After supper we all (except Nora who doesn’t like alcohol and is having a fit of depression) drank John’s health. Nice having all these people in. zfl zcl zfd zil zem
Monday 31st
…Margaret and I spent the whole morning cleaning and greasing Martin’s car—quite fun, and we worked together, better than usual. (There are apt to be rows when we do this). … we poured out the honey from the centrifugal machine, getting over 20 lbs—2 x the expected. Good. zfl zdc zdq zag zfd zmo
… David came back … He’d spent the morning [at Shiner’s farm] gossiping—the men are discontented with the foreman, J B, because his interest has (noticeably) switched from the farm to the nice (both are) landgirl Joan (who is Mrs. Williams), and he’s neglecting the farm. … zfr zhk zgk zse zop
Margaret leaves tomorrow for 4 weeks in a shell filling factory as a guinea pig to study the effects of TNT poisoning (blood etc. tests before and after) . zfl zhk zil zmt zmw
September
Wednesday 2nd
…we flattened some pennies under the train (David’s pennies). What’s the penalty for ‘defacing a coin of the Realm’? zgk zol
News—a stand before Stalingrad, 1,000,000 axis troops there. Flare up in Egypt, no major engagements yet. zru zlb zwf
Thursday 3rd
The post brought the following card, much earlier than I’d expected: from the HM Gresham’s School, Newquay. School Certificate, July 1942. You have obtained a certificate with Matric. Exn. in the list of subjects which follows. … [signed] Excellent (PSN). Gee! Far better than I’d dared expect … 6 VGs [very goods], 3 Cs [credits]. I felt quite happy. zex zem zsw
… At 11 o’clock we had been at war for three years. How many more? This must be the last war. … zwg
