London in the Blitz. Fred French, 66 Chestnut Road, Raynes Park, Wimbledon, London SW20 kept this diary, blogged 70 years later, during WWII and peacetime. He loves music, model aircraft, radios, railways, roses. His sister Theresa (Ciss) goes out to work - Fred does the shopping, etc.
'On this day' and other notes by 'Tony in Devon'.
By the same editor Poems Please Me
8 July 2012
23 June 1942: he 'has filled out'
23 Tues. Warm, grand sunshine all day. Fred Fraine called, he is on holiday. Brought two propellers for me: he looked well and has filled out. Did shopping on cycle to save time. Bought a scrubbing board with a corrugated glass panel.
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