| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Collins' Royal Diary' for 1948.
Includes entries relating to time spent with family and friends, including his children and grandchildren; the weather; birthdays, weddings and funerals; cricket; gardening; social engagements; proceedings in the House of Lords; meetings of the Town and Country Planning Association, of which Harmsworth was elected President; meetings of the Commons and Footpaths Society Committee; the Ideal Home Exhibition; and Dr Johnson's House. Entries end on 10 August [Cecil Harmsworth died on 13 August 1948].
Contains several pasted-in newspaper clippings, as well as several inserted items, including bookmarks, correspondence, and a pocket at the back of the diary containing newspaper clippings, correspondence and notes. |