Diary Entry: Lunch Horsham. Walked St Leonard’s Forest to Pease Pottage Bus via Crawley to Horsham. Saw “In Our Time” & missed last bus. Diary notes: ‘In Our Time’ is a 1944 romantic drama film starring Ida Lupino and Paul Henrei, and featuring a young Cyd Charisse as a ballerina. For more information, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Our_Time_(1944_film) …
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Diary Date: 5th September [1944]
Diary Entry: Marcia Bridget Pitt born. Went Midhurst by bus. Lunch there & out to Iping & Chithurst. Diary notes: The Pitts were friends and neighbours of the Dells in Orpington. Elaine Dell, wife of Martin Dell, was a Pitt. KPD’s family had lived at both Chithurst and Iping before her birth.
Diary Date: 4th September [1944]
Diary Entry: Lunch Lewis’ Went to stay Nan at Miss Baines, Park Barn, Southwick Diary notes: The Lewis’ were a family KPD worked for as a nanny, who became friends in Crofton, near Farnborough, living at Orchard Cottage. As KPD had a friend called ‘Nancy’ and also another she sometimes refers to as ‘Nanny’, it …
Diary Date: 3rd September [1944]
Diary Entry: Home after lunch. Mother away Dallinghoo. 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. As she was pregnant with their 2nd child (born November 1944), Anthony & KPD’s Mother may have gone to visit …
Diary Date: 2nd September [1944]
Diary Entry: Gerrards X [‘Cross’] for night. Diary notes: Dulcia & Ian McDiarmid lived at Gerrards Cross and were friends of KPD’s mother, and of KPD herself.
Diary Date: 31st August [1944]
Diary Entry: Took Miss Daley Surbiton. Lunch there & then Luton & Harpenden. On rushes & had to tow Metcalf back. Diary notes: ‘Rushes’ refers to the raw film shot during one day. See: https://www.mediacollege.com/glossary/r/rushes.html
Diary Date: 29th August [1944]
Diary Entry: Day off. Tea Aunt Clara Finchley & the Miss Birds. Supper Valerie. Diary notes: ‘Aunt Clara’ is the widow of KPD’s uncle, Claude, who had died in 1943. As ‘Bird’ was her maiden name, the ‘Miss Birds’ are probably younger relations.
Diary Date: 28th August [1944]
Diary Entry: Chill – in bed & visit M.O. [‘Medical Officer’] Diary notes: Whatever the M.O. did, KPD was soon up and about again the next day.
Diary Date: 27th August [1944]
Diary Entry: Went lunch Lewis’ Diary notes: The Lewis’ were a family KPD worked for as a nanny, who became friends in Crofton, near Farnborough, living at Orchard Cottage.
Diary Date: 26th August [1944]
Diary Entry: Home for night. Diary entry: Home for KPD was still her Mother’s home, 35 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, Kent.
Aunt Pamela's War 