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Archive for September, 1942

Sep 30. Wed. 9.30. pm. [1942]
# DIARY RESUMES AFTER NEARLY THREE WEEKS
# NEWS OF NIECE ANNIE’S PREGNANCY
# RENE’S WEDDING DATE REVEALED
# RON HOME FOR WEEK – EMBARKATION LEAVE?

Events seem to crowd upon us thicker and faster....
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September 1942
# ‘ELVERS’ – A REFLECTION BY MAY HILL

What are elvers? Oh, young eels, aren’t they?...
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Sat Sep 5. 9.15 pm [1942]
# RETURN HOME FROM YORKSHIRE WEDDING
# BELATED NEWS OF SKEGNESS BOMBING
# SEASIDE VISITORS DURING AUGUST
# ENJOYING FISH AND CHIPS

We returned from Yeadon on Tues 28th Read more
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Sep 4. 42 Friday 8 pm [1942]
# DIARY RESUMED AFTER ONE MONTH
# ARMY COOK CALLS IN
# RECOUNTING RON’S WEDDING DAY
# WALKING ON ILKLEY MOOR

More than a month since I wrote in my diary. I...
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    • May Hill was a seaside villager who wrote wonderful diaries and poetry during World War II. May’s only son Ron became a young volunteer in the RAF, her husband a Coastguard, and close family members early casualties. (Ron’s photo © AE Wrate, Skegness)
      May Hill's WWII Diaries
    • Diaries of CDC Dunford Wood – One man’s war day by day,  from Waziristan and the North West Frontier, Habbaniya, the Burma campaign, India & the Rhine.
      Story of War
    • This blog is made up of transcripts of Harry Lamin’s letters from the first World War. The letters will be posted exactly 90 years after they were written. To find out Harry’s fate, follow the blog!
      WWI: Experiences of an English Soldier
    • This site is dedicated to Krista’s father and mother and the many others who served in the forces, were PoWs or had any kind of first hand experience of living through World War II.
      WWII Memories
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    • May 19. Wed. 8.10 a.m. [1943]
      # POTATO PLANTING BEGUN
      # DAMBUSTER RAIDS REPORTED
      # POW REPORTS FROM TUNISIA
      # RETURNING AIRCRAFT SIGHTED
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
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