[13th page – November 1940, in ink]
heard Jerry but couldn’t see him the sky is very overcast & it’s raining
Nov 16th Sat: & still bad weather but not too bad for Jerry to visit us on the night of the 14th the alert went at 7.30 pm & lasted for exactly 11 hours. the planes we over constantly & very heavy firing & bombs of all descriptions falling we went to bed at 2.30 down stairs & slept well. there were Bill & Mrs Ford & I playing 9 card Brag for ½d till that time & the time passed quickly had a moment which does not sound funny put as I do it on paper when with Mrs Ford & Bill heard the whizzing of a couple of Bombs Bill never moved but Mrs Ford looked at me & at the door her face registered fear & I thought something was happening in the Hall or Kitchen I simply rushed out not know what for (The Alert is going at this moment) when I heard Bill say. is alright now & Mrs Ford had dived under the Table. after we had settled down again we could see the funny side of it & had a good laugh it’s now 2 hours later & the all clear has gone we never had them get this far our boys went out to meet them they have bombed Coventry in a most horrible way nearly 1,000 killed it must have been Terrific I hope we never see the like I had a letter from David yesterday also Lionel David had just heard that Dick had got back to England & was tickled to Death on hearing Der was going to get married but wished him all the best Lionel was grumbling. because they had moved him out of London to Winsor it’s too quiet there he says he’d only heard 2 Guns fired I should have thought he’d have been pleased.
Peter Robert Turnill, third and youngest son of Joan, b 1/5/1947, m 19/10/1971
Little more than a shed! The picture shows it in 1982 shortly before we demolished it. The house to the left was built by Joan and occupies half the plot they bought in 1952. They had about 2/3 of an acre of ground.
Margaret Ianthe ? ? Hanson, first child of Derwent & Margaret, b ??/??/1942, m ????? d ??/??/2008? Ellen holds Ianthe – taken 1/3/43
Richard Brian Turnill, first child of Joan & Victor, b 23/10/1942, d 12/1/1961. Douglas must have got lost somewhere.
They certainly did …
Derwent George Cooper Hanson was their 3rd child, born 8/9/1918, and thus just 21 at the start of the war. Died ??/??/??
Margaret Williams, born ??????,
