Diary Entry: On rushes. Met Nessy. Browett Kensington for supper. Diary notes: ‘Rushes’ refers to the raw film shot during one day. See: https://www.mediacollege.com/glossary/r/rushes.html ‘Nessy’ seems to have been a friend, possibly another A.T.S. member, KPD saw regularly around this time.
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Diary Date: 24th October [1944]
Diary Entry: Took Col. to Curzon St & fetched after lunch & took to Kings X [Cross] Diary notes: There were several important cinemas in Curzon Street, Mayfair, which might be why KPD was told to drive her passengers there; it was a regular destination for her passengers.
Diary Date: 23rd October [1944]
Diary Entry: Messed about. N.A.A.F.I. Orderly office. Cols. bag to billet. Diary notes: Does ‘Messed about’ mean something to do with staying in the ‘Mess’ all day? Perhaps. The NAAFI was a company created by the British government on 9 December 1920 to run recreational establishments needed by the British Armed Forces, and to sell …
Diary Date: 22nd October [1944]
Diary Entry: Breakfast in bed. Had to leave 2.30. Went to see Margie & Nurse. Diary notes: On this Sunday KPD took the opportunity to take a lie in. It is not clear whom ‘Margie & Nurse’ were.
Diary Date: 21st October [1944]
Diary Entry: Left 1.30. Had wonderful hitches to Dallinghoo, arrived 5oc. In time to bath Grahame. Diary notes: Dallinghoo, a village near Woodbridge in Suffolk, (north of Ipswich) was where Anthony (when not away serving) and Peggy Dell lived with their son Grahame.
Diary Date: 20th October [1944]
Diary Entry: To Greenford. Pay afternoon Went to see Valerie p.m. Diary notes: ‘Valerie’ may well be ‘Valerie Evans’, who was a friend KPD had met after joining the A.T.S., but there are other Valeries she knew around this time.
Diary Date: 19th October [1944]
Diary Entry: Shepherds Bush am. Reigate with Mrs Marshall. Late back. Diary notes: ‘Mrs Marshall’ may have been the wife of one of the officers, Lieutenant Marshall, KPD drove on occasions.
Diary Date: 16th October [1944]
Diary Entry: Car developed squeak. Maintained. Diary notes: Always nice to see the use of a technical term! Actually she did care deeply about the workings and condition of her vehicles. One of my older cousins, whose birth is noted in KPD’s diaries and whose family were often visited by her, commented to me: “I …
Diary Date: 15th October [1944]
Diary Entry: Up Lewis’ a.m. Miss Humber to tea. Diary notes: The Lewis’ were a family KPD worked for as a nanny, who became friends in Crofton, near Farnborough, living at Orchard Cottage. ‘Miss Humber’ refers to Catherine Lucy Violet Humber (c.1889-1975) who lived next door to the Dells (at 37, Broxbourne Road, Orpington); she …
Diary Date: 14th October [1944]
Diary Entry: Went S.[South] Wimbleden, London & Denham. Went home. Diary notes: Home for KPD was still her Mother’s home, 35 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, Kent, so visiting (presumably from Wembley) to Wimbledon and south London, then to Orpington meant a busy Saturday.
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