Diary Entry: Ensa – Halton & Manners – good. Diary notes: ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association – sometimes called ‘Every Night Something Awful’) was set up in 1939 to provide entertainment for servicemen/women. ‘Halton & Manners’ were presumably entertainers.
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Diary Date: 10th November [1943]
Diary Entry: Benny & I theatre – circus. Diary notes: Benny – probably ‘Benny Longmuire’ – was an A.T.S. colleague.
Diary Date: 7th November [1943]
Diary Entry: Sunny day. Went on front. Diary notes: KPD was still staying at Rhyl, it seems.
Diary Date: 6th November [1943]
Diary Entry: Went Rhyl. Diary notes: KDP had friends (‘Nan Richards’ and the ‘Dowells’) living in Rhyl, and around this time went there quite often.
Diary Date: 3rd November [1943]
Diary Entry: Nan & I went to “Dear Octopus” Diary notes: ‘Nan’ may be ‘Nan Richards’, a friend from Rhyl. “Dear Octopus” is a 1943 British comedy film starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding and Celia Johnson. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Octopus_(film) By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43892425
Diary Date: 30th October [1943]
Diary Entry: On duty. Flora came over. Diary notes: ‘Flora’ is probably Flora Gardner, a friend from a family living near Berkhamsted, where KPD had lived years before.
Diary Date: 29th October [1943]
Diary Entry: Paddy & Irene posted to Preston. Ensa “Nine till six” Good. Diary notes: “Nine till six” was an old GB film (1932), one of the first produced at the Ealing studios in sound. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_till_Six ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association – sometimes called ‘Every Night Something Awful’) was set up in 1939 to …
Diary Date: 27th October [1943]
Diary Entry: Went theatre with Benny. Diary notes: Benny – probably ‘Benny Longmuire’ – was an A.T.S. colleague.
Diary Date: 24th October [1943]
Diary Entry: Celebrated Joan’s wedding at Swan Diary notes: KPD had a number of friends called ‘Joan’, so it is not clear which ‘Joan’ this entry refers to. The Swan may be the 16th Century inn at Tarporley near Chester.
Diary Date: 23rd October [1943]
Diary Entry: Night Nancy. Went to Judy Garland in “Presenting Lily Mars.” Diary notes: Nancy was a friend, presumably in the A.T.S., with whom KPD socialised regularly during the war years. “Presenting Lily Mars” is a 1943 US musical comedy, with Judy Garland (her first adult role) and Van Heflin among the stars. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presenting_Lily_Mars …
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