Diary Entry: Church Parade. Very hot. Went tea & supper Dulcia, Gerrards Cross. Diary notes: Strange that ‘Church parade’ is mentioned on a Friday. Could this be an error in the date? Dulcia (& her husband Ian) McDiarmid were friends of KPD’s mother, and of KPD herself and lived in Gerrards Cross.
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Diary Date: 12th July [1945]
Diary Entry: Hot. Sat in garden. Returned. Diary notes: A relaxing day for KPD. ‘Returned’ presumably means ‘returned to base’.
Diary Date: 11th July [1945]
Diary Entry: All day to Ashford with J.C. Thatcher & Major Cartwright. Home for night. Supper Mrs L[Lewis] & John. Diary notes: Another busy day for KPD driving officers around, then returning home to see her family, with dinner at their friends, the Lewis family.
Diary Date: 9th July [1945]
Diary Entry: Christopher back. Anthony, V[Veronica] & I met him Euston 9.30pm. Diary notes: An important day in the family. ‘Christopher’ is KPD’s only younger brother, Christopher Dell (1915-85). He was plagued all his life by ill health, especially bronchial infections. He missed a lot of his education as a result (but later was a …
Diary Date: 8th July [1945]
Diary Entry: Breakfast in bed. Left after lunch. Hitched Guildford. Home. Aunt Clara there. Diary notes: ‘Aunt Clara’ is Clara Evershed (1870-1960) the widow of KPD’s uncle, Claude Evershed , who had died in 1943. The younger Clara Evershed (née Bird)
Diary Date: 7th July [1945]
Diary Entry: Rushes, Harrow, London & Denham. Finished 12.30. Good hitching to Rumford (?). Stayed Miss Gardiner. Very warm. Diary notes: This seems to have been a busy day for KPD, with work followed by a hitch to stay with her friend – Miss Gardiner was a colleague of KPD’s at Cumnor House School and …
Diary Date: 6th July [1945]
Diary Entry: On rushes. Took George Harrow & London. Diary notes: ‘George’ presumably refers to ‘George Iveson’ from the entry of 25th May.
Diary Date: 5th July [1945]
Diary Entry: Changed mess to No 8. Took Maj Segal to Wardour Street. Met Valerie Hendon & saw “They were sisters”. Diary notes: The day of the 1945 General Election in most of the country – but it doesn’t get a mention! The counting and results were to be delayed for 3 weeks. After a …
Diary Date: 4th July [1945]
Diary Entry: On rushes. George came. Denham & London. Evening Cosgroves. British Occupation forces entered Berlin. Diary entry: ‘Rushes’ refers to the raw film shot during one day. See: https://www.mediacollege.com/glossary/r/rushes.html A rare mention of the war (which in Europe had already ended, of course), but obviously a significant day – Berlin had originally fallen to …
Diary Date: 3rd July [1945]
Diary Entry: Covent Garden. Two visits Ealing. Went to see José Woolwich Hosp Diary notes: For information regarding José, see the diary notes for 21st June.
Aunt Pamela's War 