Diary entry: Finished early. Home. Tigger ill Diary notes: Tigger, the kitten brought home (Orpington) the previous October, was still a young cat.
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Diary Date: 30th March [1945]
Diary Entry: Gladys, Audrey, Frances & I spend most of day in G’s car. Diary notes: KPD spending the day with A.T.S. colleagues.
Diary Date: 29th March [1945]
Diary Entry: Dinner Mrs Smith & Audrey. Diary notes: Audrey (probably ‘Audrey Danvers’) was probably been another A.T.S. colleague.
Diary Date: 28th March [1945]
Diary Entry: Supper with Cosgroves. Last air raid warning in London. Diary notes: Another signal date for those in London – and another meal with the mysterious Cosgroves.
Diary Date: 27th March [1945]
Diary Entry: Last rocket fell in Orpington. Diary notes: More evidence that KPD returned later to add entries to her diary (she obviously didn’t know on 27th March that this would be the date of the last V2 to land in Orpington). In retrospect this was an important date for all those living near her …
Diary Date: 26th March [1945]
Diary Entry: Took Maj. Crawford to King (sic) X [Cross] in Gladys’ car & had bad skid. Took Miss Daley to Harpenden. Diary notes: The first mention of ‘Maj. Crawford’ in KPD’s diaries; she drove him several times in the last months of the war. ‘Miss Daley’ seems to have been another A.T.S. officer and …
Diary Date: 24th March [1945]
Diary Entry: Went to stay Smallwoods & Betty & Christopher Diary notes: The Smallwoods were friends from Berkhamsted, where KPD had grown up. KPD had a number of friends called ‘Betty’, so it is unclear who this was.
Diary Date: 23rd March [1945]
Diary Entry: Went to “The Way Ahead” Diary notes: “The Way Ahead” (also known as ‘Immortal Battalion’) is a 1944 British war drama starring David Niven, Stanley Holloway and William Hartnell focusing on the war against Rommel’s army in North Africa. For more information, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_Ahead By The cover art can be obtained from Amazon.com …
Diary Date: 22nd March [1945]
Diary Entry: Col. Munn posted. Had afternoon off. Saw “The Happy Breed” & met Minty Diary notes: ‘Col. Munn’ was driven by KPD several times whilst she was working at Wembley. “The Happy Breed” is one of the best known war films; it is a 1944 British drama directed by David Lean and starring Robert …
Diary Date: 21st March [1945]
Diary Entry: Took car to Enfield. Evening Cosgroves. Diary notes: Again the mention of Enfield – perhaps taking the car there was linked to it being off the road the previous day. Another evening with the Cosgraves.
Aunt Pamela's War 