Diary Entry: Went to see Valerie pm Diary notes: ‘Valerie’ is probably ‘Valerie Evans’, an A.T.S. friend of KPD’s.
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Diary Date: 16th September [1944]
Diary Entry: Up London am. Orchard Cottage for night. Phillip very ill meningitis. Diary notes: The Lewis’ were a family KPD worked for as a nanny, who became friends in Crofton, near Farnborough, living at Orchard Cottage. Phillip Lewis, who KPD had looked after as a baby on occasions, was 6 years old at this …
Diary Date: 14th September [1944]
Diary Entry: Took Miss Daley Surbiton. Saw “The Song of Bernadette”. Diary notes: ‘Miss Daley’ seems to have been a friend of KPD around this time; presumably they met through the A.T.S. or other war work. “The Song of Bernadette” was a 1943 film based on the life of Saint Bernadette. It starred Jennifer Jones, …
Diary Date: 13th September [1944]
Diary Entry: Returned Wembley. Diary notes: KPD seems to have had a fair amount of leave so far this month!
Diary Date: 10th September [1944]
Diary Entry: All went to Aunt Winnie Diary notes: Winifrid (‘Winnie’) Evershed (1873-1955) was the sister-in-law of KPD’s mother, having been married to her eldest brother Dr Arthur Evershed, until his early death in 1920 from TB.
Diary Date: 12th September [1944]
Diary Entry: Spent day Langton Green. Saw A[Aunt] Consie’s new house – Beckwith. Uncle Trevor lunch. Charles tea. Diary notes: ‘Aunt Consie’ is Constance Evershed (1868-1951), unmarried elder sister of Nellie Dell, and perhaps the closest of her Aunts to KPD, who visited and stayed with her on many occasions. Strangely she named her house …
Diary Date: 11th September [1944]
Diary Entry: Home after lunch Diary notes: Home for KPD was still her Mother’s home, 35 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, Kent. As her diaries show, she seldom went long without a visit home to her (widowed) Mother.
Diary Date: 9th September [1944]
Diary Entry: John Lewis 21. Diary notes: No relation to the world famous department store chain…but rather a reference to one of the Lewis family. KPD had worked for them as a nanny, and had become a friend of the family. There are multiple references to Lewis family members over many years in her diaries.
Diary Date: 8th September [1944]
Diary Entry: Left 10.15 am Train Chichester, lunch. Bus Fishbourne & Bosham. Tea Betty. On to stay Butt’s Cottage Diary notes: Bosham, a small coastal village near Chichester, was not far from where KPD’s family had lived early in the 20th Century. Betty Hughes was a friend from that time. Butt’s Cottage was the family …
Diary Date: 7th September [1944]
Diary Entry: Lunch & tea Uncle Trevor & Aunt Ethel, Thakeham. Diary notes: Rev. Trevor Evershed (1870-1951) was one of KPD’s uncles (brother of her mother); he was married to Ethel Evershed, née Butterfield (1872- 1953). KPD has written about the two families, hers and Uncle Frank’s, swapping homes to have holidays, and also her …
Aunt Pamela's War 