Black Diamonds (74 page)

‘In 1870 …’: Cannadine,
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
, p. 92.

p. 292 ‘
Nearly all these
…’: Duke of Portland,
Men, Women and Things
, p. 2.

p. 293 ‘
Times change
…’: Frances, Countess of Warwick,
Afterthoughts
, p. 246.

‘Margaret Sweeny …’: Margaret, Duchess of Argyll,
Forget Not
, W. H. Allen, 1975, p. 92.

p. 294 ‘
Over Grapefruit Supreme
…’: lunch menu, Milton Committee,10 June 1931. Private Collection.

‘I want to suggest …’: minutes of meeting, Milton Committee, 10 June 1931. Private Collection.

‘Mr Hebden …’: ibid.

‘Alfred Wright …’: ibid.

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

p. 297 ‘
The train bore me
…’: George Orwell,
The Road to Wigan Pier
, Victor Gollancz, 1937, paperback edition, Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics, 1989, p. 14.

p. 298 ‘
It is a kind of duty
…’: ibid., p. 14.

‘Here are one or two …’: ibid., p. 49.

‘It is in the rooms …’: ibid., p. 55.

p. 299 ‘
Rent, 9 0 ½d
…’: ibid., p. 85.

p. 300 ‘
You see very few
…’: ibid., p. 89.

‘They were rough times …’: author’s interview with Ralph Boreham, August 2005.

p. 301 ‘
Though both my wife
…’: Walter Brierley, ‘Frustration and bitterness – a colliery banksman’, the
Listener
, 9 August 1933.

p. 302 ‘
Capacity to work
…’: Roger Dataller (pseud.),
A Yorkshire Lad
, unpublished memoir.

‘I could give you …’: Jim Bullock,
Bowers Row
, EP Publishing,1976, p. 224.

p. 303 ‘
One day
…’: ibid.

p. 304 ‘
I remember
…’: B. L. Coombes,
These Poor Hands
, Victor Gollancz, 1939, p. 215.

‘We are sitting …’: cited in Kenneth Rose,
King George V
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983, paperback edition, Phoenix Press,2000, p. 370.

p. 305 ‘
Interrupting his holiday
…’: A. J. P. Taylor,
English History 1914–1945
, Oxford University Press, 1965, paperback edition, 1992, p. 288.

‘It was the “Invisibles” …’: ibid., p. 287.

p. 306 ‘
In the years after
…’: ibid., p. 289.

‘It was a time …’: minutes of Milton Committee Meeting. Private Collection.

p. 307 ‘
It were the last hurrah
…’: author’s interview with Walker Scales, June 2004.

p. 308 ‘
You never saw him
…’: author’s interview with Charles Booth, May 2004.

‘As dusk fell …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 2 January 1932.

‘Coloured lights …’: author’s interview with Charles Booth, May 2004.

‘The freedom of Wentworth …’:
Sheffield Daily Telegraph
,1 January 1932.

‘Me father and grandfather …’: author’s interview with Ralph Boreham, August 2005.

p. 309 ‘
The setting
…’:
Sheffield Daily Telegraph
, 1 January 1932.

p. 310 ‘
Ay, that party were a treat
…’: author’s interview with Ralph Boreham, August 2005.

p. 311 ‘
There were a great gang of us
…’: author’s interview with Geoffrey Steer, August 2005.

‘As a Trades Union Secretary …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 2 January 1932.

p. 312 ‘
At Elsecar
…’: ibid.

‘Ever since …’: ibid.

p. 313 ‘
There are two men
…’: ibid.

‘I am overwhelmed …’: ibid.

‘He made a short speech …’: author’s interview with Walt Hammond, August 2005.

p. 314 ‘
As a child
…’: Lynne McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984, p. 210.

‘Grandpa didn’t want …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, November 2005.

p. 315 ‘
I was sitting
…’: ibid.

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

p. 320 ‘
I was on the bus
…’: author’s interview with Charles Booth, February 2006.

p. 321 ‘
Our kitchen door
…’: Alicia Dufton,
Recollections of a Lifetime
, unpublished memoir, Doncaster Library, Local Studies Centre.

‘Everything was moving …’: author’s interview with Bert May, June 2004.

p. 322 ‘
A stick of bombs
…’: author’s interview with Charles Booth, February 2006.

‘The war turned …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, March 2006.

‘The other ranks …’: Dr Patrick Hewlings, cited in John Martin Robinson,
The Country House at War
, Bodley Head, 1989, p. 138.

‘We were very comfortable …’: ibid.

p. 324 ‘
I wrapped so many
…’: author’s interview with Ethel Jones, October 2002.

‘The thing that …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, March 2006.

p. 325 ‘
He had a reputation
…’: ibid.

‘There were a lot of talk …’: author’s interview with Geoffrey Steer, August 2005.

‘As Lady Barbara …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, March 2006.

p. 326 ‘
100 tons would be sufficient
…’: cited in Ralph Barker,
The Blockade Busters
, Chatto & Windus, 1976, p.150.

‘We have our traditions …’: ibid., p. 153.

‘None of the family …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, November 2005.

p. 327 ‘
Service with the Motor Gunboats
…’: Public Records Office, Kew, London, HS 7/191.

p. 328 ‘
The boats didn’t cut
…’: cited in Barker,
The Blockade Busters
p. 187.

‘They were like corks …’: author’s interview with Irwin Jones, February 2004.

‘There were three of us …’: ibid.

‘During many …’: cited in Barker,
The Blockade Busters
, p. 159.

p. 329 ‘
We were wary of him
…’: author’s interview with Jack Baron, February 2004.

‘I think he drove himself …’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, March 2006.

‘In the gathering gloom …’: Barker,
The Blockade Busters
, p. 163.

‘Rounding the Bull Light …’: ibid.

p. 330 ‘
They didn’t stand
…’: ibid.

p. 331 ‘
There was a family
…’: author’s interview with Lady Barbara Ricardo, March 2006.

CHAPTER THIRTY

p. 333 ‘
Mother
…’: KK, round-robin letter to family, 27 June 1943, cited in Amanda Smith,
Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy
, Viking Penguin, 2001, p. 562.

‘Heavy fighting …’: Winston Churchill, speech in London, 30 June 1943.

‘The only lounge available …’: KK, round-robin letter to family, 27 June 1943, cited in Smith,
Hostage to Fortune
, p. 562.

p. 334 ‘
About a half-hour
…’: ibid.

‘This life …’: ibid.

‘her hat …’:
Daily Express
, 16 March 1938.

‘Now I’ve got …’: ibid.

p. 335 ‘
When the President
…’: James Roosevelt,
My Parents: A Differing View
, Chicago, 1976, p. 208.

‘After ushering …’: ibid., p. 209.

p. 336 ‘
a very dangerous man
…’:
The Presidential Diaries of Henry Morgantheau
(microform), 8 December 1937, Clearwater Publishing Co., New York, 1980.

‘I have a beautiful …’: JPK to James Roosevelt, 3 March 1938, FDR Library/James Roosevelt.

p. 337 ‘
After he referred
…’: E. Wilder Spaulding,
Ambassadors Ordinary and Extraordinary
, Washington, 1961, pp. 218–19.

‘You watched …’: P. Collier and D. Horowitz,
The Kennedys: An American Drama
, Summit Books, 1984, p. 131.

p. 338 ‘
Met the King
…’: JFK to Lem Billings, August 1938, ibid., p. 102.

‘As I entered …’: Eunice Kennedy Shriver,
Recollections
, John F. Kennedy Library, Rose Kennedy Papers, Series 7.10.

p. 339 ‘
Eighty guests
…’: Laurence Leamer,
The Kennedy Women
, Ballantine Books, 1996, p. 257.

‘When she came …’: interview with Dinah Bridge, recorded 1966, JFKL Oral History Program.

‘She was just …’: author’s interview with Janie Compton, November 2005.

‘Wish you could …’: cited in David Michaelis,
The Best of Friends
, New York, 1983, p. 160.

‘Very chummy …’: KK to Lem Billings, 29 April 1938, cited in Doris Kearns Goodwin,
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
, Simon and Schuster, 1987, p. 541.

p. 340 ‘
Veronica Fraser
…’: Lynne McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984, p. 33.

‘The boys …’: ibid.

‘Small things …’: ibid.

‘I can’t get …’: KK to JPK, 18 September 1939, cited in Smith,
Hostage to Fortune
, p. 381.

p. 341 ‘
All my ducks
…’: cited in Collier and Horowitz,
The Kennedys
, p. 71.

‘Those three …’: ibid.

‘Today it is windy …’: KK, round-robin letter to family, 27 June 1943, cited in Smith,
Hostage to Fortune
, p. 562.

p. 342 ‘
a living room
…’: Torb Macdonald, cited in Leamer,
The Kennedy Women
, p. 329.