Archive for the category 'Diary'

May 19. Wed. 8.10 a.m. [1943]
# POTATO PLANTING BEGUN
# DAMBUSTER RAIDS REPORTED
# POW REPORTS FROM TUNISIA
# RETURNING AIRCRAFT SIGHTED

It is decidedly cooler this morning, wind E or...
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May 17. Mon. 9.30. p.m. [1943]
# ASTHMA MEDICINE DELAYED
# NIECE AND BABY DAUGHTER VISIT
# LATE WEDDING PRESENTS FOR RON AND RENE
# PREPARING STUFFED CHINE
# MORE GLOVES AND SOCKS KNITTED

Wrote to Ron yesterday and Jean posted it to-day....
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Sunday May 16. 8.30. a.m. [1943]
# AN IDYLLIC MAY SUNDAY
# AIRCRAFT SHATTER DREAMS OF PEACE
# AFRICAN VICTORY CELEBRATED
# MIXED FEELINGS OVER YOUTH PARADES
# MORE LETTERS FROM RON

This is one of those lovely days that come...
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Fri. May 14. 8.15 pm. [1943]
# PAG-RAG-DAY MEMORIES
# PENNY-FARTHING INCIDENT RECALLED
# VICTORY IN AFRICA REPORTED
# LINCOLNSHIRE STUFFED-CHINE
# LETTERS FROM RON IN NORTH AFRICA

14th May – Pag-rag-day in Lincolnshire. Years...
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Wed. May 12. 10 o’clock pm. [1943]
# MORE EXPLOSIONS DURING NIGHT
# CHURCHILL IN USA
# BOOK BY EX-LOCAL AUTHOR DESCRIBED
# HOME GROWN CROPS EMERGE

It has been a stormy day with a soft...
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