January:

Thursday 1st Awarded C.B.E.!! Lovely party. 100s messages. Very spoiled. Ormerods (3). Moores (2). J.B. (2). Us (3). Norman Allin (2).

Friday 2nd 11am Reh – ballet. Hammersmith. 12.30 Hospl. 4. Tita. Win stayed.

Saturday 3rd Party Ormerod’s. Telegrams and letters pouring in.

Sunday 4th In bed with cold. Wrote letters.

Monday 5th Photies 10. X-ray 11. Recdg. Kingsway Hall Brahms Alto cancelled. Snotty cold. Letters pouring in! Sophie [Fedorovitch] 5pm.

Tuesday 6th Recdg 2–5. 4 Serious. Cancelled.

Wednesday 7th Recdg. 2–5, 6–9. Alto. Serious. Cancelled. Yvonne – JB cancelled. Bloody backache.

Thursday 8th 12.30 Binks. Room A. Freddie 2.30. Tristan rehearsal.

Friday 9th 10.30 Freddie Ashton. Full rehearsals. Grand. Ben 3. Tristan 1st performance marvellous. Supper Tita’s.

Saturday 10th Ernest Lush. 3.30.

Sunday 11th Nannie Jamieson.

Monday 12th BB C Ernest Lush [piano. Songs by] Howard Ferguson, Rubbra, [and William Wordsworth]. Reh 2–3. Recdg 3–4. Studio 5 Delaware Rd. [Broadcast on 4th April]. Burnet, Theatre.

Tuesday 13th Hospl. 10.15. C.G. 10.30. [Covent Garden]

Wednesday 14th Scarborough Central Hall Recital. Gerald. 8pm Cancelled.

Thursday 15th 12.30 Hospital.

Friday 16th 10–1 C.G.

Saturday 17th Room A 3pm Reh. Tita – supper.

Sunday 18th Arthur Spencer [BBC] 3pm.

Monday 19th Hospl. Hardy Amies 2.30.

Tuesday 20th Reh 2.30.

Wednesday 21st Hospl. 12. Lunch Yvonne 1pm. Reh 2.30.

Friday 23rd 12.45 Hospl. 2pm Foyer. Jamie and Yvonne fly to USA.

Saturday 24th Tita aft. late lunch.

Sunday 25th Rehs. 10.30. Tita, Ben, K and J. Mizzen Mast.

Monday 26th Reh am. 12, 2–5.

Tuesday 27th 10.30, 2–5. Piano dress. Dinner Peter, Basil.

Wednesday 28th 10.30 stage orch. Hospl. 3pm. 7.30 home.

Thursday 29th 10.30 Act II. Broadcast Third [Programme] records 10.35pm.

Friday 30th 10.30 Costume etc. 2.30 Hospital.

Saturday 31st 11.30 Charles Creed.

February:

Monday 2nd Orfeo Dress rehearsal. 10.30.

Tuesday 3rd Orfeo - first night. Bernie. Win. [Frederick Ashton, director, Veronica Dunne (Euridice) soprano, Adele Leigh (Amor), soprano].

Wednesday 4th Photos.

Thursday 5th Douglas Glass 2.30.

Friday 6th Orfeo. Win. Bern. Michael. Binks.

Saturday 7th Stage. 11.30.

Monday 9th Phyll[is] Sellick. 2pm Hospital.

Tuesday 10th 3.30 [BBC] Manchester. Home [Service] re life story.