Wet all night. Clark told me tonight that foxes had been seen at Bourne Mill and in the cemetery, and that two or three people had lost fowls.
All this wet weather is very bad for the harvest.
- E J Rudsdale
- Born on 14th February 1910 in Colchester, Essex. Began work at Colchester Castle Museum in 1928.
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Media Links relating to E.J. Rudsdale's Journals
- BBC Radio 4 'Making History' programme featuring 'E.J. Rudsdale's Journals of Wartime Colchester', 22 March 2011
- Review of 'E.J. Rudsdale's Journals of Wartime Colchester' in the Dedham Vale Society Newsletter, Winter 2010-11, see pages 7-8
- Article on 'E.J. Rudsdale's Journals of Wartime Colchester' in 'Essex Life' magazine, January 2011, see pages 86-89
- Buy the book: 'E.J. Rudsdale's Journals of Wartime Colchester'
Links related to E J Rudsdale's Blog
- Colchester Museums Service
- National Trust: Bourne Mill
- Essex Record Office
- Short History of Colchester in Essex
- Victoria County History of Essex: Colchester
- Colchester Historic Buildings Forum
- WW2 Timeline - BBC History
- World War II today: Wartime events as they happened
- 1940: Britain's Finest Hour: Imperial War Museum
- The Literary Consultancy
Links related to the history of Colchester and Essex
- BBC Essex - History
- Camulos - The Colchester Webpages
- Colchester, Vermont, USA
- Colchester Guide
- Blackmore Area Local History
- Essex Journal
- Essex Society for Archaeology and History
- Friends of Chelmsford Museums
- Friends of Colchester Museums
- Friends of Colchester Roman Wall
- History House - The History of Essex
- University of Essex, Department of History website
4 comments:
'had lost fouls.'
Is this Rudsdale's actual entry or a typing error?
I hope he meant 'fowls'!
Mike
Thanks Mike - yes, it's definitely fowls! Oops! A typing error on my part but all now corrected. Glad you spotted it! CP
Hi Catherine
There was another Colchester wartime diarist.
I have created a site that like Rudsdale only goes up to today.
It is ineresting comparing the entrys.
www.ww2incolchester.com
Mark Colyer
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the information. I'm delighted that you are publishing these wartime Colchester diaries on your website and they make a fascinating comparison with Rudsdale's journals. I will add a link from the Rudsdale blog so that other readers can compare the two accounts. Good luck and best wishes, Catherine
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