Archive for January, 1942

Sun Jan 25 4.30 p.m. [1942]
# RON (RAF) HOME FOR DAY
# RON’S RAF CHUM JEFF POSTED ABROAD
#‘FATHER’ SAFELY HOME ON TREACHEROUS ROAD
# MUCH LETTER WRITING

Thursday and Friday the bitter piercing cold...
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Wed Jan 21 8.45 am. [1942]
# POLITICIANS FACE STRATEGY CRITICISM
# GUN POST PREPARED ON NEARBY FARMLAND
# RUBBER SALVAGE PROCEEDS DISPUTE SETTLED
# LARGE BATCH OF JAM MADE

Very cold and I am afraid another bitter black...
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Mon Jan 19 9.40 pm. [1942]
# ‘FATHER’ HAS ACCIDENT WITH WOOD AXE
# RON’S RAF DUTIES UNINSPIRING
# WEATHER BLAMED FOR LOCAL ILLNESSES
# JAPANESE THREATEN SINGAPORE

Am just drinking cup of Horlicks malted milk...
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Sun Jan. 18/42 7.10 pm
# BIRDSONG HINTS OF EARLY SPRING
# START OF DIARY RECALLED
# SHED ERECTED
# BETTER WAR NEWS IN LIBYA AREA
# YOUNGSTERS’ ICE SKATING BUMPS

This morning I heard a thrush try out two notes...
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Fri Jan 16 9.30 pm. [1942]
# FEELING ‘UNDER THE WEATHER’
# SHORT VISIT FROM RON (RAF)
# ROYAL DEATH REPORTED
# RATIONS SWAPPED WITH ARMY COOK

Went to bed fairly early last night, I have had...
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