24 July 1945

The inspection seems to have gone off 0kay as there have been sirens on the go all morning and at least two heavy batches of planes passed over but owing to cloud could not be seen. There was a fair amount of Ack Ack firing and heavy rumbles in the distance so l guess some place got it thick and heavy gun fire the whole afternoon.

The latest is that the men working in mines 2 and 5 have been told that tomorrow will be Yasume day and that part of the day will be spent by them in fetching food (American) from the station, presumably Red+, so there may be something in the rumour of there having 2000 parcels at the station.