Archive for December, 1942

Dec 30. Wed 9 pm [1942]
# CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
# RON ARRIVES IN NORTH AFRICA
# EMMIE HOME AFTER CHRISTMAS VISIT

Christmas has come and gone, likewise Emmie....
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Sat 9.p.m. Dec.19 / 42
# YOUTH GROUPS PARTY
# ROYAL ARTILLERY COOK’S WEDDING PLANS
# ‘GERT AND DAISY’ ON WIRELESS
# ANXIOUS WAIT FOR NEPHEW’S LETTERS
# ‘PIG CHEER’ FROM COUSIN’S FARM
# VICAR’S DAUGHTER MARRIES
# MORE CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS

A wet evening. I am alone until Jean and Mavis...
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Tue. Dec. 15. 8.30. a.m. [1942]
# DULL DARK EARLY MORNING START
# RABBITS FOR FOOD
# CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS COOKED

Only 8.30. Father and Jean have departed and the...
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Mon. Dec. 14. 8.15.a.m. [1942]
# JEAN DOES WELL IN SCHOOL
# NO CALL-UP FOR RENE
# WELL ATTENDED R.A. CHARITY CONCERT
# HOME-MADE PORK PIE SUCCESS

Jean has gone to school, she has to have lights...
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Mon. Dec. 7. 9. 15. p.m. [1942]
# FROZEN FLOWERS RECOVER
# MUCH LETTER WRITING
# NEW WIRELESS BOUGHT
# WAR WORK INTERVIEW FOR RENE

All the frost went out of the ground and the...
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