Diary Entry: Went to night to the Tindalls, Hill House, Ufford. Diary notes: The Tindalls were the parents and family of Peggy Dell – Anthony (KPD’s brother) had married Peggy (1910-1991), his first wife and mother of his two children, Grahame & Jennifer. Their home, Hill House at Ufford was at Woodbridge in Suffolk.
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Diary Date: 3rd November [1942]
Diary Entry: Went to stay Dulcie Leggett & boys. Little Linton Farm, Cambs. Diary notes: Dulcie was a former Nanny, and good friend of KPD, both before and after her marriage. Her son, Paul Rupert Leggett, was KPD’s godson.
Diary Date: 1st November [1942]
Diary Entry: Lunch & tea Orc[hard] Cottage. Diary notes: KPD’s former employers (and later good friends), the Lewises, lived at Orchard Cottage at Crofton near Farnborough (Kent).
Diary Date: 31st October [1942]
Diary Entry: Tun. Wells for day. Lunch A[Aunt] Consie 31 Birling Rd. Up Jerviswood then tea Elaine & children in town. Diary notes: ‘Aunt Consie’ is Edith Constance Beckwith Evershed (1868-1951), unmarried elder sister of Nellie Dell, and perhaps the closest of her Aunts to KPD, who visited and stayed with her on many occasions. …
Diary Date: 30th October [1942]
Diary Entry: Lewis’ to tea. 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!
Diary Date: 29th October [1942]
Diary Entry: Went home on leave. Diary Notes: Home for KPD was still her Mother’s home, 35 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, Kent. The house today:
Diary Date: 28th October [1942]
Diary Entry: Left Reedley. Returned Gresford. Saw José in Wrexham E.M.S. Diary notes: During World War II, a centralised state-run Emergency Hospital Service was established in the United Kingdom. It employed doctors and nurses to care for those injured by enemy action and arrange for their treatment across the range of local and charity hospitals …
Diary Date: 27th October [1942]
Diary Entry: “The Dr. & the debutant”. Diary notes: “The Dr. & the debutant” [‘The Doctor and the Debutante’, also called ”Dr. Kildare’s Victory’] was a 1942 US crime drama, the ninth and last of the ‘Dr Kildare’ series of films; it stared Lionel Barrymore. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Kildare%27s_Victory And: This was the 24th film KPD had …
Diary Date: 26th October [1942]
Diary Entry: “Remember the day”. Diary notes: “Remember the day” is a 1941 US drama starring Claudette Colbert. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_the_Day By Unknown author – http://www.doctormacro.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21154673
Diary Date: 20th October [1942]
Diary Entry: “Woman of the Year”. Diary notes: “Woman of the Year” is a 1942 US romantic comedy starring Spencer Tracey and Katherine Hepburn. Further information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Year By Illustrator unknown; Distributed by Loew’s Inc. – Scan via Heritage Auctions. Cropped from the original image., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86977003
Aunt Pamela's War 