Diary Entry: Took Miss Daley to Harpenden Burgess & Doris Grainger to Dunstable. Lecture on Parliament Diary notes: ‘Miss Daley’ seems to have been another A.T.S. officer and friend of KPD at around this period. ‘Burgess’ and ‘Doris Grainger’ seems to have been A.T.S. friends.
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Diary Date: 26th November [1944]
Diary Entry: Church parade. Went Chesham tea & supper Webbs. Diary notes: The Webbs, who lived at a house called Ingleside in Chesham, were friends whom KPD frequently visited, esp. Dorothy and Marjorie.
Diary Date: 25th November [1944]
Diary Entry: Nessy came. We walked Chislehurst. Went back to Wembley. Diary notes: ‘Nessy’ seems to have been a friend KPD made during her A.T.S. service, and spent time with (often walking or going to the cinema).
Diary Date: 24th November [1944]
Diary Entry: M [Mother], V [Veronica] & I to see “2000 women” Good Diary notes: ‘2000 Women’ is a 1944 British comedy drama starring Phyllis Clavert and Flora Robson. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Thousand_Women
Diary Date: 23rd November [1944]
Diary Entry: Left by 12 oc train. Home. V[Veronica] on N.F.S.[National Fire Service] Diary notes: The N.F.S. Was the National Fire Service (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Fire_Service ) created during the war. It included both men and women, like Veronica Dell, KPD’s sister, who must have answered an advert like this one: [By Source, …
Diary Date: 22nd November [1944]
Diary entry: Enid, Sally, Dinkie, Judith & I to Glos. afternoon. Went to Cathedral. Giles & Ethel to tea. Diary notes: Another day with relatives from her father’s side of the family. ‘Giles’ would be ‘Giles Bateman’, born in 1938, and ‘Ethel’ his Grandmother (born 1876).
Diary Date: 21st November [1944]
Diary Entry: Breakfast in bed. Bas & I to Gloscester (sic). Watched Dinkie & Judith dancing. Lilian Dell to tea. Dorothy Maurrees (?) fiancée in evening. Diary notes: KPD was staying with family members on her father’s side (the Dells). Judith may well be ‘Judy Greengrass, née Bateman’, who was 5 years old at the …
Diary Date: 20th November [1944]
Diary Entry: Went out to Rossholme. Had lunch there & enjoyed seeing everyone. Liz saw me off & Enid Bateman met me Gloscester (sic) Stayed with the Hodders & Dearie. Diary notes: KPD had worked at Rossholme School from January 1937 to April 1940. Enid Bateman was the wife of Geoffery, related to KPD through …
Diary Date: 19th November [1944]
Diary Entry: Went out Liz am. Moona & I went to tea Miss Kidner & had tea & supper out Diary notes: ‘Moona’ (Niss Noyes) and ‘Miss Kidner’ were friends from KPD’s time at Rossholme. It is evident from her diaries that KPD frequently returned to see friends she had made in her various jobs.
Diary Date: 18th November [1944]
Diary Entry: Went to W-S-M [‘Weston-super-Mare’]. Stayed with Miss Noyes at St. Peters. Tea & supper Miss Culverwell. Diary notes: Miss Noyes [aka ‘Moona’] was a friend of KPD’s (they went on some holidays together); She was, like KPD, a Nanny/Matron, and had also worked at Rossholme. St Peter’s was a boarding school in the …
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