WW2: A Civilian in the Second World War

This blog posts extracts from E J Rudsdale's diaries of life on the home front in Britain during the Second World War. Each extract was posted exactly 70 years after it was first written, marking the 70th anniversary of the Second World War between 2009-2015.

30th October 1941

Out early this afternoon, and cycled to Battleswick [Farm]. The old gentlemen are still about the place, and are continuing to farm about 20...

29th October 1941

Biting cold N.E. wind. Sunny in the morning, and then about 1 o’clock it began to snow, but soon left off. George Farmer came in, looking ra...

27th October 1941

Cold, windy day. [War Agricultural] Committee meeting at Birch. Frightful row about Langenhoe Hall, the Chairman threatens to resign. It is ...

26th October 1941

Drove Bob over to Boxted, to Harry Holmes’ place, for a load of corn chaff. Left him there, and cycled on to the Rushbury’s house at Higham,...

23rd October 1941

Had another dream last night about bombs. Once again I was in some building that was being terribly shaken by explosions. As I lay awake abo...

22nd October 1941

Decided I had not given Mother anything worth having on Monday, so bought her a very good bag and put £2 in the purse of it. Went to tea at ...

21st October 1941

Glorious weather, though cold. View from the office window made grander every day by the ever changing autumn tints. A lady artist appeared ...

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E J Rudsdale: Born on 14th February 1910 in Colchester, Essex. Began work at Colchester Castle Museum in 1928.

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