May Hill’s WWII Diaries – Seventy Years On http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog A Remarkable Englishwoman’s Home Front Journal – Humour, Pathos, Politics and Poetry Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:27:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US May 29. Sat. 9.45. p.m. [1943] # HOME GUARD EXERCISE AMUSES # ANOTHER LATE WEDDING PRESENT FOR RENE # NEPHEW KEITH’S BABY TWINS DIE WITHIN DAYS # SPITFIRE ACE PROMOTED TO WING COMMANDER http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog/?p=1772 May 27. 8.15 a.m. [1943] # RENE CONTINUING HOUSE DECORATION # PRESERVING EGGS FOR WINTER # MORE LETTERS FROM RON # VISIT FROM EX NEIGHBOUR AND TODDLER SON # NEPHEW KEITH’S WIFE HAS TWINS # NEWS OF NEPHEW DENNIS IN RAF http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog/?p=1768 Mon May 24. 10.30. p.m. [1943] # LETTERS FROM AND TO RON IN NORTH AFRICA # RON PRAISES NORTH AFRICAN SCENERY # NEWS OF NEPHEW RAYMOND # ENJOYING RABBIT PIE # HELPING RENE WITH HOUSE DECORATION http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog/?p=1764 May 19. Wed. 8.10 a.m. [1943] # POTATO PLANTING BEGUN # DAMBUSTER RAIDS REPORTED # POW REPORTS FROM TUNISIA # RETURNING AIRCRAFT SIGHTED http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog/?p=1759 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 http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog/?p=1755 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 http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog/?p=1740 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 http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog/?p=1735 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 http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog/?p=1730 Tue. 11 May 43. 9.20 pm. # ALLIES ROUT ENEMY IN TUNIS AND BIZERTE # FEARS FOR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN FORCES # EMMIE’S EASTER VISIT RECOUNTED # CAR PROBLEMS FIXED – WITH DIFFICULTY # TWO NEW BABIES http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog/?p=1724 Sun. May. 9. 43 6.20. pm. # DIARY RESUMES AFTER FIVE WEEKS # APRIL FLOODS DRAMATICALLY DESCRIBED # FAMILY GUESTS STAY FOR SEVERAL NIGHTS http://www.ambridgebooks.co.uk/mayhilldiaryblog/?p=1709