Diary Entry: Maintenance am. Dinner Smiths. Diary notes: Whether these were the ‘Smiths’ at Hampstead or not is not clear; nor is who they were or how KPD knew them.
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Diary Date: 10th September [1945]
Diary Entry: Took Officers to Wembley & London. Diary notes: Although the war had been over for nearly a month, KPD’s ‘officers’ were still obviously using her to drive them around.
Diary Date: 8th September [1945]
Diary Entry: Went Abbots Langley, in time tea. Diary notes: KPD often mentions going to stay at Abbots Langley, so clearly had friends there, but although a number of them are mentioned by Christian name only, their full identity hasn’t been given. Abbots Langley is only 10 miles from Berkhamsted, where KPD had lived for …
Diary Date: 7th September [1945]
Diary Entry: To H.M.V.s Hayes. Back 3pm Up Selfridges. Then Perivale & Southwall. Diary notes: A busy day in and around London. Was the visit to ‘Selfridges’ perhaps a shopping trip for KPD or one of the officers she drove?
Diary Date: 6th September [1945]
Diary Entry: To Hoovers. Lunch restaurant. Back early. N.A.A.F.I. & Curzon St. Went “I lived in Grosvenor Square” Diary notes: ‘Hoovers’ is probably the famous Hoover Building in Ealing (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Building ). “I lived in Grosvenor Square” is a British romantic film made in 1945. It starred Rex Harrison, Anna Neagle and Robert Morley. For …
Diary Date: 5th September [1945]
Diary Entry: To Siemens again. Diary notes: For details re: Siemens, see yesterday’s diary notes. The Siemens factory in 1863; Image copyright ©Siemens Corporate Archives, Munich.
Diary Date: 4th September [1945]
Diary Entry: On P. Coy. Went Siemens Factory Charlton. Lovely lunch. On rushes p.m. Audrey Danvers came. Diary notes: The Siemens factory was an important industrial site in south-east London; in Wikipedia it is described like this: “A notable establishment was the Siemens Brothers Telegraph Works opened in 1863 (although the factory was largely in …
Diary Date: 2nd September [1945]
Diary Entry: Lunch & tea Lewis’ all family there. Joy White to tea. Diary notes: The lives of the Dell and the Lewis families were closely intertwined throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Although KPD mentions another ‘Joy’ in her diaries, this seems to have been the only time she mentions ‘Joy White’.
Diary Date: 1st September [1945]
Diary Entry: Home about 3pm. M. V [Mother, Veronica] & I in village. Met Mrs L [Lewis] & children Diary notes: As she liked to do whenever she could, KPD went home for the weekend. The war now being over, her sister Veronica (who was now 23 years old) was back there when not working …
Diary Date: 14th August [1945]
Diary Entry: Wrote letters, shopped etc. am. After lunch biked Cat & the Fiddle & down to Wild Boar Clough tea Inn. Diary notes: A quiet morning (after a long cycle ride yesterday). For someone who was basically a teetotaller. KPD did enjoy visiting country inns!
Aunt Pamela's War 