Mrs Mary Vera (Mollie) Walker personal diaries

Previously accessioned as D3/6

A loose leaf diary detailing Mrs Walker's daily life including travel and personal routine. This item covers locations around London, ukDigby, Liverpool and ukChester England.


Significant events are documented as follows:

  • purchased helmet, goggles etc for WD Walker's flying kit (Aviation) 18 April 1933

  • brought flying overalls (Aviation) 18 May 1933



Detailed descriptions of industrial plant etc visited include:

  • William Hesbeth Lever's soap manufacturer Port Sunlight 2 March 1933

  • Draper's Hall with Selborne Society 24 May 1933



References to photographs taken include:

  • Port Sunlight art gallery 2 March 1933

  • Liverpool ferries etc 3 March 1933

  • large elm growing out of rock at ukConway, bridge and castle, Llanbedr garden photos including feeding sea gull 7 April 1933

  • horse, van parade Regents Park 16 April 1933

  • ukDigby children's sports day 31 May 1933



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • Criccieth, ukWallasey, HSW (Photographic processors), Col Drage, Brynkir, Agricultural Board, wool, lecture, ukChester, Aunt Margaret,1 March 1933

  • Port Sunlight, ukWallasey, soap, Marjorie Hopwood 2 March 1933

  • Liverpool, Royal Iris, Royal Daffodil, Mr Griffin, The Lady Chapel 3 March 1933

  • Hoylake, West Kirby 4 March 1933

  • New ,ukBrighton", Mavis 5 March 1933

  • ukGladstone Docks, SS .Montrose 6 March 1933

  • Chester, Mavis, Mrs Watt, Hammersmith, Womens Institute (WI), 7 March 1933

  • HSW (Photographic processors) 8 March 1933

  • Mr Christy, lectures, Hammersmith 9 March 1933

  • Sir Henry Barwell, camera, Mr Christy, Mr Kirby, Ramsay MacDonald 10 March 1933

  • Zona de Giers, Ernest Hall, Mr Merymott, Mr Carpenter, Maisie 11 March 1933

  • Mr Christy, Edward Tann, HSW (Photographic processors), television demonstration, Royal Photographic Society (RPS), Ruth (Maori guide), Ana Hato 13 March 1933

  • extract from "London Weekly Diary of Social Events" dated 13-19 March 1933

  • Mrs Darbyshire 14 March 1933

  • Lord Norwood, Rev. James 16 March 1933

  • Mrs Bunden, Mrs Angwin, Mrs Butcher, Mrs Meymort, Squadron Leader Laurence, Mrs Guy Innes, Aerial Medical Service (AMS), Australian Inland Mission (AIM), Aunty Nell, Mrs Bennett, British Commonwealth League, discussioon relating to the Australian Aboriginal question, flying doctor, Womens Guild of Empire (WGE) 17 March 1933

  • Sadie, Phyllis Leitch, Mrs Ansell, Edith, Zona, Mollie Mackenzie, Imperial Ballet Teachers Certificate, Mrs Kirby, Mrs Honeyger, Mrs Christie18 March 1933

  • RPS, camera, Dr Bull, Olaf Bloch, Mr Christy, Mrs .Brighton, Miss Francis, Mrs Brand, Mrs Drummond, WGE 22 March 1933

  • Syd Alexander, Mrs Drage 23 March 1933

  • Phyllis Leitch, SS Moldavia 24 March 1933

  • Mrs de Giers 25 March 1933

  • Temple Church 26 March 1933

  • Edward Tann, HSW (Photographic processors), Mollie Mackenzie, Maisie, Zona, Mr Christy 1 April 1933

  • Criccieth, Mrs Brand, Mrs Drage 2 April 1933

  • Portmadoc, Hailech, Penrhyr, Sarn, Aberdaron, Mr Pritchard, Mr Owen, Miss Thomas, lectures, Miss Holl 3 April 1933

  • Pen Maenmaur, Aberdaron, Miss Edith Thomas, WI, Mrs Owen Owens, Penrhyr, lectures, Mrs Drage, Mrs Naman, Miss Preece, Sir Charles Todd, Sir William Preece, Mr Greeves 4 April 1933

  • Miss Edith Thomas, Mr Jones, Col Drage, Freddy Roques, Miss Leah Thomas, Meyrick Thomas, Miss Slack, Lady Hodder, Mrs Travers, Capt Travers, General Travers, Aldershot, Baillie-Stewart case, Sir Eric Drummond 5 April 1933

  • Mr Greeves, ukConway, Llanbedr-y-Lennin, Miss Pugh-Jones, Caernarvon Castle, Miss Preece, Miss Chester, Telford suspension bridge, ukConway Castle, Miss Alicia, lectures, World Association of Country Women, Mrs Chester, Dr Craigmyle, Mrs Wait, Mr Wait, Miss Aitkin 6 April 1933

  • Kath, Wyn, Syd Alexander 8 April 1933

  • Maisie 9 April 1933

  • Carshalton (?hospital), HSW (Photographic processors) 10 April 1933

  • Lady Barwell, Mrs Leitch, Mrs Burden, Mrs Bruce, Mrs Blackall, Mrs Parsons, Dick, Gwen, Arnold Matters 11 April 1933

  • extract from "London Weekly Diary of Social Events" dated 10-16 April 1933

  • Mrs Mackenzie, Mr Tann 12 April 1933

  • Mr Tann, Mrs Blackall, Daily sketch, parachute pictures for Bill, Miss Willis, Maisie 13 April 1933

  • Dr Norwood, Rev. Lionel B Fletcher of Auckland, Miss Bessie 16 April 1933

  • horses,17 April 1933

  • Mr Tann, Wing Captain Grant, ukDigby, Mr Christy, Thompson Seton (artist), Mr Tann, HSW (Photographic processors) 18 April 1933

  • program for 'The City Temple' Good Friday program 14 April 1933

  • multi page program 'St Clement Danes' church ANZAC Day service 25 April 1933

  • Mr Christy 18 April 1933

  • Liaison committee, Zona, Baroness Palmstierna, Mrs Watt 24 April 1933

  • Muriel Cresswell, ANZAC Day, Miss Woods ex Adelaide, Mrs Blackall, Mrs Bruce, General Sir W Birdwood, Lt C White Royal Australian Navy, Squadron Leader Marsden, Sir Ian Hamilton, Lady Forster, Royal Photographic Society (RPS), Selochrome film pack, Sadie, Mollie Mackenzie, zoo, 25 April 1933

  • Kings Langley, Maisie Gillespie, Ovaltine, Mary Bedford, Sir Harry Hague 26 April 1933

  • Bruce Mackenzie, Robert Mackenzie, zoo, Mrs Dixon, Rev. Stornton 28 April 1933

  • Dr Norwood 30 April 1933

  • Joan Douglas, SS Coptic 1 May 1933

  • Mr Tann 2 May 1933

  • Epping, Ron and Rhoda Lees, Ronald Arthur Lees, Conrad Noel 3 May 1933

  • Mr Christy, Mr Tann, AP Herbert, Sir Harold Gillies 4 May 1933

  • Maisie, Squadron Leader Barber 7 May 1933

  • Mr Tann, Sir Harold Gillies, Daily Herald, HSW (Photographic processors), Dr Bustowe, Dr Fantairing, Dr Higgs, Dr Elmslie 8 May 1933

  • Liaison Committee, Mrs Douglas King, Mrs Walsh, Mrs Lionel Orr, Lady Campion, Mrs Marjorie Hughes, Miss Spencer, Miss Campbell, Sir Douglas Mawson, Royal Zoological Society (RZS) 9 May 1933

  • Mr Tann, Masie, Mary Bedford 11 May 1933

  • Guild of Empire 12 May 1933

  • Dr Morgan, Mr Tann, Mr Elmslie 15 May 1933

  • surgery Bill's finger, Mr Tann 17 May 1933

  • Selborne Society, Lewis Wainwright, flying overalls (aviation), Mr Christy 18 May 1933

  • pencil notes obverse birth control, Stopes, Sutherland case, McLlroy and rubber caps, reverse notes regarding development of monotreme, platypus, '10 years in Tasmania', RZS meeting Prof. JP Hills regarding development of monotremes, Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, colour music, Major Klein 23 May 1933

  • Mrs Dawson, 'Madona of the Rocks', Selborne Soceity, 24 May 1933

  • Birth Control Committee, Dr Marie Stopes, Lord Marley, Sir W Wayland, Dr Henry J Neilson, Alymer Maude 25 May 1933

  • Masie, Mary Bedford, Kreisler 28 May 1933

  • National Federation of WI, Albert Hall, Lady Denman, Mrs Watt, Mr Walter Elliot, Mrs Baker Creswell, Miss Chester, ukDigby 30 May 1933

  • Flight Lt Titmas, ukDigby, Vivienne Titmas, Miss Thrower, Mrs J Thrower, Miss Longmore 31 May 1933

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/8/3/3
Date Range01 March, 1933  -  31 May, 1933
Quantity 0.1cm,    
FormatsNewspaper Clippings, Diaries
Series AA357/08