Black Diamonds (76 page)

‘pillar of strength …’:
As We Remember Joe
, ed. J. F. Kennedy, University Press, Cambridge, Mass., privately printed, 1945.

‘I’m so sorry …’: cited in McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 175.

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

p. 373 ‘
I’ve got a telegram
…’: cited in Lynne McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984, p. 185.

‘Before we go …’: ibid.

p. 374 ‘
A great cloud
…’: cited in Laurence Leamer,
The Kennedy Women
, Ballantine Books, 1996, p. 379.

‘Mostly going to Mass …’: cited in McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 186.

‘That evening …’: Leamer,
The Kennedy Women
, p. 379.

‘The amazing thing …’: Patsy White, cited in D. Collier and P. Horowitz,
The Kennedys
, Summit Books, 1984, p. 171.

‘My Darling Kick …’: the Duchess of Devonshire to KK, 13 September 1944, cited in Amanda Smith,
Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy
, Viking Penguin, 2001, p. 600.

p. 375 ‘
so unworthy
…’: Marquess of Hartington to KK, 4 September 1944, cited in Leamer,
The Kennedy Women
, p. 377.

‘During the attack …’: cited in KK, round-robin letter to family, 23 September 1944, cited in Smith,
Hostage to Fortune
, p. 602.

p. 376 ‘
The English losses
…’: Frans Magelschots interviewed by Henriette Claessens-Heuten, cited in Nigel Hamilton,
JFK
, vol. 1,
Reckless Youth
, Random House, 1992, p. 862.

‘Two bodies …’: ibid.

‘So ends the story …’: KK, diary, 20 September 1944, cited in Smith,
Hostage to Fortune
, p. 601.

p. 377 ‘
I just feel terribly
…’: KK, round-robin letter to family, 23 September 1944, cited ibid., p. 602.

‘I have been thinking …’: RK to KK, 25 September 1944, cited ibid.

p. 378 ‘
I never met anyone
…’: cited in Collier and Horowitz,
The Kennedys
, p. 172.

‘Well, I guess …’: ibid., p. 171.

‘I have been spending …’: KK to her parents, 20 September 1944, cited in Smith,
Hostage to Fortune
, p. 601.

‘If Eunice …’: cited ibid.

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

p. 380 ‘
In the critical
…’: Ralph Barker,
The Blockade Busters
, Chatto & Windus, 1976, p. 203.

p. 381 ‘
It is all just too
…’: Maud, Countess Fitzwilliam, to Lucia, Viscountess Galway, 2 January and 16 May 1946, Galway Papers, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham.

p. 382 ‘
Daffodil bulbs
…’: Roger Dataller (pseud.),
Northern Review
, Spring 1946.

‘He lectured them …’: Roger Dataller (pseud.),
A Yorkshire Lad
, unpublished memoir.

p. 383 ‘
Writing to Lucia
…’: Maud, Countess Fitzwilliam, to Lucia, Viscountess Galway, 2 January 1946, Galway Papers, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham.

‘It would be a sad day …’:
Sheffield Daily Telegraph
,19 February 1943.

‘After the long storm …’: Hugh Dalton,
The Fateful Years
, Frederick Muller, 1957, p. 483.

‘In its manifesto …’: David Coates,
The Labour Party and the Struggle for Socialism
, Cambridge University Press, 1975, p. 43.

p. 384 ‘
Compensation was payable
…’: J. M. Robinson,
The Country House at War
, Bodley Head, 1989, p. 14.

p. 385 ‘
Of all the major transfers
…’: Peter Hennessey,
Never Again
, Jonathan Cape, 1992, Vintage paperback edition, 1993, p. 103.

‘I was hewing …’: Charles Grey, 29 January 1946, House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 5th Series, vol. 418, HMSO, 1946, pp. 749–52.

p. 386 ‘
I was born
…’: Frank Fairhurst, ibid., pp. 739–44.

p. 387 ‘
One would think
…’: Charles Grey, ibid., pp. 749–52.

‘foolish, callous …’: E. Shinwell, MP,
The Britain I Want
, Macdonald & Co., 1943, p. 10.

‘In 1944 …’: E. Shinwell, MP,
When the Men Come Home
, Victor Gollancz, 1944, p. 5.

p. 388 ‘
Surely you are not
…’: ibid., p. 26.

‘It was the most ghastly …’: author’s interview with Joy Powlett-Smith, August 2005.

p. 389 ‘
Every time
…’: author’s interview with Bert May, June 2004.

p. 390 ‘
An undertaking
…’: Colonel Landon on behalf of Peter, Earl Fitzwilliam, to Minister of Fuel and Power, 11 September 1945, Archives, Council for the Protection of Rural England.

‘The total quantity …’: Cabinet document circulated prior to meeting on 24 June 1946, National Archives, Kew, PREM 8/728.

‘Coal cannot …’: Colonel Landon, on behalf of Peter, Earl Fitzwilliam, to CPRE, Memorandum of Objections, CPRE Archives.

p. 391 ‘
The coal
…’: letter and memorandum from W. Batley, Department of Fuel Technology, Sheffield University, to CPRE, 14 May 1946, ibid.

‘At the working place …’: ibid.

‘“Effective restoration” …’: William Batley, Department of Fuel Technology, Sheffield University, to the Georgian Group, 30 May 1946, CPRE Archives.

‘The verdict …’: letter and memorandum from W. Batley, Department of Fuel Technology, Sheffield University, to CPRE, 14 May 1946, ibid.

p. 392 ‘
It is sacrilege
…’:
Sheffield Daily Telegraph
, 8 April 1946.

‘You could go …’: author’s interview with May Bailey, May 2004.

p. 393 ‘
Speciously
…’:
South Yorkshire Times
, 13 April 1946.

‘claims made …’: report of E. Shinwell’s comments at Lord President’s Committee, 11 January 1946, National Archives, Kew, PREM 8/728.

‘Whatever might be …’:
South Yorkshire Times
, 13 April 1946.

p. 394 ‘
My purpose
…’: J. A. Hall to Clement Attlee, 8 April 1946, National Archives, Kew, PREM 8/728.

‘Prime Minister …’: memorandum from Private Secretary to Prime Minister, 10 April 1946, ibid.

‘Nobody can possibly …’: Lord Rosse to Captain Noel-Baker,19 May 1946, CPRE Archives.

p. 395 ‘
It is a thoroughly unnecessary
…’: Secretary of CPRE to Mr Spragg at RIBA, 16 April 1946.

‘The
Economist
…’: quoted by Dataller,
Northern Review
, Spring 1946.

p. 396 ‘
THE PRIME MINISTER
…’: minutes of Cabinet meeting on 15 April 1946, National Archives, Kew, PREM 8/728.

‘THE MINISTER OF FUEL …’: ibid.

p. 397 ‘
Shinwell’s reaction
…’: author’s interview with Charles Booth, April 2006.

‘There were some …’: author’s interview with Ralph Boreham, August 2005.

‘The brutes …’: Maud, Countess Fitzwilliam, to Lucia, Viscountess Galway, 22 April 1946, Galway Papers, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, University of Nottingham.

p. 398 ‘
It is certainly
…’: James Lees-Milne,
Diaries 1946–1949, Caves of Ice and Midway on the Waves
, John Murray, 1996, p. 44.

‘It would be a great …’: Ministry of Town and Country Planning to National Trust, 9 July 1946, National Archives, Kew, HLG 79/614.

p. 399 ‘
Cautioning
…’: ibid.

‘The Ministry of Health …’: minutes of meeting of National Trust’s Historic Buildings Committee, 9 October 1946, National Trust Archives.

‘Mabel was taboo …’: author’s interview with Joyce Smith, April 2004.

p. 400 ‘
It was frightfully austere
…’: author’s interview with Joy Powlett-Smith, August 2005.

‘I was very close to her …’: author’s interview with Joyce Smith, April 2004.

p. 401 ‘
The funny thing was
…’: ibid.

‘It was a wonderful …’: ibid.

p. 402 ‘
Lady Fitzwilliam
…’: Lees-Milne,
Diaries 1946–1949
, p. 4.

‘I think my mother …’: letter to author from Lady Juliet Tadgell.

‘There were a lot of talk …’: author’s interview with Ena Bergin, March 2004.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

p. 403 ‘
A thunderstorm
…’: Final Report on Enquiry into the Accident, 27 October 1948, Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA), France.

‘It was late afternoon …’: Lynne McTaggart,
Kathleen Kenedy
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984, p. 235.

‘At about 5.30 p.m. …’: Final Report on Enquiry into the Accident, 27 October 1948.

‘It took the two men …’: ibid.

‘They came across …’: ibid.

p. 404 ‘
It was immediately clear
…’: ibid.

‘The pilot and co-pilot …’: McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, p. 236.

‘Some said …’: ibid., pp. 244–5.

p. 405 ‘
I’ve found my Rhett Butler
…’: cited in Doris Kearns Goodwin,
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys
, Simon & Schuster, 1987, p. 733.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

p. 406 ‘
The ball at the Dorchester
…’:
Daily Express
, 13 June 1946.

‘Kick was chairing …’:
Queen
magazine, June 1946.

‘It’s absolutely maddening …’: cited in Lynne McTaggart,
Kathleen Kennedy
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984, p. 204.

p. 407 ‘
It was overnight
…’: cited in D. Collier and P. Horowitz,
The Kennedys
, Summit Books, 1985, p. 200.

‘As she talked …’: cited in Laurence Leamer,
The Kennedy Women
, Ballantine Books, 1996, p. 400.