Diary Entry: Took Miss Daley to Surbiton Anthony took me “Mother Goose” Havias (?) Diary notes: ‘Miss Daley’ seems to have been another A.T.S. officer and friend of KPD at around this period. Anthony, KPD’s closest brother, had volunteered (for the Territorials) before war was declared he had already been called up. He served in …
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Diary Date: 31st January [1945]
Diary Entry: A.T.S. pay & Miss Hatcher to Mill Hill. Evening Cosgroves. Diary notes: Another evening KPD mentions spending with the ‘Cosgroves’.
Diary Date: 30th January [1945]
Diary Entry: Thick snow, then rain. Rushes. 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.
Diary Date: 29th January [1945]
Diary Entry: W/I. Staff Sgt. Carpenter posted as C.S.M. [‘Company Sergeant Major’] Diary notes: The only mention of KPD’s colleague Sergeant Carpenter in the diaries.
Diary Date: 28th January [1945]
Diary Entry: Called Enid S after church. Tea Oldhams. Saw Margaret Webb. Diary notes: KPD knew a number of ‘Enids’, but none had a surname beginning with ‘S’. As the ‘Oldhams’ seem have lived in (or near) to Berkhamsted, probably ‘Enid S’ did so too. KPD had a number of friends called ‘Webb’, but this …
Diary Date: 27th January [1945]
Diary Entry: Went to Mrs Kemp. Berk.[hamsted] Mrs Simpson & Marion in p.m. Very cold. Diary notes: The ‘Kemps’ were friends and former neighbours (when the Dells had lived in Berkhamsted). One, ‘Chrissie’, remained a friend until then end of her life.
Diary Date: 26th January [1945]
Diary Entry: Wembley dist. Kenton & Queensbury Diary notes: Another day spent working in and around her Wembley base.
Diary Date: 25th January [1945]
Diary Entry: Spent evening Cosgroves. Diary notes: Another evening KPD mentions spending with the ‘Cosgroves’. Could they be her landlords/ladies?
Diary Date: 24th January [1945]
Diary Entry: Took “Staff” to find billets Saw “Madonna of the Seven Moons” Diary notes: The fact that “Staff” is written as it is in the diary is intriguing – could it refer to an individual “Staff” officer? “Madonna of the Seven Moons” is a 1945 British melodrama starring Phyllis Calvert and Stewart Grainger. See: …
Diary Date: 21st January [1945]
Diary Entry: Church parade cancelled owing to snow. Tea & supper Dabbs & saw David. Diary notes: ‘Mrs Dabbs’ is mentioned several times in the diary, but who exactly she was is unclear. ‘David’ is not mentioned elsewhere by KPD, so his identity is unknown.
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