Thursday 31st July 1941

Went to the London Pavilion with Freddie. Saw "The Black Cat". Mystery creepie. Very good. Met Mum & dad. Went for drink & Freddie mixed them.

Wednesday 30th July 1941

Lovely morning again, but after lunch turned stormy. Don came over & we went for a walk but rather wet so did not stop out long.

Tuesday 29th July 1941

Didn't go out. Stopped in & did my knitting. Freddie came through. Seeing him Thursday & Sunday.

Monday 28th July 1941

Don came over. Too late to go out, so we stopped in & listened to the wireless.

Sunday 27th July 1941

Don came over. He was a bit mad, but we made it up. Went to Kew & Richmond. Quite nice.

Friday 25th July 1941

In hairdresser's 4.30 to 8.40. Fed up with sight of place. Went to Streatham with Don for tickets but Booking Hall was closed.

Wednesday 23rd July 1941

Lovely morning. Went to the Gaumont with Hilda. Saw "Western Union". Quite a good film. Saw Don later on in the evening.

Tuesday 22nd July 1941

Saw "Black Vanities" with Freddie. Lovely show. Couldn't get in the Metropole to see "The Letter". Must be a good film.

Monday 21st July 1941

Wynne starts her leave today. Weather not too good. Don came over but did not go out.

Sunday 20th July 1941

Don came over but did not go out. Hilda brought the kitten home from Uncle Toni's.

Saturday 19th July 1941

Don came over in the evening. Went to the Chelsea Palace but was a rotten show. Did not hear one word.

On this day: The BBC's "V for Victory" campaign was given the government's seal of approval when Winston Churchill used the phrase in a speech, from which point he started using the V hand sign.

Friday 18th July 1941

Dull morning. Going to Covent Garden with Freddie. Met Don there. He got drunk. Had quite an enjoyable time.

Thursday 17th July 1941

Fire Duty again. Very quiet night. Saw Don for a couple of hours & he brought me back to work.

Wednesday 16th July 1941

Supposed to see Don but he had GH Lecture so he only popped over for a little while.