{"id":275,"date":"2016-05-12T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/?page_id=275"},"modified":"2024-05-06T22:55:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T22:55:50","slug":"doreens-diary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/index.php\/community-links\/clubs-societies\/history-group\/projects\/doreens-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Doreen&#8217;s Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"Normal-C1\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-8\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-8 tbody-has-connected-cells\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Doreen - Portrait (B&amp;W) Square\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square.jpg 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DOREEN'S DIARY:<br \/>\nThe life of an indomitable woman in Warwickshire during World War II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:info@doreensdiary.org.uk\">info@doreensdiary.org.uk<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-8 from cache --><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<nav class=\"is-responsive 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both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSCN0047.jpg\" alt=\"Doreen's children celebrate the book launch\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">Doreen's children celebrate the book launch<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012_DD-EXHI-VIL-HALL-26MAY-5.jpg\" alt=\"Book Launch Exhibition\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">Book Launch Exhibition<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_controlPanel slideshow_transparent\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"slideshow_togglePlay\" data-play-text=\"Play\" data-pause-text=\"Pause\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_button slideshow_previous slideshow_transparent\" role=\"button\" data-previous-text=\"Previous\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_button slideshow_next slideshow_transparent\" role=\"button\" data-next-text=\"Next\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_pagination\" style=\"display: none;\" data-go-to-text=\"Go to slide\"><div class=\"slideshow_pagination_center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t<!-- WordPress Slideshow Version 2.3.1 -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"Normal-C1\">In 2004 a number of diaries belonging to Doreen Wright were discovered. The diaries cover the period of May 1940 to December 1942 and provide a fascinating insight into her life during the War.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"Normal-C1\">In 1940, Doreen, a mother of three small children, was living with her parents-<wbr>in-<wbr>law in Leek Wootton, Warwickshire. She began writing her diary shortly after her husband, F\/O Gilbert Wright of 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron, was declared \u2018missing in action\u2019 over France in May 1940.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"Normal-C1\">As a private account of her life with the children the diary was intended to keep Gilbert \u2018posted\u2019 about everything he missed on his return, and it provides a unique insight into how the War and his absence affected all aspects of her life, as well as that of her children, the family and communities around her.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"Normal-C1\">The period covered includes the Battle of Britain, the blitzkrieg of nearby Coventry (to where Doreen towed the WVS Canteen to provide refreshments to exhausted people of the City) and the moment that the war in Europe expanded across the globe with the bombing of Pearl Harbour.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"Normal-C1\">In the diary, these and many other events of international significance are seen through the eyes of a \u2018housewife\u2019, who recounts, through her own experience, the personal impact of War.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"Normal-C2\">Heritage Lottery Fund<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"Normal-C1\">In January 2011 we submitted a bid to Heritage Lottery Fund for their Your Heritage fund to enable us to create a project to publish the diaries.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"Normal-C1\">On 16 March 2011 we received the news that we had been successful and were to receive our requested grant of \u00a336,700!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-9\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-9 tbody-has-connected-cells\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"column-1\">Doreen\u2019s Diary: The life of an indomitable woman in Warwickshire during World War II<br \/>\nis a Leek Wootton History Group project in partnership with Warwickshire County Record Office<br \/>\nand supported by Heritage Lottery Fund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/HLFHI_BLK-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/HLFHI_BLK-1.jpg\" alt=\"HLFHI_BLK\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-372\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/06-01-31-LWHG-Logo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/06-01-31-LWHG-Logo-1-150x100.jpg\" alt=\"06 01 31 LWHG Logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-371\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/record-office-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/record-office-1-150x100.jpg\" alt=\"record-office\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-373\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-9 from cache -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2004 a number of diaries belonging to Doreen Wright were discovered. The diaries cover the period of May 1940 to December 1942 and provide a fascinating insight into her life during the War. In 1940, Doreen, a mother of three small children, was living with her parents-in-law in Leek Wootton, Warwickshire. 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