1 Dec 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
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My 24th birthday. Seems such a great age! To Confession and Holy Communion in morning.
Mary (Taylor) gave me a little cloth hanging pocket for the wall, Mabel made a pretty birthday card. Tony (Cole) and Jimmy Bendall arrived for tea. Mr Bendall gave me an old varnished piece of wood with my name and the date burnt into it. ((I kept it for years but it disappeared in 1996 when we moved from Seaford to Frinton)). Tony gave me a TIN OF CONDENSED MILK! The Woods twins came.
Dorothy Salmon came down to be hospital messenger while George Davit, the usual one, in hospital.
Before party, I went to Retreat (church) 2.30 – 3.30pm.
The ground rice pudding worked out all right, served with pineapple; sandwiches and currant loaf.
The twins gave me a tiny piece of Shelley china. Just as they were leaving, they sang a duet 'One Alone' ((from The Desert Song)), beautiful and deep-throated, (fantastic voices).
Benediction and Stations of the Cross tonight.
