Diary of Phyllis Bethel of Topsham Devon

An account of her travels with her husband and her daughter Marion from Wiesbaden in Germany and the Second World war in Topsham Devon as written in her diaries between 1929 and 1953.

16th January 1940

Today came a severe frost which lasted for a fortnight and we had terrible trouble getting the fires to burn, as we knew nothing about lighting rules and forgot to buy pokers, shovels, brush and tongs.

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