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SUBJECT INDEX TO UNPUBLISHED DIARIES A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. Y. Z.
SUBJECT INDEX TO UNPUBLISHED DIARIES
The references are to item number.
A.
Accountants, 46, 370, 707, 801, 842
Ack-Ack, (Anti-Aircraft Defences), 664
Acton, Middx, 634, 649, 807
actors, 140, 261, 397, 451, 487, 497, 675
actuary, 841
agricultural worker, 768
Air Ministry, 717, 824, 865
air raids, 617, 633, 655–6, 659–60, 662, 664, 716–22, 724, 733–8, 740, 775–9, 782, 784–5, 787–92, 794, 796, 798, 821–3, 827, 838, 849, 854–61
aircraft engineer, 773
aircraft factories, 824, 827, 837
ambulance staff, 669, 726, 750, 825
American visitors, 47, 52, 71, 74, 82, 100, 103, 107, 126, 139, 163, 191, 247, 253–4, 266–7, 299, 331, 333, 347, 357, 360, 362, 381, 394, 420, 446, 464, 480–1, 484, 486, 519, 521, 558, 575, 596, 618, 653, 658, 721
antiquaries, 50, 57, 61, 129, 157, 221, 312, 359, 364, 415, 478, 490, 495, 569, 587
antislavery meetings, 225, 299
ANZAC Day celebrations (1916), 604
apprentices, 72, 79, 366, 582
archaeologist, 244
architects, 236, 337, 366, 415, 454, 500, 515, 677, 700, 769
army agents, 313
army cadet, 462
army personnel, officers, 205, 232, 278, 305, 428, 430, 434, 452, 467, 529, 531, 595, 598, 604–5, 609, 618, 622, 628, 648, 739, 823, 841, 860; other ranks, 17, 23–4, 576, 597, 601–3, 606, 608, 611–16, 625, 682, 767, 774, 799, 807, 810, 831
ARP workers, 669, 736, 809, 856; wardens, 641, 664, 686, 716, 789, 798, 818, 821
art exhibitions, 174, 190, 262, 274, 284, 301, 405; sales, 157
Art Workers' Guild, 500
artists, 4, 122, 177, 220, 262, 271, 297, 346, 383, 456, 493, 537, 541, 635, 668, 725, 735, 763, 872
astrologers, 21
astronomers, 84, 86, 303, 321
auctioneer, 210
Australian Army personnel, 595, 597, 602–04, 612–13, 615–16, 625, 628
Australian Broadcasting Commission, 656
Australian National Library, 877
Australian visitors, 411, 551, 563, 657, 871, 877, 880
B.
Baby care, 509
ballet, 870
Balls Pond, 398
Bank of England, 333, 581, 588
bankers, 95, 308, 371, 375, 498, 546, 580–1, 588, 649, 714, 744, 790
Baptists, 81, 208
Barking Abbey School, 548
Barnard's Inn, 277
Barnes, Surrey, 220, 685
Barnet, Herts, 385, 739
Bartholomew Close, 29
Battersea, Surrey, 562
Battle of Britain (1940), 775
beadle, 535
Beckenham, Kent, 272, 701–2, 762, 791
Belmont, Surrey, 809
Bedchamber, ladies of the, 37, 166, 281
Bedfordshire, 66, 284, 409, 525, 579
Bentham, Jeremy, 274
Berkeley Square, 529
Berkshire, 32, 121, 389, 648
Bethlehem Hospital, 365
Bethnal Green, Middx, 582
Bexley, London borough, 643
bibliographer, 556
bicycling, 520, 569, 873
Blackfriars Bridge, 86
Blackheath, Kent, 262, 678
Blitz, see Air raids
Bloomsbury, 7
Bloomsbury Dispensary, 378
Boer War peace celebrations (1902), 485
bomb damage, 649, 718, 724, 735, 738, 775, 777, 787, 827
book collectors, 39
book restorer, 379
bookkeepers, 666
booksellers, 149, 285, 442, 650
bookstall assistant, 748
botanists, 19, 151, 316, 359
Bow, Middx, 28, 494, 515
Boy Scouts, 723
Brasenose College, Oxford, 154
Brazil, visitor from, 372
Bread Street, 62
Brentford, Middx, 176, 340
bricklayer, 791
bridges, 86, 236, 262, 799
British Broadcasting Corporation, 583
British Library of Political and Economic Science, 599
British Museum, 75, 86, 204, 244, 326, 337, 357, 365, 372, 405, 556, 855
Brixton, Surrey, 327, 370, 522, 735
Brixton Prison, 836
Brockley, Kent, 751
Broderers' Company, 303
Bromley, Kent, 762
Brompton Hospital, 418
Brook Hospital, 788
Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard, 283
Buckinghamshire, 152, 341, 676, 769, 777
builders, 427, 545
Burlington Street, 227
bus driver, 733
by-election, 582
C.
Cabinet maker, 200
cable-laying, 396
Camberwell, Surrey, 167, 327, 370, 423, 516, 738
Cambridgeshire, 106, 287, 329, 353, 674, 683, 703, 744, 846
Camden, London borough, 640
Canadian Press Agency, 775
canal boats, 276
canteen workers, 780, 827
Canterbury, archbishop of, 27, 530
Care Committee, 710
Carshalton Beeches, Surrey, 784
cashier, 489
Caterham, Surrey, 778
Catford, Kent, 520, 791
Catholics, 298, 555
Central Telegraph Office, 718
Chancery, court of, 277
Chancery Lane, 441
chaplains, hospital, 69, 349; military, 823; prison, 216; royal, 644; ship, 412
Charing Cross Road, 442, 550
charity and charitable work, 61, 95, 190, 228, 289, 377, 398, 418, 424, 446, 479, 574, 592, 641
Charity Organisation Society, 641
Charterhouse, 19
Chartism, 294
Cheapside, 259
Chelsea, Middx, 40, 349, 470, 584, 764, 789, 844
chemists, 692, 808
Cheshire, 16, 18, 207, 276, 392
Cheyne Walk, 470
childbirth, 174, 373, 382, 485, 503, 509
children, 108, 172, 176, 225, 240, 265, 269, 306, 386, 407, 413, 440, 462–3, 489, 495, 506, 518, 539, 552, 582, 607, 624, 631, 652, 654, 712, 720, 732, 762, 794, 836, 881–3; adults' anxiety about, 33, 169, 355, 377, 440, 491
Chingford, Essex, 494
Chiswick, Middx, 723
choirs, 532, 552
cholera, 438
Church Missionary Society, 171
churchgoing, 28, 36, 105, 117, 136, 198, 217, 284, 345, 353, 374, 396, 398, 455, 607, 641
cinema-going, 640
cipher, 130, 717
Citizens' Advice Bureau, 740
City of London, 5, 58, 165, 195, 201, 370, 409, 413, 425, 447, 535, 718, 735, 778, 793, 865
City of London Girls' School, 635
City of London Scientific Institution, 252
City Remembrancer, 165
civil engineers, 283, 396, 641, 798
civil servants, 407, 665, 679, 688, 694, 704, 709, 711, 766, 790, 797, 813, 833
Clapham, Surrey, 76, 221, 229, 262
Clapham General Dispensary, 320
clergy, 27, 34, 45, 64, 69, 75, 106, 110, 116, 129, 150, 171, 189, 216, 241, 243, 280, 347, 349, 365, 412, 426, 437–8, 448, 476, 480, 491, 504–5, 518, 521, 524, 567, 644, 660, 734, 787, 823, 866
clerks, 252, 277, 370, 494, 516, 532, 542, 649, 690, 708, 714, 744, 791, 831, 842, 849, 852, 865, 867
clockmaker, 156
clothiers, 21
clubs, 15
coachman, 433
coal merchant, 109
Cockspur Street, 174
coffee houses, 15, 36, 61–2, 74
Colonial Office, 330
commercial traveller, 772
concerts, 174, 267, 289, 321, 405, 482, 495, 553, 559, 633, 637
Congregationalists, 241, 342
conscientious objectors, 825
consumption (TB), 485
Consumption Hospital, Chelsea, 349
convents, 166, 785
Co-operative movement, 309, 516
corn dealer, 134
Cornhill, 156
Cornwall, 45, 51, 182, 278
costume historian, 636
court life, 37, 44, 54, 166, 195, 223, 267, 281, 289, 319, 332, 358, 529
Covent Garden theatre, 307
Cricklewood, Middx, 671
crime, 62
Crouch End, Middx, 655, 743
Croydon, Surrey, 210, 485, 523, 607, 630, 703–04, 837
Crystal Palace, 244, 285, 357, 365–6, 372, 405, 444
Cumberland, 211, 268
Custom House, 46
Daily Herald, 715, 840
Daily Telegraph, 786
D.
Dalston, Middx, 557
dancing, 190, 319, 870
Dawley, Middx, 33
D-Day (1944), 718, 860
deaf and dumb children, 399
death, 4, 33, 144, 176, 235, 291, 373, 379
debt, 36, 43
decorator, 705
department store staff, 577, 621
Deptford, Kent, 752
Derbyshire, 113, 178
despatch rider, 796
Devon, 222, 345, 359, 407, 417, 509, 721
Diamond Jubilee celebrations (1897), 485, 552
diary collector, 650
Dickens, Charles, 372
dioramas, 251, 262
diplomats, 362, 638, 797, 871
docks, 365, 481, 521
doctors, see medical practitioners
dog shows, 405
Dorset, 179, 346, 469, 709
drapers, 70, 72, 342, 540, 576, 819
draughtsman, 713
drawings, in diaries, 21, 303, 456, 856, 858
drivers, 603, 733, 750, 799
drug importer, 62
Drury Lane Theatre, 140, 307, 372
Dulwich, Surrey, 461
Dulwich College, 67
Durham, Co, 143, 181, 264
Dutch visitors, 112, 784
E.
Eagle Street Baptist meeting, 81
Ealing, Middx, 340, 342, 694–5, 700, 780, 819, 822, 881–3
Earls Court, 641, 724
East Ham, Essex, 800
East India Company, 128, 242, 268
East India merchant, 554
East London Group, writers, 582
East Sheen, Surrey, 686
Eastcote, Middx, 705
ecclesiologists, 426, 455
Edgware, Middx, 765
Edmonton, Middx, 183, 782
Egyptian visitor, 244
Electricity Board inspector, 754
Eliot, George, 356
Eltham, Kent, 624, 680, 792
Emergency Public Health Laboratory, 719
emigrants, 259, 296, 300, 304, 361, 504
employees' assocation, 812
Enfield, Middx, 50, 128, 183, 720, 850
Enfield County School, 720
engineers, 264, 283, 390, 391, 396, 641, 753, 774, 799
English Speaking Union, 571
engravers, 321, 373
ephemera, kept with diaries, 183, 354, 436, 495, 520, 581, 587, 634, 858
Epping Forest, 494
Essex, 10, 12, 141, 213, 334, 419, 435, 477, 494, 707, 712
estimator, 706
Etty, William, 262
evacuation, 732
evening classes, 621
Exchequer, 1
exciseman, 39
executions, 216
F.
Fabian Society, 516
fairs, 68
farmers, 205, 275, 363
feminists, 574
Festival of Britain (1951), 640, 873
film strip producer, 684
Finchley, Middx, 337, 785
Finsbury, 379
Fire of London (1666), 9
Fire Service, 780, 804, 861
firewatching, 733–4, 790, 796, 798, 820, 827
first aid classes, 827
First World War (1914–18), 576, 589–626; victory celebrations, 530, 595, 630
fishmonger, 184
Fleet Street, 321
flower shows, 405
food packing manager, 809
footman, 292
Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston, 451
Forest Hill, Kent, 843
Free French, 795
freemasons, 549, 819
French language, 23, 42, 145
Friends' Ambulance Unit, 825
Fulham, Middx, 364
funerals, Duke of Wellington, 365; Queen Victoria, 365, 553, 560
furriers, 582
G.
Gaelic language, 20
gardens, 68, 197, 413, 651, 763
genealogists, 415, 436, 440
German language, 75
glass, 461; optical, 321
Globe, The (newspaper), 237
Gloucester Place, 313
Gloucestershire, 476, 500, 755
Good Shepherd convent, Finchley, 786
Goodman's Fields, 312
Goodmayes, Essex, 810
Gordon riots (1780), 62, 80
Gower Street, 397, 441
Grays, Essex, 548
Great Exhibition (1851), 298, 345, 354, 359–61
Great Ormond Street Hospital, 388
Great Russell Street, 57
Great Western Railway, 532
Greek language, 40
Greenwich, Kent, 86, 135, 400, 731, 779
grocers, 79
Grosvenor Place, 526
Grosvenor Street, 190
Guardians, Boards of, 340
Gunnersbury, Middx, 395
Guy's Hospital, 112
H.
Hackney, Middx, 398, 535, 716, 856
Hammersmith, Middx, 166, 221, 229, 250
Hampshire, 12, 65, 434, 694, 837, 845
Hampstead, Middx, 221, 428, 722
Hampstead Heath, 279
Hampton Court, 161
Hampton Wick, Middx, 236
Hanover Square, 189–90
Hanwell Academic Institution, 188, 265
Harrow, Middx, 275, 627, 717, 766, 849, 868
Harrow School, 463
Hastings trial (1794–5), 124
Haverstock Hill, 442, 550
Hayes, Middx, 706, 811
Hazelbury Road School, 782
health, 4, 6, 33, 149, 174, 176, 189, 191, 194, 235, 284, 295, 314, 353, 355–6, 365, 377, 379, 438, 476, 484, 493, 545, 555, 567, 640–1, 664, 859
Hendon, Middx, 425, 717, 728, 864
Hendon Cottage Hospital, 728
heraldry, 415, 436
Herefordshire, 22, 293
Hertfordshire, 53, 92, 114–15, 197, 203, 322, 328, 513, 749, 762
Heseltine, Powell and Co, 512
Highams Park, Essex, 665
Highbury, Middx, 633
Highgate, Middx, 471, 646
Highgate Hospital, 737
Hillcroft College, Surbiton, 876
historians, 57, 65, 465, 531, 636
Hitchcock, Williams and Co, drapers, 576
Holborn, Middx, 591
Holborn Boys' School, 732
holidays, 92, 108, 176, 183, 225, 229, 240, 379, 418, 489, 532, 562, 576, 631, 873
Holloway, Middx, 466, 857
Holloway Prison, 585
Homerton, Middx, 489
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, 580
Hornsey, Middx, 454, 652
horses, 68
horticulturalists, 302, 334
hosiery manufacturers, 303
hospitals, 69, 105, 112, 365, 418, 617–18, 728, 737, 788, 828, 862; military, 576, 590, 598, 600–1, 604, 605, 622, 626
housekeeper, 742
Houses of Parliament, 262, 276, 501, 521, 558, 867
housewives, 617, 655, 672, 678, 699, 703, 709, 722, 730, 747, 751, 758–9, 777, 792, 800, 803, 815, 817, 827, 869
Hoxton, Middx, 39, 384
Huntingdonshire, 150, 316, 353
I.
Ickenham, Middx, 767
Ignatius, Father, 478
Ilford, Essex, 539, 707
India, 128, 242, 268, 308, 338, 382, 389, 393, 434–5, 440, 452, 554, 648
Indian visitor, 501
industrialist, 42
Inner Temple, 15
insurance company employee, 627
International Exhibition (1862), 365, 414, 416–17, 420, 424
Irish visitors, 64, 110, 214, 237, 348, 364
Isle of Dogs, 791
Isleworth, Middx, 540, 768
Islington, Middx, 28, 379, 632, 826
Italian language, 152
Italian Opera, 307
J.
Jacobite rebellion (1715), 38
Jews, 568, 631, 740
journalists, 237, 402, 411, 431, 517, 534, 578, 592, 667, 681, 689, 691, 715, 730, 775, 786, 829, 840, 859
Judge and Jury Society, 357
K.
Kensington, Middx, 349, 456, 493, 541, 549, 589, 641, 858
Kent, 7, 189, 272, 290, 351–2, 370, 401, 520, 637, 701–2, 714, 747, 762–3, 814, 833
Kentish Town, Middx, 366
Kew, Surrey, 161, 851
King's Bench, court of, 267
King's Bench Prison, 80
King's College, University of London, 391, 878
King's Remembrancer, 549
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, 561, 708, 820; bridge, 236
Knightsbridge, Middx, 258, 424
L.
Laboratory workers, 719, 811, 814
labourers, 361, 545
Ladbroke Grove, 798
Lambeth, Surrey, 406, 435, 606
Lancashire, 77, 399, 711, 804, 831, 863
lawyers, 4, 15, 57, 82, 135, 141, 145, 257, 267, 272, 323, 336, 357, 436, 441, 489, 549, 555, 610, 639, 696, 865
Leacroft Service Bureau, 698
League of Nations Union, 641
learned societies, 61
lecturer, 761
Lee, Kent, 383
Leeds, 774
Leicestershire, 90, 238, 249, 298
Leveson Gower family, 292
Lewisham, Kent, 355, 659
Lewisham Hospital, 737
lexicographer, 97
Leyton, Essex, 666
Leytonstone, Essex, 477, 494
librarians, 63, 75, 599
Library Association, 482
Lincoln's Inn, 4
Lincolnshire, 118–19, 367
linen draper, 342
Linnean Society, 151
Lisson Street, 577
livery companies, 303, 639
local government staff, 634, 640, 643, 696, 727
Lock Chapel, 365
London, City and Midland Bank, 546
London and County Bank, 498
London County Council, 461, 836
London Missionary Society, 347
London Survey Committee, 500, 544
Lord Mayor's Show, 77, 199, 225
lords lieutenant, 143, 639
lords mayor, 58, 566
Ludgate, 200
M.
Maida Vale, Middx, 759
Maltina Bakeries, 659
market gardening, 400
marriage, 174, 327, 371, 373, 382, 456, 485, 503; royal, 428
Marshalsea Prison, 43
Mass-Observation, 756; diarists, 665-714, 742-63, 765-74, 799-816, 829-34, 842-6, 850-3, 863, 867, 869
Mayfair, Middx, 249
mayor, of Croydon, 523
meals, 57, 145, 169, 180, 223, 291, 344, 352, 419, 488, 493, 608, 819
medical practitioners, 19, 71, 91, 103, 105, 112, 175, 206, 249, 258, 270, 320, 332, 338, 368, 378, 388, 424, 476, 502, 565, 645, 671, 739, 757, 821, 846
medical researcher, 702
Members of Parliament, 7, 18, 22, 40, 54, 120, 273, 284, 335, 346, 369, 432, 546, 618, 632
merchants, 55, 59, 62, 74, 76, 130, 139, 185
Merton, Surrey, 688
Methodists, 117, 406, 504, 792
Metropolitan Railway, 428
Mill Hill, Middx, 183, 748
mining engineer, 264
Ministry of Education, 636
Ministry of Food, 789
Ministry of Home Security, 796
Ministry of Supply, 831
Morden, Surrey, 869
Morris's Academy, Brentford, 176
Munich crisis (1938), 660, 662–4
munitions work, 793
museums, 521
musicians, 43, 67, 303, 559, 647, 727
Muswell Hill, Middx, 652, 744
N.
National Gallery, 262, 357, 405, 572
National Portrait Gallery, 572
Naval Training Film Section, 726
New Cross, Kent, 539
New Malden, Surrey, 812
New Zealand Army personnel, 608, 611
New Zealand visitors, 422, 872
Newgate Prison, 38, 123, 169, 216, 365
Newham, 854
Newington, Surrey, 28, 516
News Chronicle, 859
Nightingale Training School, 828, 862
Norbiton, Surrey, 567, 866
Norfolk, 166, 286, 368, 499, 593
Northamptonshire, 25, 72, 231, 458, 668, 670
Northern Assurance Co, 627
Northern Ireland, 813
Northumberland, 73, 354, 380, 514
Notting Hill, Middx, 781
Nottinghamshire, 303, 445, 510
nuns, 785
nursing, 424, 526, 626, 728, 737, 788, 795, 828, 862
O.
Office workers, 526, 573, 630, 659, 662–3, 697, 727, 747, 755–6, 793, 802, 804, 806, 816, 830, 843–4, 849, 853
Official Receivers in Bankruptcy, 516
Old Bailey, 365
opera-going, 86, 157, 251, 267, 274, 307, 337, 357, 405, 477, 482, 559
organists, 67, 447
orientalists, 75, 440, 741
Ottoman Bank, 375
overseas visitors, 8, 23–4, 35, 47, 52, 64, 71, 74, 82–4, 86, 100, 107, 110, 126, 139, 163, 191, 214, 237, 247, 253–4, 266–7, 299, 331, 333, 347–8, 357, 360, 362, 381, 394, 420, 446, 464, 480–1, 484, 486, 501, 519, 521, 543, 547, 551, 558, 563, 575, 595–7, 602–4, 608, 611–13, 615–16, 618, 625, 628, 653, 657–8, 721, 784
Oxfordshire, 63, 430, 629
P.
Paddington, Middx, 192, 733
Paddington Station, 532
panoramas, 271
park keepers, 279, 680
Park Street, 352
parks, 521, 727
Parliamentary Office, 542
parochial libraries, 39
Passmore Edwards Settlement, 526
Peckham, Surrey, 343, 522, 591
Pembrokeshire, 295
Penge, Surrey, 787
Peter Robinson Ltd, 577, 640
pets, 108, 120, 225, 306
philanthropy, see charity
photography, 321, 400, 634
physicist, 674
Piccadilly, 555
Pinner, Middx, 68
playwrights, 140, 250, 507
Plumstead, Kent, 753
poets, 582, 878
policeman, 760
politicians and statesmen, 13, 26, 80, 98, 104, 133, 144, 163, 169–70, 219, 228, 230, 291, 330, 335, 465, 484, 488, 492, 525, 585; see also Members of Parliament
political activities, 796
Poplar, Middx, 515
Portland Place, 295
Post Office, 447
Presbyterians, 136
Princess's Theatre, 397
printers, 20, 221, 285, 317, 623, 670
prison reform, 169, 193
prisoners, 38, 43, 80, 123, 169, 216, 585, 836
probation service, 806
psychologist, 845
public records, 57, 129, 312
publishers, 350, 404, 457, 482
Punch (journal), 402, 431, 493
Purley, Surrey, 710, 813
Putney, Surrey, 436, 570
Q.
Quakers, 21, 29, 31, 52, 72, 77, 79, 100, 132, 134, 164, 200, 225, 240, 825
R.
Radicals, 123
ragged school, 377
railways, 305, 369, 396, 494, 532, 630, 646; underground, 563
Rainham, Essex, 334
Ranelagh, 86
rationing and food shortages, 589, 633, 641, 655, 722, 724, 734, 790, 792, 817, 827, 864
Ravenscourt, 311
reading, 51, 79, 128, 149, 180, 198, 252, 301, 353, 532, 633, 878
Reform Bill demonstrations (1867), 388
refugees, Belgian, 592; Dutch, 785; German, 740
rescue squad worker, 791
rest centres, 796
Reuter's Press Agency, 592
Richmond, Surrey, 711
Romford, Essex, 609, 712
ropemaker, 143
Rosenberg, Isaac, 582
Royal Academy, 405
Royal Albert Docks, 481
Royal Albert Hall, 414
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 624
Royal Asiatic Society, 440
Royal Air Force personnel, 734, 744, 865
Royal Air Force stations, 717
Royal Australian Air Force personnel, 824, 839, 848
Royal Exchange, 23–23, 326
royal family, see court life
Royal Institution, 199
Royal London Orthopaedic Hospital, 378
Royal Military Academy, 462
Royal Mint, 373
Royal Navy officers, 51, 236, 527, 726, 835, 847
Royal Panopticon, 365
Royal Society of Arts, 199
Ruislip, Middx, 770
Russell Square, 257
S.
Sadlers Wells Ballet, 870
St Bartholomew's, Islington, 826
St Ethelburga's, Bishopsgate, 437
St George's Hospital, 338
St John's, Penge, 787
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, 378
St Margaret's, Westminster, 574, 644
St Mark's, Whitechapel, 438
St Martin's School of Art, 872
St Marylebone, 108
St Matthew's, Brixton, 327
St Matthias's, Hackney, 398
St Pancras, borough, 640
St Paul's, Dock Street, 365
St Paul's Cathedral, 23–4, 333, 426, 448, 491, 521, 552
St Paul's Churchyard, 576
St Paul's School, 473
St Peter's, Ealing, 780
St Peter's, Norbiton, 567
St Saviour's, Southwark, 280
St Thomas's Hospital, 112, 828, 862
sales representative, 735
Sanderstead, Surrey, 713, 783
Sandwich, Earl of, 9
school attendance inspector, 466
schools, 6, 176, 265, 353, 377, 406, 462–3, 466, 473, 501, 539, 548, 631, 635, 652, 654, 720, 732, 782, 795, 868
schoolteachers, 6, 12, 67, 315, 353, 399, 406, 473, 501, 548, 635, 661, 667, 669, 673, 676, 701, 712, 732, 743, 771, 782, 829, 868
scientific interests, 199, 252, 321, 353, 477
Scotland, 85, 136, 196, 306, 390, 831
scout leader, 723
screenwriter, 586
Second World War (1939–45), 549, 633, 641, 649, 655–57, 659–62, 664–864; victory celebrations, 634, 718, 779
secularist, 309
seed-crushing mill, 419
Selsdon, Surrey, 832
servant problems, 217, 295, 316, 373
servants, 229, 292, 433, 506
Seven Dials, 357
Shell Transport and Trading Co, 566
Shepherd's Bush, Middx, 619
sheriffs, of London, 5, 639; of Cheshire, 16
shoemaker, 334
shopkeepers, 406, 752
shops and shopping, 4, 10, 36, 64, 77, 224, 316, 324, 326, 365, 382, 589, 624, 648
Shoreditch, 39, 310
shorthand, 105–6, 129, 255, 272, 378, 783
Shropshire, 127
Sidcup, Kent, 714, 763, 814, 833
Siddons, Sarah, 435
sightseeing, 8, 23–4, 34–5, 42, 45, 47–49, 52, 60, 63–4, 72, 77, 82–4, 86–87, 106, 196, 199, 331, 333, 399, 480–1, 484, 486, 501, 518–19, 521, 539, 543, 547, 551, 575, 653
Slade School of Fine Art, 872
slater, 136
smallholding, 62
Soane Museum, 244
social workers, 693, 781, 875
Somerset, 11, 48, 209, 223, 472, 673, 838
soup kitchens, 418
South African visitor, 797
South Hampstead High School, 631
South London Liberal Jewish Synagogue, 568
South Sea House, 46
Southgate, Middx, 801, 842
Southwark, Surrey, 136, 516
Spain, 9
Special Operations Executive, 717
sports, 105, 195, 283, 289, 407, 477, 533, 560, 602
Stafford House, 292
Staffordshire, 234, 297
State Paper Office, 57
stationers, 259, 539, 621
Stationers' School, 865
Stepney, Middx, 109, 208
stockjobber, 512
Stoke Newington, Middx, 88, 225
store research director, 687
Strand, 313
Strawberry Hill, 344
Streatham, Surrey, 471, 553, 586, 682, 735
strikes, 582, 630
students, 35, 91, 103, 105, 154, 206, 270, 338, 378, 391, 441, 501, 549, 559, 668, 674, 682–3, 712, 762, 765, 821, 828, 846, 862, 872, 876
Suffolk, 5, 79, 138, 151, 155, 414, 435
suffragettes, 451, 574, 596
suffragist, 585
Sunday Schools, 489, 577
Surbiton, Surrey, 650, 653, 876
Surrey, 57, 157, 210, 318, 324, 377, 478, 630, 660, 703–5, 708, 710–11, 713, 730, 776, 779, 812–13, 815, 832, 851, 873, 876
surveyor, 318
Sussex, 475, 524, 736, 751, 768, 786
Sutton, Surrey, 660, 776
Swedish language, 8, 35
Swedish visitors, 8, 23–4, 35, 42
Swiss Cottage, 721
switchboard operator, 795
synagogues, 568, 631
T.
Tavistock Square, 324
tax officials, 268, 407, 813
Tea Propaganda Board, 755
Teddington, Middx, 731
telegraphs, 396
television, 640
Thames Church Mission, 365
Thames frost fair (1814), 173
Thames river warden, 649
Thames shipping, 282, 403, 490, 649
Thames Street, 539
Thames tunnel, 251
theatre-going, 84, 86, 111, 122, 124, 137, 146, 152, 157, 169, 190, 195, 199, 224, 267, 274, 284, 301, 326, 333, 337, 357, 396, 408, 419, 465, 473, 495, 498, 553, 575, 587, 608, 638, 640–1
theologian, 496
timber trade, 201
Times, The (newspaper), 517, 534, 578
tobacco merchant, 29
Tooting, 418, 656
topographers, 14, 149
Tottenham, Middx, 62, 134, 183, 794
Totteridge Park, Herts, 53, 114, 197
Tower of London, 23–4, 57, 86, 357
town planner, 500
trade unionists, 432, 640
traffic, 563
translator, 847
transport, 354, 563, 649, 733, 779
trials, 124, 365, 784
trumpeter, 43
Tsar's visit (1814), 176
turkish baths, 434
Twickenham, Middx, 560, 771
U.
Underwriters, 59
Unitarians, 206, 345
University of London, 165, 209, 391, 439, 878
Upminster, Essex, 213
Upper Norwood, Surrey, 444, 587, 718
Uxbridge, Middx, 363
V.
Vanderbilt Hotel, 555
Vauxhall, 86, 145, 224, 307
Victoria and Albert Museum, 636
Vic-Wells Ballet, 870
voluntary workers, 759, 827, 869
V-weapons, 655, 660, 717–18, 721–2, 737, 791, 827, 838, 855–60
W.
Waddon, Surrey, 630
Wales, 89, 148, 153, 202, 218, 239, 285, 378, 443, 610, 807
Waley, Arthur, 741
Wallington, Surrey, 478, 815
Walthamstow, Essex, 141, 545, 734
Wandsworth, Surrey, 406, 576, 879
Wandsworth Prison, 836
Wanstead, Essex, 31, 860
Wapping, Middx, 21
Ward, Humphrey, 526
Ward, Mary, 526
Warwick Square, 318
Warwickshire, 2, 260, 685
Waterloo Bridge, 798
weather, 29, 68–9, 175, 180, 189, 291, 457, 478, 532, 545, 555, 659
Wembley, Middx, 772–3, 827, 849
West Drayton, Middx, 816, 834
West Indies, 17
West Norwood, Surrey, 718
West Wickham, Kent, 290, 401
Westbourne Terrace, 308
Westfield College, University of London, 439
Westminster, Middx, 221, 574, 874
Westminster Abbey, 505, 521, 644
Westminster Bridge, 262
Westminster Hospital, 105
Westminster Review, 356
Westminster School, 6
Whipps Cross, 240
Whitechapel, Middx, 79, 312
Whitton, Middx, 84
widows, 194, 474, 584
wigmaker, 30
Wiltshire, 642, 677, 732, 768
Wimbledon, Surrey, 396, 427, 621
Wimbledon School, 462
Wimpole Street, 194
wine merchants, 324
Wolf, Lucien, 573
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps personnel, 620, 770
Women's Auxiliary Air Force personnel, 717
Women Drivers' Corps, 777
Women's Press Club, 578
Women's Royal Naval Service personnel, 779, 817
Women's Voluntary Service workers, 827, 838
wood brokers, 201
woodworking machinist, 850
woollen-draper, 70
Woolwich, Kent, 462, 624, 664, 774, 788
Worcestershire, 3, 403, 408, 410, 538, 569
Wormwood Scrubs, 777
Wormwood Scrubs Prison, 836
writers, 52, 140, 150, 189, 245, 250, 266, 294, 314, 350, 356, 376, 412, 442, 482–3, 507, 526, 582, 689, 691, 735, 741, 818, 878
Y.
Young Socialist League, 582
Yorkshire, 14, 60, 94, 131, 164, 206, 215, 224, 226, 251, 273, 536, 650, 775
Z.
Zangwill, Israel, 573
zeppelin raids, 592, 600, 620
zoo, 251, 365, 501