Diary of the war

by Platform to Platform

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).

History

Podcast episodes

  • 'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 4

    'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 4

    E12
    May 10, 2022
    04:42

    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.

  • 'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 3

    'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 3

    E11
    May 10, 2022
    14:48

    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.

  • 'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 2

    'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 2

    E10
    May 10, 2022
    10:24

    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.

  • 'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 1

    'Lorna Lloyd's Poetry' Episode 1

    E09
    May 10, 2022
    11:17

    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.

  • 'Diary of the war' episode 8

    'Diary of the war' episode 8

    E08
    May 10, 2022
    13:56

    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.