GG Tom Baskerville Travel Diary 1913
Great Grandad Thomas Baskerville (1864-1934) travelled back to England with his daughter Phoebe Stretton nee Baskerville (1892-1967). He was 49 years old and Phoebe...
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The most enjoyable holiday Mother and I spent at Cairns and Kuranda
by Gertrude Baskerville (nee Stillman) about 1919 A description of the most enjoyable holiday Mother and I spent at Cairns and Kuranda We left...
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GG Tom Baskerville Travel Diary 1913
Great Grandad Thomas Baskerville (1864-1934) travelled back to England with his daughter Phoebe Stretton nee Baskerville (1892-1967). He was 49 years old and Phoebe...
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Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.04 – Binbrook
Page 7 Page 7 But “Quo Fata Vocant” was always there and the fates were calling me yet again (Henry of course says the...
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Mama’s Diary Chapter 1.15 – Goodbye Radar – Hello Signals
Page 65 Page 65 Goodbye Radar – Hello Signals I arrived at the Radio Branch (wartime) of London Uni. It was based at Exhibition...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 1.14 – Dunkirk
Page 54 Page 54 North Foreland. I think this was the occasion when Topsy and I caught the last train down from London to...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 1.13 – North Foreland
Page 47 Page 47 On April 14th 1942, I arrived in London bound for North Foreland. I took time off and went home to...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 1.12 – Hollyhead South Stack
Page 44 Page 44 At Holyhead, I was billeted with the Hainden’s – a 30th ish – couple with no children who lived in...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 1.11 – The Airforce 1941 – 1945
Page 41 Page 41 The Airforce 1941-1945 My number was 2026333 and I joined up on November 11th 1941. I was sent to Bridgnorth...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 1.10 – The War 1939-1945
Page 36 Page 36 The War 1939-1945 For me, as for countless thousands and thousands of folk throughout the world these years dramatically changed...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 1.09 – Matriculation
Page 35 Page 35 Then a letter came from A.H.S. Anne and Jo to catch a special train from London to Exeter in Devon...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 1.08 – Turkey Court under German planes
The planes now came overhead like Page 32 Page 32 buzzing flies in a swarm. Manston Airfield was close to Turkey and we saw...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 1.07 – Ashford Public School for Girls
Page 21 Jo and I went to Ashford when I was 13 and she was 12. We were day girls for two years travelling...