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Location
Hull - UK
Age
17 Years

19th July 1940

Today it has been much brighter and therefore far more cheering than of late. I went up to the city again in the morning and did some painting in the afternoo0n. In the evening I went to the pictures with Jack (an apprentice) and afterwards phoned home. It was only 1s 4d after 7pm as compared to 3s 1d before 7pm. After we got back on board, Jack and I talked until 12 midnight and then the sirens went, so we continued talking until 1.15am, when I turned in. At 1.20am, the “all clear” was sounded.

Apparently the rate of exchange in America is very low – just over 3 dollars to the pound!!

They say we shall definitely sail for the “D.G.” test at between 2 and 3pm tomorrow. They also say that it is unlikely that we shall load grain as we can get plenty of that from the dominions, so probably we shall load scrap iron or something. This will mean at least a week in port instead of 12 hours.