Diary Entry: Took S/C (?) Himpton to Worley & froze. Diary note: Cars in the 1940s were often quite open, and even if closed did not have the level of comfort later generations are used to. ‘Freezing’ was probably a common occurrence.
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Diary Date: 14th December [1943]
Diary Entry: Duty driver. Took Rev. Knight to Braintree, Chelmsford, Epping Tea Thatched House Hotel Breakdown on way back. Got lost. Late back & to Chelmsford & back 12.15. Diary notes: The Thatched House Hotel was also a pub then (now just a hotel). A 17th Century coaching inn, it still serves travellers. See: http://www.thethatchedhouseepping.co.uk/ …
Diary Date: 13th December [1943]
Diary Entry: Long day travelling Felsted to 578 C.M.T. Coy. R.A.S.C. Diary notes: The ‘R.A.S.C.’ was the Royal Army Service Corps. Felsted (Essex) is between Bishop’s Stortford and Braintree. KPD wrote about this day in the small exercise book of memeories she left for me: “Dec. 13 1943 Posted to Felsted Essex as staff driver. …
Diary Date: 12th December [1943]
Diary Entry: Back early & called at the Perrys. Diary notes: The Perrys seem to be friends living in or near Chester.
Diary Date: 11th December [1943]
Diary Entry: Packed. Went Rhyl for night Diary notes: KDP had friends (‘Nan Richards’ and the ‘Dowells’) living in Rhyl, and around this time went there quite often. This is the last time she mentions Rhyl in her diaries, presumably because she was posted away.
Diary Date: 10th December [1943]
Diary Entry: Went Chester. Had supper Mrs Morgan Diary dates: The Morgans were friends KPD mentions during these years.
Diary Date: 9th December [1943]
Diary Entry: Heard to be posted. Diary notes: News KPD may well have expected.
Diary Date: 8th December [1943]
Diary Entry: Half day. Tea Mrs Morgan & on rounds for Penny a week. Called Nancy. Met Benny theatre. Diary notes: Benny – probably ‘Benny Longmuire’ – was an A.T.S. colleague. The Morgans were friends KPD mentions during these years.
Diary Date: 6th December [1943]
Diary Entry: Went to “Watch on the Rhine” Tea Wrexham. Diary notes: “Watch on the Rhine” is a 1943 US drama starring Bette Davis. Written by Dashiell Hammett, it was based on a play by Lilian Hellman. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_on_the_Rhine By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7139684
Diary Date: 5th December [1943]
Diary Entry: Up late. Bacon & egg breakfast Excellent lunch. Walk with F.[Flora] & Cookie & tea Argoed Hall. Diary notes: Given rationing during (and after) WW2, it’s not surprising that the breakfast gets a mention! ‘Flora’ is Flora Gardner, a friend from a family living near Berkhamsted, where KPD had lived years before, now …
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