Archive for the category 'Diary'

Thurs April 1. 9.00 pm [1943]
# WILD WEATHER ENDS MONTH
# RAF IS TWENTY FIVE
# MODERN MATERIALS DEBATED
# WILL MAINTAINS GARDENS FOR HOUSEOWNERS
# WIRELESS PERSONALITES AT SKEGNESS EVENTS

Tho’ March did not come in like a lion it...
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Sat. Mar. 27. 8.15. p.m [1943]
# NEWS OF SOLDIERS – FRANK AND JOCK – AND WIVES
# VISITORS INTERRUPT SPRING CLEANING
# VILLAGE SHOCKED BY FATAL ACCIDENT

A week since I last wrote in my diary. No letter...
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Mar. 20. Sat. 9pm. [1943]
# BACON AND HAMS HUNG
# CHINE COOKED

Father hung bacon today, it all looks very nice....
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Tue. Mar. 16. 7.30. pm. [1943]
# BOMBING AT GRIMSBY
# CHIMNEY SWEPT AND SPRING CLEANING
# PIG STY REFURBISHED
# UNHARMONIOUS BBC MUSIC CRITICISED

No further disturbances last night. Out of about...
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Mon. March 15. 10 pm. [1943]
# DISTURBING EXPLOSIONS AND AIRCRAFT AGAIN
# WILL MISSES TWO NIGHTS’ SLEEP
# MORE BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Not an enemy plane last night but tonight 2 heavy...
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