Tag Archives: milk

10.9.40

Can’t write much of the insanities of the last few days. It is not so much that the bombing is worrying in itself as that the disorganisation of traffic, frequent difficulty of telephoning, shutting of shops whenever there is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Political, War-time | Tagged air raid, bomb, Cheapside, cinemas, Criterion, delayed-action bomb, docks, fires, Greenwich, Holborn, homeless, Huesca, incendiary bomb, letters, London Bridge, Madame Tussaud's, Marylebone, milk, naval college, newspapers, noise, Old Kent Road, power, screaming bombs, shelter, shops, south London, Spain, telephone, Thames estuary, theatres, traffic, trams, unexploded bomb, Westminster Bridge, Woolwich | 12 Comments

5.9.39

Posted on 5 September by orwelldiaries

Have not been able to keep up the diary owing to travelling to & fro, dislocation caused by the war etc. The weather has been mainly hot & still. On the night of 2.9.39 a tremendous thunderstorm which went on … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic | Tagged apples, bergamot, bullaces, carnations, carrots, dahlias, damsons, eggs, flowers, goats, grass, hens, hollyhocks, larkspurs, lettuces, marigolds, marrows, michaelmas daisies, milk, onions, peas, phloxes, potatoes, pumpkin, roes, runner beans, sweet williams, thunderstorm, turnips, wallflowers, Wallington, war, weather, weeds, winter vegetables | 5 Comments

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