8 September From GDP/30 WK WK (born 1932) grew up in Hampshire. He kept a diary from the age of nine, in which he recorded the daily happenings in his life. Here, he describes his sister’s stay in hospital with appendicitis, and a trip to the cinema. 8 September 1948 P [the diarist’s sister] had her appendix out today. Doctor B came round this evening and told us she was alright. Dad, Mother and I went for a walk in the afternoon. Cinema in evening to see a stupid Noël Coward film “Brief Encounter” and film of the new forest [...]

Undated (To post 13 Sep) This is a very pretty poem - we found it in a worn leather case; the paper it was written on was brown and brittle and the ink it was written in, faded. Despite the frailty of its substance the strength of the text's sentiment is potent - 'she clung to me with woman's love'..... . From GDP/57 James Bennetts Williams James Bennetts Williams (1856-1924) worked in the Cornish tin mines. During the latter decades of the nineteenth century, the tin-mining industry in Cornwall went into decline. Looking for work, Williams emigrated to Bolivia. He [...]