Yes, I agree that it's fascinating (for diarist and reader!) to compare events on the same date across the years.Daisy wrote:Interesting entries.... the layout makes it quite enlightening for the diarist to compare what was happening on previous years on that day.
Thanks for the scans, Tony. Some entries hint that Enid and Hugh's marriage was under strain and Enid was turning to Dorothy (D.) for companionship - and we know, of course, that Enid and Hugh started divorce proceedings in 1942.
I'm not at all sure of the last two words in this sentence from July 17th 1938 - "the ceiling fell down in night nursery"? The references to the beach make me think they were staying in a holiday house when that happened.
On July 17th 1940, a Mollie Atkinson came to tea. Interesting that the name is spelt "Mollie" as Enid often spelt the name that way in her stories.