3rd April 1941

Alert for 10 minutes at 5.30. Another plane shot down o our coast this morning. Planted Marigolds and Shirley Poppies. 8.45 sirens wail again, planes roar overhead, hearing 2 bombs fall Marion and I go into hall shelter. A fire is started where bombs fell, they evidently tried for airport, our fire engine just dashed past our house to fire. They recovered one airman, drowned, from plane that crashed yesterday, he had an iron cross, thought to be the pilot, 4 others went down. Plane was salvaged.

2nd April 1941

Sirens at 7am already 8am sirens at 8.30pm Got some of the flowers planted and rockery plants. 12th night London has been without a raid. A Jerry was shot down at Budleigh Salterton today.

1st April 1941

Alert at 4.30 Denver House have made a gas proof room in their attic. Now the poor animals are suffering for want of food. Even the birds cannot get their seed and one is not supposed to give them breadcrumbs. perhaps it will turn out a mercy after all that little Wiggy pussy died. He will at least not have to go hungry like the other cats. Dicky said it was awfully hard to feed their cat. When I make soup and strain it I give the thickening ingredients to Mrs Truman's dog Scampie and my does he enjoy it. Otherwise he only gets potatoes and gravy, even dog biscuits are almost unobtainable. When Daddy and Mr Truman say good night to each other they always add "I hope I shall not see you again tonight. Because if they do it means an alert.

31st March 1941 Uprising in Yugoslavia

A short alert at 2.30 and another at 5.30 Ann had just come to play with Marion when the sirens blared forth, so she said "I'll just run and tell Mother I am perfectly safe here" and off she dashed to return in a few minutes time after making a long nose, sticking out her tongue saying "That's for Hitler"