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Victoria Aldridge Washuk

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I am the Great Granddaughter of Ruby Side Thompson. I inherited her forty-three diaries that span from 1909–1969. They were passed down to my grandmother, Ruth Ferris Thompson who was married to Ruby's son, John Thompson. At one time the Diaries were given to my mother, Adele Thompson Aldridge who keeps a journal herself and tells me she is now on #100. Ruby's Diaries had several ownership transfers and were eventually passed down to me. I intend to pass them down another generation to my daughters.

My grandmother Ruth Ferris Thompson and I were very close. She left me Ruby’s journals as she thought I would be the most inclined to preserve and share them with anyone that was interested. Recently I started re-reading the World War ll journal ...more

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	World War II London Blitz Diary, Volume 1 by Ruby Side Thompson, Victoria Aldridge Washuk (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	World War II: London Blitz Diary, Volume 2 by Ruby Side Thompson, Victoria Aldridge Washuk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	World War II London Blitz Diary: A Woman's Revelations of War and Marriage, Volume 3 by Ruby Side Thompson, Victoria Aldridge Washuk (Goodreads Author) (Introduction), Adele Thompson Aldridge (Afterword) 4.31 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	World War II: London Blitz Diary, Volume 4: 1944 by Ruby Side Thompson, Victoria Aldridge Washuk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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message 5: by Victoria

Jan 14, 2013 03:44AM

Thanks Jill! So happy to connect with you.

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message 4: by Jill

Jan 13, 2013 06:04PM

I think it's marvellous that you have published your great-grandmother's diaries, Victoria. I shall be reading them. And thank you for your friendship here.

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message 3: by Christine

Feb 12, 2012 12:10PM

thanks for being my friend

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message 2: by Victoria

Dec 22, 2011 05:36PM

Cassie wrote: "I just purchased the first two volumes of the diary... I'm so excited to read them! How many volumes will there be altogether??"

I hope you enjoy them!! Many thanks there will be 4 altogether, the next one coming out early in 2012 if you want to read previews of volume 4 check out my blog!

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message 1: by Cassie

Dec 22, 2011 05:23PM

I just purchased the first two volumes of the diary... I'm so excited to read them! How many volumes will there be altogether??

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