Archive for the category 'Diary'

Tue. 8.30. p.m. March 2nd. [1943]
# FINE MILD WEATHER AT START OF MONTH
# ANOTHER LONG LETTER FROM RON IN NORTH AFRICA
# VISIT TO FARMING COUSIN IN TRUSTHORPE
# SPRING FLOWERS IN BLOOM
# PIG PUT AWAY

March came in yesterday like a lamb. Very little...
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Feb 15. Mon 8.45 [1943]
# HIGH WINDS BATTER WASHING
# RON PRAISES MOUNTAIN SCENERY IN NORTH AFRICA
# LOCAL SAILOR MISSING IN ACTION
# PIG KILLING PLANNED

Another very windy day with a few showers. We...
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Feb.9. Tue. 9.15. pm. [1943]
# MORE ROUGH WEATHER
# NUISANCE RAIDS DISTURB SLEEP
# BOUGHT FRUIT TARTS NOT HIGHLY RATED

Blew a gale in the night from south, right in...
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Mon 8 Feb. 9.00. p.m. [1943]
# MORE HOME-GROWN VEGETABLES PLANNED
# ‘FATHER’ – SKETCHED BY JEAN
# WORK NEEDED ON CAR
# WOMEN’S FASHIONS DISCUSSED

Rene came today and thinks perhaps scarf may be...
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Sun. Feb.7. 6.15 p.m. [1943]
# ILLNESS STRIKES FAMILY
# MORE LOCAL LADS IN FORCES
# LONG LETTER FROM RON IN NORTH AFRICA
# COOKING AND BAKING SUCCESSES

These pages are so thin, I find I have turned two...
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