Diary Entry: Convoy. Denbigh – St Asaph, Pensarn – Holywell & Chester. Diary notes: Nearly 100 miles, so a day’s work worth noting down!
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Diary Date: 8th September [1943]
Diary Entry: Tea Nancy & to see “Hello, Frisco, Hello”. Diary notes: “Hello, Frisco, Hello” is a 1943 US musical film starring Alice Faye. For more information, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Frisco,_Hello By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27027897
Diary Date: 7th September [1943]
Diary Entry: Royalty. Good. Diary notes: The Royalty was a theatre in Chester KPD went to regularly, but it’s a shame that she doesn’t say what she saw this time (even though she enjoyed it!). The inside of the Theatre.
Diary Date: 6th September [1943]
Diary Entry: Film “Air Force”. Diary notes: “Air Force” is a 1943 US aviation film based on an actual incident that occurred on December 7th 1941. Directed by Howard Hawks it starred John Ridgely and Gig Young. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_(film) By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29017584
Diary Date: 5th September [1943]
Diary Entry: On duty. Diary notes: For some reason KPD thought it worth saying that she was ‘on duty’, but not what she did, or where she went. [KPD put the same diary entry for 2 days – the whole weekend!]
Diary Date: 4th September [1943]
Diary Entry: On duty. Diary notes: For some reason KPD thought it worth saying that she was ‘on duty’, but not what she did, or where she went.
Diary Date: 3rd September [1943]
Diary Entry: Service 5pm. Day of Prayer. Witness orderly room for Peggy Longden Ensa – Tommy Trinder. V.g. Diary notes: As this was the fourth anniversary of the start of the war, there seems to have been a ‘ Day of Prayer’ observed at military bases across the country – apparently the 6th such day …
Diary Date: 2nd September [1943]
Diary Entry: Lecture by Pamela Frankau. Diary notes: Pamela Frankau (1908-67), a well known and successful pre-war novelist, worked for the A.T.S. during the war – just one episode in a very full (and somewhat racy) life! See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Frankau Pamela Frankau.
Diary Date: 31st August [1943]
Diary Entry: Supper Nancy. Diary notes: Nancy was a friend, presumably in the A.T.S., with whom KPD socialised regularly during the war years.
Diary Date: 29th August [1943]
Diary Entry: Sunny afternoon. Left early & supper Mrs Morgan Diary notes: The Morgans, especially Mrs Morgan, were friends KPD mentions during these years.
Aunt Pamela's War 