January/February 1946

 Monday 28

Had a hard days work. Stayed in at night.

Tuesday 29

Went to the "Plaza" to see "|And Then There Were None", a good murder picture. Our Tom's demobbed

Wednesday 30

Stayed in and made Dorothy some mittens and went to work

Thursday 31

Stayed in had nothing to do

Friday 1

Went to work, at night stayed in had nothing to do 

Saturday 2

Went to work for half a day, at night went to the "Empire" to see "This Above All" Good

Sunday 3

It was raining all afternoon. At night went to "Joyce Hulmes". Our Tom came to our house he had been demobbed.

Rose Murdoch

47 Western Ave

Speke L19

"Our Tom" and his battalion took a shell on on the beaches on D Day. All his fellow soldiers were killed and he was almost left for dead but someone noticed a tear trickling down his cheek. He spent a long time in hospital in London. He had a huge dent in his forehead and his face had grey bits which was shrapnel. For many years after the war the shrapnel was still to the surface of his skin and he had to have his eyes taken out and washed  - how traumatic that must have been. 

"Our Harold" was taken as a PoW in Germany and no one knew if he was alive. I think in 1946 he still wasn't home.

"This Above All" film was released in 1942 a tale about a beautiful aristocratic woman who falls in love with a AWOL soldier. I must say Tyrone Power was a bit of alright. 

No idea who Rose Murdoch is