Diary extracts for Mar to April 1940

28th Mar 1940:

Took Work Suspended, Skating Scene, Southampton Water in Wartime up to London for RA.

1st Apr 1940:

First commission from the Admiralty

Commissioned by the Admiralty for “a couple of pictures for £50 the pair, of fishing boats!”

[Whitby in Wartime (1940) and Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime (1940)]

9th Apr 1940:

Germany invaded Denmark and Norway

9th Apr 1940:

At Whitby looking at fishing boat . . .  one stuck on mud and great effort to free her.

11th Apr 1940:

At Whitby:

Made sketch of lighthouse on cliff. Sheepdog barked without stopping.

11th Apr 1940:

Walked to Robin Hood’s Bay. Bus back.

Rifles being doled out to men who took it somewhat as a joke.