Diary Entry: Mrs Webbs 80th birthday Diary notes: The Webbs, who lived at a house called Ingleside in Chesham, were friends whom KPD frequently visited, esp. Dorothy and Marjorie.
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Diary Date: 7th March [1945]
Diary Entry: Took Med. Ord. & man to Willesden Hosp. Evening Cosgroves. Diary notes: As well as taking officers around, and also the ‘rushes’ back to the studio at the end of the day, KPD also took soldiers to hospital now and again. Another evening KPD mentions spending with the ‘Cosgroves’. Could they be her …
Diary Date: 6th March [1945]
Diary Entry: Joyce & I went to Enfield & brought two staff cars back Diary notes: Joyce was an A.T.S. colleague.
Diary Date: 5th March [1945]
Diary Entry: Took Major Fry to London, East End etc. lecture on Italy pm Diary notes: The only mention of ‘Major Fry’ in KPD’s diaries. It still doesn’t seem that KPD was getting anywhere with her transfer.
Diary Date: 4th March [1945]
Diary Entry: Doodle bugs over. Margaret Atwood to lunch. Up to Lewis’ after tea & travelled with June. Diary notes: ‘Margaret Atwood’ was a friend (not the celebrated Canadian novelist!). ‘Doodle-bugs’ were the colloquial name for the ‘V.1.’ flying bomb. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb
Diary Date: 3rd March [1945]
Diary Entry: A.T.S. Laundry & Mill Hill am. took Col. Munn’s kit to billet & had tea there. Home & more…with rockets. Diary notes: Col. Munn’ was driven by KPD several times whilst she was working at Wembley. A reference to the V2 missile. There was no defence against, and no warning of, a V2 …
Diary Date: 1st March [1945]
Diary Entry: W/S. Took Sgt. Read out. Spent evening Cosgroves. Diary notes: ‘W/S’ is presumably ‘Work Shop’. Another evening KPD mentions spending with the ‘Cosgroves’. Could they be her landlords/ladies?
Diary Date: 28th February [1945]
Diary Entry: Took Miss Daley to Surbiton & had lunch Mrs Steggles Water Rd. Met Nessy & saw “A night in Venice” Diary notes: Miss Daley was a collegaue in the A.T.S. (the fact that KPD always refers to her as ‘Miss’ not by a Christian name or nickname, hints at her being more senior. …
Diary Date: 27th February [1945]
Diary Entry: Met Rosemary Field at “Salad Bowl” & went News Cinema Diary notes: ‘Rosemary Field’ was a friend from pre-War days. The ‘News cinema’ was somewhere that really existed in the pre-television era (though I remember being taken to one in the early 1960s) – they provided short news films, plus cartoons and other …
Diary Date: 26th February [1945]
Diary Entry: Took Mrs Steggles. Water Road. Diary notes: ‘Mrs Steggles’ features a few times in KPD’s diary at the end of the war, but who exactly she was is not clear. She seems to have lived in ‘Water Road’.
Aunt Pamela's War 