5 Dec 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
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Dreadfully cold.
Concert in evening - best I've seen here. Compered by Danny Wilson. Barton girls and others in colourful Spanish dance, and 4 girls in white, blue-bodiced dresses. H. Mundy gave a good 'Albert' poem ((a Stanley Holloway piece)), and 'Hong Kong' - words by Alec Kidd ((probably the 'Alexander Kidd' on the Stanley list, I didn't know him at all)). V Garton was good.
Mary (Taylor) came to tea, I took remains of the ground rice pudding to Rosaleen in hospital, she isn't looking well.
Rumours are that Turkey has entered war, and Hong Kong has been declared a free city; and we will be searched.
Had first of vitamin caramels today - taste fishy. ((Caramels by Red Cross, and distributed to us one at a time.))
Yvonne ((Blackmore, aged 15)) returned story, verdict: 'this story held my interest all the time, I was always loathe to put it down.'
Lent Miss Whale (who was a governess to Pamela Stanley, grand-daughter of Melba in Australia) my story.
