This diary gets neglected these days.

War news seems good on the whole & Romania having come in is a hopeful sign.

There have been a lot of raids in Aug. but very few casualties.

Sydney Rundle has been called up again & Boucher & Eli have had a summons to be re-examined but as Eli is in hospital having an operation on his arm he won’t be able to go yet awhile.

Ursula & Baby went back on Tuesday. Evelyn arrived on Saturday. Mr Coleridge has just paid his annual visit & cheered us all up. Rhona is here now, she is making herself useful by taking Elizabeth’s lessons which is a job visitors are turned on to.

On Aug 18th Mary F & Michael left for E Africa, they left here on the 17th & spent the night in Plymouth. Darling Mikie, how we miss his bright face & his loving ways. The two babies have been so happy together, it has been lovely having them both.

Walter Woollcombe died on Wednesday.