: https://www.mediacollege.com/glossary/r/rushes.html ‘George’ presumably refers to ‘George Iveson’ from the entry of 25th May.
Diary Date: 18th July [1945]
Diary Entry: Went to Enfield, & Perivale. Diary notes: Really just a repeat of yesterday.
Diary Date: 17th July [1945]
Diary Entry: London & Denham. Diary notes: A fairly standard day. As the war was running down (one month in the Far East only to go), one suspects that there was rather less to do.
Diary Date: 16th July [1945]
Diary Entry: Maintenance. Changed oil etc. Diary notes: Everyday mechanical chore for KPD today. Literally ‘getting her hands dirty’!
Aunt Pamela's War 