D-day on the Home Front

In wartime letters from London, Laura Grenfell wrote about D-day, VE Day and Joyce Grenfell, her dazzling sister-in-law

Joyce is so beautifully dressed, although on the same coupon ration. Incredible

Grumpy Oldie Man


25th June 1944. 37 Chesham Place, London SW1 Darlings [Laura’s six siblings], My life seems to go on very much the same. I broke my record by having a tummy upset the day before D-day. D-day sent my temperature up. [They] plugged M&B [antibiotic]...

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