“There were crowds looking on everywhere, half of whom ought to have been in the procession. The large room was packed, & Miss Bloxham spoke well & not at too great length. I didn’t do myself much credit, but I was received on rising to speak with an enthusiasm that astonished me.”
WEEK 34: (20th – 26th May 1918)
“We had Mrs Callender & Mr Coates to tea, & each of them drank 3 cups of tea with a lot of sugar in each. I don’t see how they expect people’s allowance to last under such treatment; they ought to bring sugar if they require it. He showed us a photo of himself with his wife & child; the wife is Russian, a chemist & a writer of pamphlets, & very plain.”