13 Dec 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
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Jist had fried galantine and tomato bread.
Mrs Drown says it is going to be official that we can write cards to Shamshuipo men for Christmas and send a parcel. She washed her pears in soapy water!
Mabel made sweet little slippers for Patricia Braude whose birthday is tomorrow.
Rumour that we have lost a new aircraft carrier in the Med.
Bridge.
My bed has been mended, and I have a paliasse made out of the parcel stuffing ((shredded paper: we didn't have mattresses on our beds))
Benediction in afternoon.
Miss Whale returned my story, she told Mum the story was of the selling sort. She gave me a list of grammatical errors and slang.