Diary Entries by Nellie Smith 1910

Transcript of Nellie Smith’s diary entries from 1910 containing day to day events.

Notable entries:
Feb 11 Fri. ‘211 men have had their notices poor beggars, everybody looks miserable’.
Apr 2nd Sat. ‘ my Debut at last we have actually given the first performance of The Wishing Cap’.
May 4 Wed. ‘How excited we all are the aeroplane is expected … 7.30 Mr White has passed how proud we felt’.
May 7 Sat. ‘King Edward dead what a shock to everybody, our social put off – hard times’.
Sept 6 Mon. ‘Our day off for Oxford Fair at last … Mr Grant … took us round Magdalen.’
Dec 18 Mon. ‘Went Carol Singing (24 of us) to Linford, some thought the Germans had arrived others Votes for Women, we got on splendid …’