Z1606/6

Personal diary labelled 'vol. IV'

30 April 1945 - 9 February 1947 (part)

From: 1945 To: 1947

Volume focuses primarily on domestic life in Bedford at 66 Marlborough Road during the end of the Second World War and beyond. It details caring for her elderly and father whose health is deteriorating, and the activities of her brother Jim. The volume also includes: Celebrating VE Day, including the burning of an effigy of Adolf Hitler in Bedford (10/5/1945) A revivalist Church Service at the Bunyan Meeting House (14/5/1945) The crowning of a May Queen in Kempston (3/6/1945) Working on the allotment Folk dance festival on Castle Mound, Bedford (16/6/1945) Meetings of the Literary Society, including the annual general meeting (11/10/1945) Travelling to Luton with her father (29/6/1945) Dentistry work (24/7/1945) A dream about being elected Member of Parliament (25/7/1945) and the election results (30/7/1945) Her father's illness A disagreement with the War Agricultural Committee regarding a ditch causing flooding to her garden at Bromham (18/10/1945 and 10/2/1946) New false teeth (7/11/1945) Reference to a discussion on the topic 'are women qualified to wield authority' (15/1/1946) Visit to see MP Mr Skeffington-Lodge (20/1/1946) Trip to the Anglo-Russian ballet (12/2/1946) Visit to Bedford by Princess Elizabeth (14/2/1946) Transport worker's strike (13/1/1947) Heavy snow in Bedford (January - February 1947)

Published in part in Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volume 96 edited by Patricia and Robert Malcolmson.

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