Mrs Dorothy Fyffe gave talk to St Agnes club in our room. Saw her polished show some months back, when she stepped into the breach at about 2 days' notice. She went on music halls with her elder sister when she was 15, and travelled through Europe, appearing at Folies Bergere, and in Royal Command Performance in 1938, and before the King and Queen when they visited France in 1939, when Maurice Chevalier was also on the latter bill and was largely responsible for sending the sisters to Rio de Janeiro.
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A little cooler. Showery. W wind.
Outside roll-call.
Repairs to A. Bungalow.
St. Johns Is. evacuated by Japs.
Splendid abend mit G und netting stitch. [Splendid evening with G and netting stitch?] ∴
Some Canteen gear arrived.
Inspection of Camp by locals.
Agnes Hopwar dies aged 77 in Hong Kong.
Her daughter Florence and her granddaughter Bonnie were in Stanley's Block 4.
Source:
Peter Hall, In The Web (2012 ed.), 69
Showery, cooler.
“A” Bungalow repairs.
Camp inspected by high Jap officials & Zindel aft.
Grew in Ocinawa awaiting Jap answer. ((Jones is probably referring to Joseph Grew, Acting Secretary of State for the USA))
To Evening Service & lecture by Prof. Forster with G. ∴
(Number of Jap? Chinese landed from Junks at Pier.
Cost Y60 to wash overall & pr. of shorts.
Lorry with veg & salt & fish.
Zindel & J. officials visited Camp
The people belonging to Block 8, bungalows A, B and C got permission to return to their own rooms on Thursday 2nd August. All nonsense and typical of the Japs mind to keep these people more or less street sleepers as the bombs? for want of another name were removed last Saturday several days after the actual bombing. How much longer we are going to be here I wonder.
The small news we hear is said to be good and there are good prospects for our early release I hope. Another new Prime Minister 31 years since 1st Great War.
Overcast, E wind, cool.
(Adml. Mountbatten 1/c British Fleet, Manila)
Heavy showers pm.
Salt fish (lousy)
Awfully fed up all day. G noticed. ∴
Sheila Mackinlay's banns called today, to Searle (Police).
Children's service (l. M Koodiaroff ((sp?)) p. Rose) | Martin ((Not sure if this refers to the father or son surnamed Koodiaroff.))
Banns - L. A. Searle & S.M. Mackinlay
salt fish
Not feeling well.
St Catherine's meeting .
Working.
Went to see Doreen about shorthand – and found that Doreen's pa knew nothing about her decision to stop learning.
Pacifism meeting in our room.
Today is Yvonne’s birthday and Mother and Father’s wedding anniversary. We have had quite a nice day, celebrated as our limited circumstances allow. We had some egg yolk and oil on our congee in the morning and finished with a cigarette! For lunch I made two little steamed puddings with half our last tin of bully beef mixed with some sweet potatoes and onions from our garden. Then in the afternoon Anne Muir and Terrance Feltham had tea with us and played bridge. Maudie lent us her room for the occasion.
At about 8.15 a.m. (local time) the Enola Gay releases an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima.
The wife and step-daughter of interpreter Kiyoshi Watanabe are among the 70-80 thousand people who are killed by the explosion and subsequent fire storm.
Source:
Watanabe: Liam Nolan, Small Man of Nanataki, 1966, 154-155
Not feeling very good.
Worked.
Heavy rain early am. Cooler, stronger E wind, cloudy showery.
G little while forenoon after repairs to windows in “A” Bung.
Rec. letter from Marj Nov.1942.
Talk with Steve re dancebands & music.
∴X Nicht mehr [No more]
(Large Task Force off Japan. Tokio bombarded from Tokio Bay. 5,000,000 men on Okinawa awaiting the word to go?)
Typhoon weather
Went to work, then brought up breakfast.
Happy Birthday to Nell and all good loving wishes. I had hoped we would have been outside and free, but not yet, and so would have been able to cable you. However that day can't be very long delayed now, especially as the meagre news we get is so good. Thanks your letter of 6/3/44 received yesterday
Cooler, E wind, squally.
Odd jobs.
Dr. Smalley ill so could not see him today.
14crt. fountain pen nib Y500, Cigs Y41.
C & D Groups for Salt & Tea.
Birthday present to G.
(Babbitt says “Although we hold several China Coast Ports nothing much can be done due to lack of roads etc. Russia at war with Japan?) ∴