27 Aug 1942, Joan Whiteley's wartime diary

I am getting more home sick as the days pass.  Sometimes I think the noise in the place will drive me quite mad – next door we have a clarinet player & next door but one 2 small children & how they scream!  In the hall is a piano where they rehearse for concerts all day.  The clarinet player has a Chinese wife & 3 Eurasian children who clatter about in keks.