Thomas Graham’s Diary – 5th May 1939
Graham captures the omnipresent uncertainty and threats of the era as he opens this entry with the comment “the tension continues”. He focuses his attention this time to Martha Dodd […]
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Thomas Graham’s Diary – 30th April 1939
In the May of 1939, the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain announced a bill to be passed by Parliament introducing military conscription for all single men aged between 20 and […]
Thomas Graham’s diary – 28th April 1939
In this short diary entry, Thomas refers to a speech that Adolf Hitler gave to the German parliament or Reichstag on the 28th April 1928, this must have been publicised […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 17th and 18th April 1939
This short entry in Thomas Graham’s diary again refers to the attitude of the United States of America to the growing threat of war in Europe. Many of the people […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 13th April 1939
In this diary entry, Thomas Graham refers to the man who would become Britain’s wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Thomas was a great supporter of Churchill and approved of his […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 7th & 8th April 1939
In his next diary entry, Thomas makes reference to a brief but important military campaign that would push Europe closer to full scale war. On 7th April 1939, Italy invaded […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 6th April 1939
Thomas Graham’s dairy entry for the 6th April makes a reference to the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938. Thomas took a keen interest in current affairs and […]
Civil Defence Services and the threat from the air in WW2
The document of the month for April looks at records from our Perth County Council collection which focus on the air threat posed to communities across the country during World […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 26th March 1939
As a veteran of the Great War, you can see throughout Graham’s entries that he is frustrated and disappointed that another war of huge scale is becoming a closer reality […]
Thomas Graham’s Diary – 20th March 1939
Following on from his previous day’s entry, Thomas turns his attention to pondering the causes of the present situation, and what factors were most to blame for war inevitably breaking […]