"It was quite cool and dull after breakfast. I slept all the afternoon. Went over to the Ambulance Station and we had tea. Wrote letters & went to church at Chelsea Old Church." - June S, 8 Sep 1940.
From diary of a #Chelsea volunteer ambulance driver.
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"Coming back there was a lovely sky and against it coming over the bridge a line of great guns on carriers and lorries, which seemed a sudden reminder and broke into a peaceful interlude.

Since Home Secretary @patel4witham recently tried to deny that she's in favour of the #deathpenalty & the US Govt has announced it's bringing back federal death penalty, I've been thinking about the women in my book Women and the Gallows 1797 to 1837 THREAD 1/n Also every time I watch A Handmaid's Tale, I think of the mass hangings in the #18thc, where up to 20 people were dispatched in one go. Also the grim accidents at hangings where the rope snapped or people watching were killed in the crush. But most of all, I think of.. 2/n