Nella Last was a housewife who lived in Barrow-in-Furness, England. She wrote a diary for the Mass-Observation Archive from 1939 until 1965 making it one of the most substantial diaries held by M-O. An edited version of the two million words or so she wrote during World War II was originally published in 1981 as "Nella Last's War: A Mother's Diary, 1939-45" and republished as "Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife 49'" in 2006. Wikipedia
Nella Last kept a diary throughout World War Two, under the auspices of the Mass Observation Archive. www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwtwo/nella_last_01...
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Bulletin - University of Sussex Newsletter, Victoria Wood creates TV drama from Mass Observation diary www.sussex.ac.uk/press_office/bulletin/01dec06/article8.s...
