Goodlet diaries

5 Dec 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 50

Week 50 of Goodlet’s diaries is swept along by the sensational news of the king’s abdication and that his brother George (pictured above during a …

28 Nov 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 49

Week 49 is dominated by what Goodlet calls ‘the Royal crisis’ as it becomes clear that King Edward (pictured above during a visit to …

21 Nov 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 48

Goodlet takes a stroll to Kew Bridge (pictured) in week 48 while the march to war speeds up a notch with developments like the …

14 Nov 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 47

Week 47 of Goodlet’s diary is one of contrasts: Admiring the new trolley buses along the Uxbridge Road (pictured) while lamenting the fact that …

7 Nov 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 46

Week 46 sees Armistice Day being commemorated and Goodlet remembers the day itself when the First World War ended and he, as a teenager, …

31 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 45

‘Things are very difficult at home these days’, writes Goodlet in week 45 of the serialisation of his diaries from 1936. Meanwhile, Mussolini is …

24 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 44

Week 44 rather bizarrely sees Goodlet registering his regret over the abolishing of the cutlass. A haircut, not with a cutlass one would assume, …

17 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 43

Week 43. Cashing a cheque at a bank in Acton (pictured) brought a bit of relief to a week tarnished by financial worries and a flood …

10 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 42

Week 42 sees Goodlet lament the state of world affairs as war creeps ever closer: ‘What a world. Really, it is just bedlam compared …

3 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 41

Visits to the library (pictured) provide some respite in week 41 from the misery of a bad cold and constant stream of bad news …

26 Sep 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 40

Week 40 begins with a welcome reprieve, with nobody from the Electricity Board coming around to cut off the supply. Summer was well and …

19 Sep 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 39

Goodlet ends week 39 by taking in some ‘infernal tosh’ at the Richmond Theatre (pictured) and facing up to the prospect of the family’s …

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