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| Description | The volume starts with Fry writing that A.N., who is the daughter of Lord Halifax's sister, is staying with John Listers. Fry mentions that John Listers was in the USA recently and was surprised at their enthusiasm for, and support of Britain. Throughout the diary Fry narrates the progress of the Second World War.
June 13 Church Farm, Buckland, Aylesbury Anni Noll Wassermann came to discuss post war reconstruction, she had been assigned Health, and Margery helped; Fry gave Bemax to her gosling; discusses Yria and Russia.
June 14 Fry fell off her bike.
June 15 Fry in bed with bruises; Roland Liem and Ellen Burton visited; Roland mentioned he nearly became a Christian till he saw the Archbishop's Palace at Canterbury.
16 June Fry is reading Ambassador Dod's Journal.
June 18 visit from H Winslow who brought a portrait of an Indian; Mrs Milton with syringes; Ellen Burton who is to marry Roland Liem; talks of Hitler's Russia policy.
June 19 Dr Lloyd Hart visited, Fry went for X rays; worries about chicken pox; trouble with the Wright's two evacuees means they will be sent back to town; mentions treaty of non aggression between Turkey and Germany.
June 20 M has chicken pox, Fry has cracker her femur; visits from Bovings, Ellen Burton, Mrs Nelson.
June 23 visits from Mrs Nelson, Gerry, Miss Guest re a girl names Jean Meakin who Fry does not feel she can take in; worries about M who has chicken pox; war news.
June 25 Mr Foley from the Wingfield Hospital visited Fry and diagnosed a fracture, Foley is cousin of M Carslake.
June 27 trouble with the nurse.
June 28 worries regarding Mrs Bohm, but all resolved and she leaves on Monday; Fry writes in French that the nurse has a devil for everyone but her.
June 30 Miss Marriot visited.
Jul 16 Fry happy to be well again; Jens Boving visited; Fry is grateful to friends.
Jul 18 Fry recounts some funny points of her illness.
Jul 19 worries about Chervy; update on Russo-German war.
Jul 20 'this has been a great day for the v-sign'; discusses various herbal cures for her illness.
Jul 21 Mrs Wood visited, she said the Lib[eral] conference was full of people determined to talk about Marxism; SMF returned from Oxford.
Jul 22 the Bovings visited; Mrs Mrs Beardor-Grundy visited; Begonia arrived; SMF in town for a reception lunch to Wellington Koo; news re Japan and China; M talks about a discovery regarding cells and organisms
Jul 23 Nurse Clarke left; Gerry showed Fry her animal toy making.
Jul 24 Mrs McDougall visited, talked about her son in Addis, says it is an 'extraordinary mixture of Italian & pure savagery'.
Jul 25 Mrs Nelson offered to milk Fry's cow; Old Mrs Bunning was buried; Mrs Nelson's nephew is back from the Mediterranean.
Jul 26 NH and Hurse W went to a 'Red & Sale' at Gerry's, brought back Maria; Begonia is transformed by Maria; Peggy Marks left; Dorothy Thompson on the radio spoke about the British attitude in response to the stress of war.
Jul 27 Joan's 89th birthday; Roland Liem and Ellen Burton visited for the day and were very happy.
Jul 28 everyone ill 'seedy'; bomb dropped months before was detonated in the woods and shook the house; Miss Marriot visited; N fetched wheelchair for Fry from Aylesbury.
Jul 29 M composing a speech to be given to the Penal Reform service .
Jul 30 M went to town for 'China Camp & Colonial Cttee', and to see Home Office man, Mr Newsome with regards to releasing some Communist prisoners, also mentions Eleanor Rathbone.
Jul 31 FL Lucas and his Swedish] wife visited from Bletchley where he is doing Foriegn Office work, they discussed communism, Hitler, Chamberlain, free will and determinism; finished reading Virginia Woolf's Between the Acts.
Aug 1 Norah Laycock visited, she is running the farm school very well; Margery went to Bow Street and them to speak to a Penal Reform Conference at Cambridge.
Aug 2 visitors Miss Scott, Mrs Milton, the Bovings visited; Molly Bowden to tea, she had been accepted into the 'WRENS' [Women's Royal Naval Service]; discussed particulars of an operation with Nurse's friend, Miss Ralph.
Aug 3 Fry is worried by Begonia's influence on Maria; finished reading 'We were not all wrong' by Mander, and an article by J Strachey.
Aug 4 Fry discusses the progress of the war, German losses; Miss Ralph left; Gerry came to borrow the croquet set for use by her holiday children, Mr Abol 'Jewish father of some of her 1st pupils & an idealist pro-Britisher of purist type has just lended back in Scotland after the shameful experience of being shipped to Australia, and is now to be interned in the I[sle] of Man'; Dr Lloyd Hart visited.
Aug 5 Edward Ashcroft visited, he thinks the harvest has been affected by the storms, he plans to get 'J.O.B.' into a scheme for 'C.O.s' [conscientious objectors] to become agriculturalists; SMF back from penal reform conference; discussion on progression of war; Prison Commissioners difficulties - many good wardens called up to fight, hundreds of foreigners interned, many prisons bombed.
Aug 6 Katie Radcliffe visited, very happy over 'Y.M.' and assured Fry there was 'no feeling of intransigent Pacifism'; Radcliffe talks of her feelings of uncertainty regarding a life after this one, Fry was 'astonished' as she feels this is fundemental; M had Marjorie Rachstraw down for the day.
Aug 7 letter from 'J.O.B.',possibly a love letter, Fry found itr difficult to answer; Agnes arrived, has had lots of evacuees staying; SMF went up to see Dalton on a deputation to remonstrate about the vagueness regarding stopping oil supplies to Japan; Miss Holland visited, she might be employed by Fry to do housework.
Aug 8 Fry suffered a bad night of pain and no sleep; Joan came for the day; Fry went to hospital to be x-rayed.
Aug 10 Margery left for the Isle of Man regarding an inquiry into some of the internees; Anne Turner visited.
Aug 11 Jens visited; arranged to send Begonia away; Agnes and N went to Ivinghoe Beacon; acceptace of young man from the 'Camp' taken on oas a servant; ; phonecall form Hilda Harrison and Avice
Aug 12 report on fracture from doctor; harvest is bad due to weather; Lloyd Hart told story about Mary Churchill calling Chamberlain 'the mouse of Munich'; Grace Beale visited, she was treated unfairly by officials registering for the WRAFS, promises were broken and she has to go back into service and pay for her father's funeral.
Aug 13 Fry received a post card from Mrs Mitcheson telling her that the Ivar Olssons want word of her; Fry describes her household and friends finding out about Churchill and Roosevelt's and the conclusion of this, Fry descibes her faults with the conclusion, but says that she was still "very much moved"; Rachel Matthews visited but did not want to talk about Mayortorne
Aug 14 weather; Tory and H Winslow came for tea, T concerned with foreign affairs
Aug 16 NH has left along with Miss Bronold, Mrs Smith and baby visiting for the day; Gerry and Miss Bennett came to take Fry for a drive, Fry describes going to Fiddler's Green and Drayton Beauchamp; Manfred Aris visited
Aug 17 Fry describes a speech by Dorothy Thompson
Aug 17 Margery returned from the Isle of Man having ''released' 5 or 6 Communists', Fry describes the situation witnessed by Margery where the Manxmen, so opposed to the British Fascists being sent there, "howled and demonstrated so firecely that the authoritoes daren't let them land till 5 the next a.m."; Begonia left; in a post script marked with a cross symbol Fry mentions an internee at the Isle of Man "(Nazi)" working on a fossil found in the Mendips which is said to be "the oldest mammal ever found"
Aug 18 Agnes left, Fry comments on her own impatience at Agnes' deafness; Fry mentions collecting crutches from the hospital; Jens visited
Aug 19 Fry experiencing difficulty with using crutches, feels loss of independence; talks about the progress of Germany in Russia; SMF left for Ruth's
Aug 22 Miss Bennet took Fry to see Dr Taylor, Fry mentions that he is a "liberal Liberal" and agreed with Fry they should joine with Labour; Miss Jacobs, a visitor, was in a car accident and so in hospital; Avice arrived late
Aug 23 Nurse Clark's last day; Miss Jacobs has hurt her shoulder and will remain in hospital
Aug 24 Fry in bed for the day; Edgar Morland visited; Fry lending money to Avice and Nurse
Aug 25 Fry describes getting up late and seeing the sunset
Aug 27 NH came to visit; letter from Isabel Dodd with indirect news of Halide Edib
Aug 28 Mrs Hearne visited to talk to Fry about sewig her a dress
Aug 30 Ashcrofts and children to tea, William and Sophy; SMF came back
Aug 31 Fry spent much timetalking to M; Maria has got into music
Sep 1 Miss Bennett took Fry for a drive to Tringford reservoirs and saw birds, then visited the man who decorates barges, saw Jens and Hilma for a few moments
Sep 2 NH writes of slackness in her factory, and of great confusion in the Ministry of Labour
Sep 3 Dr visited and said Fry can walk with support; SMF in town; Fry talks of war news
Sep 4 Anne Turner visited; news of bombs being dropped on Aylesbury on Sunday night; Yvonne Jones visiting, having left her nursing training
Sep 5 SMF returned; visit from Nurse's friend Miss Andrews and Nurse Clark;
Sep 7 Dr Lloyd Hart brought wife and baby to tea "a formidable looking creature", they talk about the rise of tuberculosis; Mr Webb visited
Sep 8 Fry received tender letter form Jud Tollinton in the USA explaining situation there
Sep 10 living letter from J but Fry says she could only reply "chillily"
Sep 12 violet roskill brought her two children to dinner, John and Susannah
Sep 13 Fire wardens have been informed that they will not be allowed leave shortly, people are expecting the "second Battle of Britain"; NH visited; Avice arrived having been working on an exhibition of salvage and all the things that can be made from it
Sep 14 Rose Macaulay visited, she talked about writers, and how her flat was bombed and she lost all her books
Sep 15 Avice visited, lost her wedding ring for a few hours; Annabel Sprigge visiting - has news that there are fascists among the government
Sep 16 Anne Sprigge left after discussing priorities and giving advice to Yvonne, Fry was surprised and happy with Anne's pleasant nature
Sep 17 SMF back from town, with news that some are concerned about lack of help for Russia; the Andrews came to buy Fry's geese
Sep 18 went to Bovings' for the day; Fry describes the country as impoverished
Sep 19 Fry discusses the situation of Russia; Edward Ashcroft visited, reported that the harvest is nearly in; Miss Jacobs dropped in but Fry feels she may not be any use
Sep 20 Russian situation is getting worse, Fry describes suffering as "colossal"; Yvonne left
Sep 21 Roland Liem and Mr Hsaio (Shau) and Hsieh, one a teacher of Chinese to English people, and the other a historian, talk was of Turkey and China and Westernisation
Sep 22 letter from Tory regarding Russian situation; Gerry visited for a few hours and talked to SMF about Groupers; Miss Hicks came to visit with Miss Jacobs who is not suitable for work, Fry declares her a "valetudinarian"
Sep 23 visited Bovings' for M to look at Fry's field and wood
Sep 24 SMF at the Anglo-Soviet Relations Committee, brings back news of the Russians being disgruntled
Sep 25 worrying reports about Ethiopia; SMF received letter from "Grun of Paris" requesting she send reports of de Gaulle's speeches, and to encourage the dropping of leaflets, discussion on cryptic reference to BBC; N Barlow made a short visit
Sep 26 M invited Miss Size, head of Holloway women prisoners, now situated in Aylesbury, for tea with her helper Miss Cowles, reporting that the women are in better health and are installing their own electric lighting; anger is rising in Europe, Fry mentions that a boy who wound up Laval is "the most popular individual in Fr"
Sep 27 Nurse is ill; Miss Booth to see SMF, and Norah for tea
Sep 28 Nelson's to tea with a widowed sister; Maria questioned Fry as to whether she is a Christian
Sep 29 Nurse still in bed, Fry under pressure; Maria and SMF are not well
Sep 30 visit to Phoebe Schevin's, lots of military vehicles on the way there, Fry describes lunch, vegetable stew and shredded apple and carrot for dessert; Mrs Salt came to see Fry; Hilda Harrison drove Fry and Margery to Oxford where Margery was staying with the Carlyles
Oct 1 Fry talks of aeroplanes roaring all day and night; Daryash visited for a long talk, offered to drive Fry back to Wheatley
Oct 2 Mrs Nancy Nicolson to tea with artist, Craxton, news about ATS and WAAFs
Oct 3 vsaw Lulie [possibly Lucie] Campbell (Dowdall) who told Fry all her troubles - husband infatuated by another woman but she is unwilling to divorce him due to their children; met Judge Dowdall who was writing about psychology of law, the Judge knew Fry's father and mentioned her likeness to him; visit from family named Rix, the son Michael has been doign occupational therapy for soldiers
Oct 4 Fry talks about the black outs being "intolerable"; Lucie Silcox visited, Fry comments on her appearance and her political viewpoints
Oct 5 Fry talks of sewing yards of sheet which neede sides turning to middle; Margery visited for a short time; reading "Roots of Nat[ional] Socialism" by Butler
Oct 6 "B's Hill" "H.H" drew Fry's portrait; Miss Stevens visited, astronomer and meteorologist, talked aout her work and theories
Oct 7 Fry heard that 95 soldiers were killed in accidents in the previous week's manouvres; Fry returns home to a newly painted room; discusses the return of injured soldiers
Oct 8 Fry mentions that Hitler is "thrusting at Moscow"; Fry finds out that her cow's food supply has been poached
Oct 10 Mrs Milton visiteed, told of many men crushed by a tank in a ditch near Aylesbury; Jens visited for "(a stolen)" ten minutes; Darling visited, Fry mentions that she is a Communist "with a car!", and asked Fry to sign an appeal on lifting the ban on Daily Workers; Norah, Gerry, and Margery also visited
Oct 11 Avice visited; interviewed Tomkins regarding cow feed which is to be paid back
Oct 12 war news
Oct 14 visit from Helen Anrep who tells Fry of the treatment she has received from her ex=vacuees, her house has been wrecked
Oct 15 Russia in greater danger than ever; Margery gloomy, had been in town with Gollanz
Oct 16 Kathleen Nelson to tea; long talks with Helen
Oct 19 went for tea at the Nelson's, was told about a mock operation performed in Fry's field
Oct 20 letter from Miss Ballance re Betty Smith, in trouble with the police
Oct 21 Fry reports that V Bartlett saw the opera while in Moscow and that it was perfect; letter from "Lew"
Oct 23 K Ratcliffe came to lunch; Mr Gold working for C.E.M.A. picture exhibitions came to select some of Roger's pictures to show; Violet Wright visited; Nurse and mrs SMith to a whist drive
Oct 24 Miss Caroline Stevens visited again discussing auras, her father founded and endowed Bradfield College
Oct 26 visit from Molly Bowden and the Piercy boys; Cherry Morris also visited; talked with SMF about her "Any Questions" experience
Oct 27 Jens visited for a short time; Fry went to the camouflaging meeting, called on Mrs Millon; M went to town and heard people talking about "Any Questions" and saying that "Miss Fry, she's always good"
Oct 28 anxious about Ladybird; note from Isabel Dodd in the USA
Oct 29 Spent day with Bovings
Oct 30 Norah came to tea
Nov 1 Norah plus friend Miss Marston to visit, talked about her high school; Lawrence Robson came to talk about Fry's cow
Nov 2 Visit from Tweddle who has been to the Cardington joining the RAF; Fry talks about how people are afraid if her
Nov 3 Ethel Langston brought her eldest boy to see Fry; Hilda Harrison came round also
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