Diary written as war breaks out

Mum has a small diary of a holiday she took with her family in 1939 .What is fascinating about the diary is that it is written at a time when war seemd to be looming .At the top of most pages is a phrase like "war more likely" or" war seems less likely today"

The diary also records a trip the family took to a TB sanatorium near Talgarth where John Watson was the chief medic.Mum recalls sharing a room with her sister Gladys and they were there when the war actually broke out on Septemeber 3rd
Mum recalls seeing so many people in uniform and finding it impossible to get a hotel room on their travels in Shrewsbury and having to get one on the outskirts of Chester instead
The diary cover just a few short but very significant weeks in mums and her familes lives

wedding day photo

I spent the afternoon with mum yesterday.
After lunch we spent an hour or two chatting through the past and looking through old photos of her family and even writing down the names of the people while they are still remembered.Mum is holding a photo of Robert Nicoll and Edith Watson's wedding. Apologies for the quality of the photo I just snapped it with my phone camera. The wedding took place at St Fillans church Newport on Tay, Scotland.