Historical MO diaries
Here you are welcome to browse a selection of the diaries, and day-diaries, collected by the Mass Observation Archive. The examples here range from 1937 up until 1941.
Read about life as a Junior Clerk in 1930s London
Read about the dismal workday of a proofreader working in London
Read a 17 year old girl's account of food rationing and war-time cinema
A London based Cleaner gives a disheartened account of shabby London
An employee of the League of Nations building talks about life in Geneva
A detailed account of a day on the job as an Ambulance driver in London
Diary about the chores of moving in War-time.
Read about life as a teacher in 1937
An infant school teacher gives a detailed description of her job
Read about a soldier reveling in his new war-time job as a boiler house greaser
An unemployed decorator observes a bustling Saturday market in London
