Joyce Hinshelwood’s diaries start as Boots Home Diaries (1965-1982), moving into predominantly A5 diaries from a variety of distributors, including Kew Gardens, Australia Diary, and Collins.

The diaries are kept as appointment diaries with some notes on the diarist’s day-to-day life. Topics covered include: the weather, hair appointments, friends, letters and phone calls received and returned, reminders for birthdays and anniversaries, church times and events, very brief one word descriptions of the weather, a little on the comings and goings of pets, bingo, croquet, health and general well-being.

Diaries: 1965-2004

Accompanying the diaries are a vast number of letters – the majority are written between Joyce and her husband Doug during the Second World War, they date 1906-1946.