On 1st September 1939, 25-year-old Lorna Lloyd began her diary of the war. In 2022, 25-year-old Bethany Ray played her great-great aunt Lorna in its audio version. This was produced by students at Edinburgh Napier University for the AHRC-funded project ‘Platform to Platform’ led by Bruce Ryan, Hazel Hall, and Iain McGregor. The series was a runner up in the British Record Association's Janette Harley award (2022).
This is episode 4 of Lorna Lloyd’s poetry, a bonus episode of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’. This episode features Lorna’s poetry from the early 1940s.
10 May 2022
'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 3
This is episode 3 of Lorna Lloyd’s poetry, a bonus episode of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’. This episode features Lorna’s poetry from the mid- to late 1930s.
10 May 2022
'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 2
This is episode 2 of Lorna Lloyd’s poetry, a bonus episode of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’. This episode features Lorna’s poetry from the early 1930s.
10 May 2022
'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 1
This is episode 1 of Lorna Lloyd’s poetry, a bonus episode of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’. This episode features Lorna’s poetry from 1928 to 1930.
10 May 2022
'Diary of the war' episode 8
This is episode 8 of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’, also including contemporaneous news (courtesy BBC Archive, British Newspaper Archive/FindMyPast/British Library). This episode covers late December 1940 to February 1942.
10 May 2022
'Diary of the war' episode 7
This is episode 7 of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’, also including contemporaneous news (courtesy BBC Archive, British Newspaper Archive/FindMyPast/British Library). This episode covers mid-August to mid-December 1940.
10 May 2022
'Diary of the war' episode 6
This is episode 6 of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’, also including contemporaneous news (courtesy BBC Archive, British Newspaper Archive/FindMyPast/British Library). This episode covers mid-May to early August 1940.
10 May 2022
'Diary of the war' episode 5
This is episode 5 of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’, also including contemporaneous news (courtesy BBC Archive, British Newspaper Archive/FindMyPast/British Library). This episode covers April and early May 1940.
10 May 2022
'Diary of the war' episode 4
This is episode 4 of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’, also including contemporaneous news (courtesy BBC Archive, British Newspaper Archive/FindMyPast/British Library). This episode covers December 1939 to March 1940.
10 May 2022
'Diary of the war' episode 3
This is episode 3 of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’, also including contemporaneous news (courtesy BBC Archive, British Newspaper Archive/FindMyPast/British Library). This episode covers October to November 1939.
10 May 2022
'Diary of the war' episode 2
This is episode 2 of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’, also including contemporaneous news (courtesy BBC Archive, British Newspaper Archive/FindMyPast/British Library). This episode covers mid- to late September 1939.
10 May 2022
'Diary of the war' episode 1
This is episode 1 of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the war’, also including contemporaneous news (courtesy BBC Archive, British Newspaper Archive/FindMyPast/British Library). This episode covers early September 1939.
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