Civilian diary,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MSS 21773-4D.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004237559
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000237559
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1940-1941 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • vi, 419 ff. ; 300 x 205 mm. Bound in two volumes at NLW.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Typescript copy of a diary kept by L. E. Latchford, 20 January 1940-23 February 1941, when he was employed at HM Customs and Excise, Swansea, as well as being an air-raid warden. It provides a day-by-day record of civilian life and reactions during the period of the 'phoney war', Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain and contains particularly vivid accounts of the bombing of Swansea. Also included are three letters from publishers and a reader's report, 1979-1980, concerning an attempt to publish the work (ff. i-iv). Extracts from the diary were serialized in the 'South Wales Evening Post', 2-17 September 1980.

Access Information

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.

Acquisition Information

Mr L. E. Latchford; Aberystwyth; Donation; 1982

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 21773-4D.

Other Finding Aids

The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).

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Usual copyright laws apply.

Additional Information

Published

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