Diary Entry: All day Orc.[hard] Cot.[tage] Diary notes: KPD’s former employers, and friends, the Lewis family, lived at Orchard Cottage. KPD often called in to see them when staying at her mother’s home.
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Diary Date: 7th October [1943]
Diary Entry: Day Tun. Wells. Lunch A[Aunt] Consie Tea. E[Elaine] Tessa & M[Michael]. Called Jerviswood. Saw Uncle Claude for the last time. Bad raid. Diary notes: Jerviswood (a house in Lower Green Road, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells) was the home of KPD’s Uncle Claude Evershed (1867-1943) and his wife, Clara. Claude died on 22nd October. Elaine …
Diary Date: 6th October [1943]
Diary Entry: Mother & I to Bromley. M to see Mr Lyle. Lunch Cadena. Tea Hopkins, Joan & Sally & Giles. Diary notes: The ‘Hopkins’ were related to Henry Dell, and often visited 35 Broxbourne Road. Fritz Hopkins was married to Ethel Dell; Joan, their daughter, was married to Stephen Bateman; Sally & Giles were …
Diary Date: 5th October [1943]
Diary Entry: Tea 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. Apparently KPD got to drive their Bentley (he had instructed her on how to drive)!
Diary Date: 4th October [1943]
Diary Entry: Leave. Arrived home late. Diary Notes: Home for KPD was still her Mother’s home, 35 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, Kent. It was also home for Veronica, her younger sister. 35 Broxbourne Road a few years ago.
Diary Date: 3rd October [1943]
Diary Entry: On duty. Leslie & I played badminton. Diary notes: ‘Leslie’ may be Leslie Simpson, another A.T.S. colleague.
Diary Date: 28th September [1943]
Diary Entry: Went to theatre – quite good. Diary notes: Since KPD enjoyed the play, it is a shame she doesn’t say what it was!
Diary Date: 26th September [1943]
Diary Entry: Took part in “Battle of Britain” Parade. Win & I had solo to Loggerheads & walked. Diary notes: 1943 seems to have been one of the first (if not actually the first) time that the victory in the Battle of Britain was celebrated – further evidence that the official view was that the …
Diary Date: 25th September [1943]
Diary Entry: Met Flore Llangollen. Tea & saw “The Man who came to dinner”. Diary notes: Flore was another friend (possibly A.T.S.); “The Man who came to dinner” was a US comedy film starring Bette Davis and Monty Woolley, based on a 1939 play by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Came_to_Dinner_(1942_film) By unknown …
Diary Date: 24th September [1943]
Diary Entry: Ensa. Concert party Blackpool Leslie Strange – impersonator. Diary notes: Leslie Strange was a British actor and impersonator. A short film of Strange can be seen here: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/leslie-strange-issue-title-how-time-flies
Aunt Pamela's War 