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Dace, Miss (dressmaker) SVS 278
Dace, Viola NFR 2-
daffodils: CTS 26; FGL 9; UA
Dagnall, Daphne FGL 7-8, 19-
Dagnall, Laura FGL 26
Dagnall,Tom FGL 19-
Daily Mail CH 169
Daily Mirror NFR 162
Daily Telegraph QA 48; VPE 278, 351, 408, 444
Dalby, Agnes UA 135-6
Dallow, Lucy SVS 311-
Dallow, Nurse SVS 310-
dances: EW 90-1; VPE 77, 223-4, 230-1, 235-6, 243, 246
Belgravia LTA 133-, 157-8, 160-2, 182
church hall NFR 164-5
coming-out SVS 278
tribal STG 172-3
Dancy, Lady STM 334
Daniel, Samuel FGL 148
Dante EW 220-2, 226; STG 118
Danube, river CTS 152
Daphne SDD 167-9
Darley, George
Siren Chorus JP 136
Dartmoor EW 188
Dashwood (from Colonial Office) LTA 22
data AQ 149
Daunt, Miss GoB 60, 77, 81
de Quincey, Thomas LTA 59
de Tankerville, Sir Miles FGL 95
death: FGL 186, 190; 213; GBC 354; GoB 102; LTA 242-3; QA 148, 149; VPE 437, 450-1, 452-3, 463
announcements and obituaries AQ 91; FGL 190; GBC 344; HF 259; NFR 235, 236; QA 78; SVS 302
of Ella Beamish GoB 112-13
bereavement JP 119-20
of Marcia Ivory QA 148, 149
of Miss Lickerish FGL 202, 203
of President of Learned Society EW 126
telling children of AQ 121
see also funerals; suicide, thoughts of
death-watch beetle STG 41
débutantes LTA 162
dentists: QA 45; SDD 79-80; VPE 108, 177
deodar NFR 88
department stores: EW 96-7, 121-2; LTA 151-2
see also Elliston's; Gamages; Gorringe's; Harrod's
deprivation QA 24
Derbyshire NFR 8-; VPE 455
Derry's Roof Garden GoB 185
Deserted Mediaeval Village FGL 10, 79-80, 89
Devonshire EW 180-8
Dew, Sister Enid : AQ 17, 22; UA 17-
Dewsbury, Miss LTA 193
Dewsbury, Mrs CTS 135
diarrhoea QA 36-7
diaries: FGL 125; VPE 143, 146, 215-16
Dictionary of National Biography CTS 144; VPE 80
dinner
college: JP 5, 7-15, 137; VPE 100
frozen SDD 140-1
hotel NFR 194-5, 198-9
parties: NFR 128-43; UA 119-31
in restaurant JP 114-16
Diplomatic Service: CV 360; GoB 30; GBC 345, 346, 347, 352
diplomats: GBC 354; GoB 29-30, 119
Diprose (verger) LTA 77
distemper EW 40-2, 46
Distressed Gentlewomen: EW 13; JP 121-2; NFR 60, 102
divorce: AQ 31, 112, 170; CH 148-9; EW 135, 158, 178; NFR 221; VPE 175-6, 177
Dobbs, Mrs HF 241
doctors FGL 10, 18-, 25-6, 40, 48-9, 51, 74-5, 99, 107, 183-8, 193; QA 42, 125-7, 129; VPE 415, 449-50, 461
Doge, Lancelot CH 150
Doggett, Maude: CH 2-, 87-; JP; STM 331
dogs: AQ 102-3; CVS 364; FGL 46, 49-50, 89, 168-9, 207, 217; LTA 68, 164, 230; STG 184
breeding LTA 28
poodle NFR 48-9, 68, 157, 159
dog's mercury FGL 10-11
donkey FGL 10
pottery NFR 84-5, 225
Donne, Rev. Edgar STG 6-16
Donne, John (poet): CH 14; GoB 36; JP 10, 52, 107; LTA 112; NFR 136; QA 141; STG; SDD 153; UA 87
`Break of Day' VPE 158
`Difference of sex' JP 219
`O my America!' JP 188, 217
`The Relique' VPE 466
sermons: STG 19; UA 229
Dostoevsky, Feodor LTA 151, 159
The Brothers Karamazov VPE 76
Doughty, Beth QA 124-5, 167-8, 169
dove SDD 132
Dove, Miss GoB 60, 81
Dover CH 187-8; VPE 97
dowdiness FGL 92
Dowson, Ernest CH 127, 128; JP 5; VPE 37, 65
Dresden CH 143; JP 50; SDD 17, 44; VPE 111, 112, 115
dress see clothes
dress shop STM 338
dressing gowns QA 45
dressmakers: EW 41; JP 75-6; STG 43-7, 51; SVS 280; UA 109-10
dressmaking VPE 33, 101, 174
patterns: LTA 141; STG 250
drinkers, classified GoB 52-3
Driver, Constance JP 52-4
Driver, Fabian: JP 21, 29, 32-
death FGL 190
driving examiners QA 13, 14; VPE 75, 312, 361, 362, 371, 372
dry rot GoB 250-1
Dryden, John: CH 133-4; CTS 31, 67
duck, roast(ing): AQ 36-7; NFR 137-8; STG 50-1, 113; VPE 393
ducks AQ 36-7
Dulke, Mr and Mrs LTA 78
Dulwich QA 43-4
duplicating LTA 240
dust HF 254
dustbins EW 7-8
dustier fringes, academic NFR 7
dwarf, garden JP 244
dyeing clothes GoB 123, 97
Dyer, Miss SVS 301
Dyer, Mrs FGL 11, 26-7, 41-2
Dyer, Jason FGL 42

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Eade, Mrs JP 20, 21
eagle, stuffed NFR 173, 210, 255
Eagle House Hotel NFR 173, 199-
ear rings GoB 103
Eastbourne GoB 146, 149; NFR 280; QA 39
Easter: GoB 145; NFR 154-5; VPE 314-15
Easter Island LTA 88-9
Eaton Square SVS 300
Eaves, Vanessa LTA 69
Edgar, Mabel EW 225-
Edge, Miss CTS 135
Edinburgh, Duke of NFR 110
editors / editing
journals: AQ 44-5, 137, 153; LTA 56, 144-5; NFR 23, 69-70; VPE xv, 257, 308, 310, 331, 337-8, 342
office AQ 128-9
magazine LTA 126, 127
Eggleton, Helen EW 104
eggs, Fabergé jewelled GoB 108, 140, 168-71, 174-5, 177
eggs (food): QA 158-9; UA 77
boiled FGL 78-9
boiling GoB 26
omelettes FGL 14
poached CH 101; VPE 134, 271
poaching EW 170
in wartime GBC 348
elderly, services for QA 6
electricity bill LTA 113-14
Eliot, George
Middlemarch QA 93
Eliot, T.S. ACR; CH 96, STG 118; VPE 185, 394, 403
memorial VPE 390
Ellen (maid) CH 140
Elliston's (Elliston and Cavell store, Oxford): CH 66-7, 75, 136, 147; CTS 20, 143; SVS 280; VPE 18, 37, 38, 39, 43, 49, 75, 76, 93, 357, 400
embassy GoB 56
Embrey, Miss QA 48-9
embroidery CTS 85-6, 91-3
Emily (maid) STG
Encounter NFR 186
Enders, Miss EW 20, 40-2, 61-2
engagement
announcement VPE 446
broken NFR 5, 101-2, 140
celebration NFR 263-5
engagement rings: CH 206-7; CTS 167-8; EW 106; GoB 42; LTA 172; NFR 101-2; QA 170; SDD 141; UA 235
English language and literature
Old and Middle: CTS 73 STG 40, 56, 65, 88-9, 119, 206
research NFR 13; STG 65-6, 88-9
studies: ACR 370; CH 34, 133-4; CTS 19-20; JP 168; NFR 32, 50; STM 330
see also names of writers
Enquire Within JP 197
Epipsychidion CTS 124
epitaphs JP 118, 243
see also obituaries
Eric (friend of Mervyn) UA 199-201, 238-40
Etruscans STG 125
Etty, Miss EW 152
Eucharist, sung GoB 47
Eulalia (office girl) QA 11, 86
euthanasia AQ 41
evacuees: FGL 96; GBC 344-5; HF 224-5, 235-6, 237-48; STM; VPE 16, 134
evening classes GoB 8, 63-; VPE 220, 221, 228
Evening Standard: NFR 37; QA 13
Evensong: EW 101, 125-6; FGL 11-12; JP 25, 72, 198; NFR; SDD 134; VPE 144, 281
Every Woman's Encyclopaedia NFR 56-7, 130, 137, 200
Exmoor GoB 183, 206, 248
eyelashes, false UA 251
Eyre, Leonora SDD 7

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Fabergé eggs GoB 108, 140, 168-71, 174-5, 177
faggots (firewood) FGL 7
Fairfax, Prof. Gervase LTA 6, 8, 45, 92-5, 168; UA 120-, 213, 230
Fairfax, Robina UA 120-, 213
faith
loss: FGL 177; LTA 102-3, 104
regained UA 35, 128
Farmer, Lady EW 19-20, 110, 111
fashions QA 25
Fasnidge (organist) GoB 26
fasting: SDD 67-8; UA 93; VPE 262
Faustina (cat): CV 357-; UA 15, 17-, 22
feet: GoB 63; SDD 152; STG 30, 233
Fell, Miss NFR 195
Fenning, Arthur CH 150
Ferenc, Hunyadi CTS 157-
Festschrifts LTA 241; VPE 349
fiction FGL 81, 91, 147
romantic LTA 153
thrillers STG 162
see also novels
Field, The NFR 105
figs GoB 159
filing systems LTA 106
film work UA 46
films JP 233; VPE 18, 33, 36, 40, 41, 44, 46, 52, 74, 78, 128, 138, 229
Finland GF; VPE 61, 62-3, 73, 124
Finn, Dr SVS 320
fire AQ 173-4
fires, domestic CH 2
firewood FGL 7
fireworks: AQ 167-8, 171-2; LTA 227; VPE 24
First Aid VPE 126-7, 135
see also bandaging; Red Cross
First Aid Post: GBC 348-53; SVS 319
fish (as food): CH 133; CTS 80-1; FGL 14, 85-8; GoB 20-1; UA 103
on Ash Wednesday VPE 289
carp CV 359-60
and chips UA 15-16, 18, 20
coley CV 359-60
cooking: EW 126; FGL 85; GoB 38, 138, 242
delivery FGL 15
on Fridays: FGL 14; GoB 21, 38; NFR 196; SDD 67
frozen UA 101
pie CV 359-60
turbot NFR 198
see also salmon
fish tea JP 199-200
fish (in pond) STG 57-8
flag: Union Jack UA 22-3
Flag Lieutenants (RN): EW 11, 107; GB 36; VPE 239, 246, 248
flag-selling, charity QA 18-19
Flatman, Thomas
poem on Judgment Day STG 109
fleas FGL 19; VPE 401
performing STG 121-2
flirtations EW 129
Florence (maid) CH 4
florist FGL 62
flower arranging: EW 190; FGL 57, 149, 180-1, 214; GoB 10-11
for table: GoB 131; UA 123-4
flower book SDD 21-2
flower festival FGL 72-, 82-3
flower shops: CH 73-4, 127; NFR 51, 71-2, 124, 183-4; VPE 282
flower show LTA 181
Chelsea SDD 188
flowers: AQ 93; CH 69; FGL 9-10, 94; GoB 150-2; QA 9; SDD 187-8; VPE 91, 93, 94, 123-4, 142, 147
bought in street QA 47-8
chrysanthemums: EW 205; GoB 10; NFR 87; STG 6, 48
in churches see under church/es
in ladies' cloakroom NFR 41-2'
dead NFR 94
dyed QA 48, 49
funeral: AQ 52; FGL 204; GoB; NFR 235-6; QA 153
see also wreaths
in garden: AQ 63; NFR 235-6
see also gardens and gardening;
gifts: CH 76; HF 255; NFR 87-1, 93; SDD 66-7; STG 48
for guests STG 6
in hospital QA 142-3
in Italy UA 147
lilies CTS 78-9
for men LTA 157
mimosa EW 68-9, 71-3
pressed UA 230; VPE 104, 108, 319
in Rome VPE 247
sweet peas GoB 212
for table NFR 130
in woods FGL 9-10
see also types of flowers
foie gras JP 80
food FGL 159
caterpillar in STG 49, 50
for cats UA 19-20
clergy house: FGL 87; LTA 166-7
conference NFR 12, 21
Friday: FGL 14; GoB 21, 38; NFR 196; SDD 67
gourmet FGL 28-30
Greek FGL 86-7, 311-2
inspection FGL 15
for invalid UA 106
Italian UA 176
junk FGL 185
navy, Naples GoB 87
nutrition QA 54
rationing SVS 275-6; VPE 135, 153
tinned QA 54, 129, 135, 174-5
wartime HF 259
see also breakfast; cafés; cooking; dinner; lunches; restaurants; suppers; and individual entries
footpaths FGL 8
Forbes, Archibald NFR 207
Forbes, Aylwin NFR 8-
Forbes, Gaisford NFR 211
Forbes, Horatia NFR 173-, 200-
Forbes, Marjorie NFR 84
Forbes, Miss NFR 196, 205
Forbes, Neville NFR 52-
Fordyce, Hon. Basil STM 334
Fordyce, Beatrice SVS 304
Fordyce, Bishop STM 338, 341
Fordyce, Hugh SVS 286
Foreign Office SVS 274, 322
Foresight, Minnie LTA 7, 13, 156
Foresight Research Centre: LTA 7; UA 120, 206-
Forge, Miss STM 338
Forsyth, Rodney GoB; NFR 217
Forsyth, Sybil GoB
Forsyth, Wilmet: GoB 5; NFR 215-17
Fortnum and Mason's EW 139; SDD 169
Fosdick, Fr GoB 207
Fosdykes SDD 160
Fox, Digby: student LTA 10, 97-100, 116-17; married NFR 82; Professor AQ 93-4; FGL 135-6; UA 212
Foxe, Miss: CH 29; SDD 24, 44-5
foxes FGL 88-9, 123
Foy, Jessica NFR 13-, 215
Fragrant Thoughts CS 50-1
Francis, St : EW 71; NFR 159
Frankfurt CTS 148
Fraser (undergraduate) CH 131
Frazer, James
The golden bough STG 206
freedom LTA 38-9
Fremantle, Dr Herbert CH 121
Fremantle, Olive CH 46, 121
freezers: AQ 81; FGL 103
French, the QA 159
French language GoB 195, 206
frozen dinner SDD 140-1
frozen vegetables UA 30
fruit STG 14-15
artificial JP 30-1
in garden NFR 16-17
see also apples; jelly, fruit; pears; plums
frustration FGL 194
Fulham SDD 151
Fullaloves NFR 232
Fuller's: CH 52-3, 58; STG 241; SVS 292
Funeral Director's VPE 425
funerals: SVS 303, 306; FGL 190; NFR 235-6, 237, 256-7
of Ella Beamish GoB 116-18
of Marcia Ivory QA 20, 149-55
of Miss Lickerish FGL 203-6
of Stillingfleet AQ 50-4
see also memorial services
fur coats and furs: AQ 86; EW 46; FGL 196; GoB 99, 121; JP 121-2; SDD 20; STG 38-9; UA 123; VPE 117, 278, 438
chinchilla UA 19
furniture: EW 10, 225; SDD; UA 27; VPE 273-4
furniture depositories: GoB 70-1, 126; SDD 71; VPE 275-6
Furse, Mrs: CH 59; FGL 69
Fye, Miss CTS 135