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MAY Fri 7 Broke up school - v.v. busy. Finished 26 shields & 3 pictures for Coronation Decorations. Sat 8 Prepared for London - Decorated SCHOOL & VILLAGE for Coronation - To The Morlands. 10 - 11 Went to London - Rosalind arrived. Dad drove us around the West End to see decorations - Terrific crowds - stayed in Dad's flat. Frank came from Ramsgate.

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1937 August

1. A very happy week. Children all v. happy families - many [ ?] in the countryside. Sidmouth Regatta & swimming gala. Rosalind competed in several races & won prizes. Dad went home at end of the week. Joan Heaton had her 21st

17. Birthday party in Camp 9.30. 18. Dad returned for short stay.

19. Went to see Winter Sunshine at Theatre. Frank Harwood as Colonel in play.

20. Rendered 1st Aid - took Bill Heaton in ambulance to hosp. & adopted Betty Evans (Not my Haines in margin) The Haines Family left & we adopted Michael & Frank.

21. Dad returned. I saw Major Miller, conductor of the Grenadier Guards Band and we talked about Frank P. Haines who he knew in London, in pre-war I days. His wife was ? [Cecily] Gleeson - Whites prima donna at Covent Garden. Frank often accompanied her. I have a photo of her as Brunnhild. Later Colonel Miller told me his wife called him "Frank the Magnificient, because he was always so immaculated dressed & the perfect gentleman" 28. We struck camp & went home - good journey.

30. M.K School re-opens.

SEPTEMBER

3. I have sickness & violent pains in chest twice every day. another duo-denal ulcer. 5. To Dr Gill & again 11th saw Dr Gill.

13. Frank goes back to Ramsgate - not too well -catarrh v. bad.

29. Music class starts at S.K.

30. Joan Harper leaves M.K. school. Tea at Miss Belgrave's to discuss play for guides.

OCTOBER 3. Rosalind back to school. & I go to ? Morlands

6. Harvest Festival - Children decorated in church 7. 1st reading "Cranford"

11. "Cranford" & Billy Boy. 14. Conservative meeting & Social - Ronald Tree.

15 W.I. concert at Lutterworth Grammer Sch.

16. Leicestershire Drama School - Matley Market at Ed. Wood Hall, opened by Hon Sybil Lowther.

18. Frank has tooth out. 19 Mother breaks her left arm at wrist.

20. Frank see Dr Lipschidtz at Margate. Doc finds nothing wrong.

21. Frank has serious insect bite on eye.

22. Nat. Sav. Conference at Leicester

23 " " " & Drama Day W.I.H.Q. (?[Nero] Walk)

24. Mother came to M.K. - Doctor to see Frank.

Nov. 2. Half Term 3. Ros & my half term holiday

12. 20th Anniversary of Nat. Savings in London. I was in at the beginning

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135 1937 November

From the 11 - 26 worked hard with Guides as Mummers & Bloaters & Guides, with Cranford. 21. 2 performances at M.K. great sucess Miss Belgrave was a perfect Miss Matty.

Dramatic Entertainment

By Lutterworth District Guiders

AT

THE GRAMMER SCHOOL

ON

WEDNESDAY,

5th January, 1938

AT 8 O.CLOCK

ASSEMBLY HALL

(by kind permission of the Govenors)

Furniture kindly lent by Mr. J. KIMPTON SMITH

St. Andrew's Day - H.K. Feast - church 9 am. Feast tea & children entertained.

December

I have a bad cold - could not go to Rosalind's card service at L

16. H.M.I. Salter -Davies visits school

17. I am very poorly with heavy cold.

22. School breaks up. Children F & R home. 24. To Holmebridge. 29. Home

1938

Took R & P to see Alice in Wonderland at Little theatre.

January

12. S.K. Music class. Frank back to Ramsgate. Dad & Ros take him to London. Dad gets a new job in London - Electric Vans.

14 Severe Gale over England

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"SCENES FROM CRANFORD"

The late Rectors daughters

Miss Deborah Jenkyns Mrs Roberts Miss Matilda Jenkyns Miss V Belgrave Mrs Forrester Miss E Chapman

Cranford Ladies

Mrs Jamieson Miss R Roberts Miss Pole Miss Wright Miss Betty Barker Mrs Green

Visiting Cranford

Lady Glenmire Miss Bluemel Miss Mary Smith Miss E Spencer Martha (The servant) Miss G Thomas Peggy (Miss B. Barker's Miss J Green servant)

The scenes are laid in Miss Jenkyn's parlour with the exception of Scene 4 which takes place in Miss Barker's parlour

Scene I Cap Scene.

Miss Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns welcomes Mary Smith, etc

Scene II Teaching Martha

Miss Deborah Jenkyns has been dead nearly a year - Mary Smith has again come to visit Miss Matty

Scene III Card Party

This takes place at Miss Betty Barker's

Scene IV Burglar Scene

Miss Pole and Miss Matty imagine there are burglers in the neighbour and lock up for the night

Scene V The Bank Scene

The bank fails and Miss Matty's money is gone

Scene VI Shop Scene

Miss Matty has been established in a little shop and hears news of her long lost brother Peter who is coming home

Interval of 10 Minutes when coffee will be served in an adjoining room

A FASHION SKETCH 1837-1877-1937

By Miss V Belgrave

Scene I

Mother ..................... Miss Bluenel Debutante .................Mrs Green Maid .........................Miss Spillar

Scene II Mother .....................Miss V Belgrave Debutante ................Miss Spencer Maid ........................Miss Spiller

The first debutante's dress was in a Paris Trousseau sent to New York in a sailing ship

The second debutante's dress was worn at a dinner party given for the Harborough Ball

GOD SAVE THE KING

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Jan 15. I buy a new hat, brown spring felt. Immediately on leaving shop it b;ew off & a man put his foot on it.

17. Bobbie goes to London by car to his new job Electric Vans Ltd

18. Rosalind goes to a party at Burstall & stays with Mrs Baxter

25. The Aurora Borealis seen at N.K & all over Eng

27. Niagara Falls Bridge collapsed by weight of ice

Feb 4. Rehearsal for spring cleaning & geyser. Ros to London to Coulson to ? Mother has bronchitis & then pneumonia. Nurse Heggs in home

Sun 20. Mother improving

24. Entertainment at Walton - 2 plays "Spring cleaning & old geyser"

Sun 27. Mother downstairs first time

30. Rosalind comes home to go to Golf club dance at Lutterworth. Frank sets off to Germany with Chatham Scouts

31. Frank arrives at ? [Utlm} on the Danube. Heard him speak on radio at [Ullm]

April 2. Frank goes to Munich. 3. Mother comes to N.K

13. Broke up school for Easter hols. I gave 4 prizes & Easter eggs.

Good Friday 15. Uncle Frank, aunt Annie, Madelaine & Mary come to N.K

Sat 16. Pa comes to stay. 17. Car run to Newbold-on-Avon, saw Noel Prentice & his church

18. Car ride to Mkt. Harboro.[ Gumley] etc, etc

19. Took mother & Father home to Morlands. 20. Spring clean at Morlands

21 Dining room, study - 2 bedrooms, stairs, hall, landing, bathroom

23. To Stratford-on-Avon - saw flags unfurled. Tyrone Guthrie was chief guest Visited Shakespear Memorial in church . Noel Prentice was rector there, wonderful to meet

25 Little theatre to see Othello - Leslie Bowman, Roy [Poclim], Diana [Nicolson]

27. Frank goes to Ramsgate

May 4. Rosalind gets her driving licence. I write an EMPIRE PLAY

24. Pageant - a great day. Pageant most sucessful, N.K loved it Tea at Col. Belgraves - games after

June 2. Broke up school 4. To Syston 5. Gardened, 4 o' left for Yorkshire Visited Digly Mills & Bilberry reservoir, Marston & over moors

6. Ret to Syston - found mother ill - to 10 V. ill pneumonis 11 Moved her in ambulance to Sun Dial nursing home. 12. Visited mother - improving

13. School - all present - school dentist visit

July 23. To Ramsgate to see headmaster Chatham House, Frank returned with us Tea at Ramsgate where Frank works as Sea scout

27. Frank breaks up for Summer hols. 28. N.K begins summer hols

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