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River Teme - Diana, Christine & Mary

Boating on river Teme - Diana, Christine & Mary, 1944. Ludlow Castle in the backround.
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New Theatre London: Richard III Play March 1945

New Theatre London: Richard III Play March 1945, seen by Muriel and her friends during her time in London.
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Muriel's 'Presentation Day', 1947

Muriel's 'Presentation Day', May 1947, Albert Hall, London
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Bodenhams of Ludlow, 1944

Bodenhams of Ludlow, picture taken by Frederick J. Bodenham (Muriel's father - 'Daddy') in 1944
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Inside a Theatre programme, 1945

Inside a Theatre programme, 1945, Note the Air Raid recommendation
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Cambridge, taken by Muriel 1944

Cambridge, Bedford collage students were evacuated to Cambridge during the WWII
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Muriel's 'gang', London 1946

Entrance to Tate building, Bedford Collage (today Royal Holloway, London), June 1946, taken at 1pm, after finals of sociology department
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Front cover of programme from Theatre Royal Heymarket, 1945

Front cover of programme from Theatre Royal Heymarket, 1945, Despite the war, people loved going out.
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Muriel and Janet, 1945, Whitcliffe, Ludlow

Muriel and Janet, Autumn 1945, Whitcliffe, Ludlow, with Tim, Bubble and Toby
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Muriel on Whitcliffe in Ludlow

Muriel on Whitcliffe in Ludlow, Autumn 1945, with Tim, Bubble and Toby
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Back of 'The Playhouse' Theatre Programme, 1945

Back of 'The Playhouse' Theatre Programme, 1945, Note the advertisment for 'Marriage Bureau' - 'How to find a husband in 1945?'
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'Presentation Day', 1947, Christine, Diana, Muriel & Mary

Muriel's 'Presentation Day', May 1947, Albert Hall, London. Pictured Christine, Muriel, Diana and Mary.
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One ordinary life captured in the extraordinary times.

Welcome to Muriel's Diary. This is quite a different type of a blog. Its a record of a diary of one shopkeepers daughter, who despite the extraordinary time of WWII, went on to fulfil her dreams and enrolled to study sociology at Bedford college (today's Royal Holloway), London.

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River Teme - Diana, Christine & Mary

New Theatre London: Richard III Play March 1945

Muriel's 'Presentation Day', 1947

Bodenhams of Ludlow, 1944

Inside a Theatre programme, 1945

Cambridge, taken by Muriel 1944

Muriel's 'gang', London 1946

Front cover of programme from Theatre Royal Heymarket, 1945

Muriel and Janet, 1945, Whitcliffe, Ludlow

Muriel on Whitcliffe in Ludlow

Back of 'The Playhouse' Theatre Programme, 1945

'Presentation Day', 1947, Christine, Diana, Muriel & Mary

One ordinary life captured in the extraordinary times.