Tag: Hollywood

20th August Sunday. Got up late, and
phoned Fay Salisbury, she was
thrilled when she heard my voice,
and she said she and Charlie would
call for me in the afternoon. Ethel,
Al & I took a run out to Ray
Lyons at Hollywood, came home, had
lunch, and relaxed, Fay & Charlie
called for me, took me to their
new home, which is lovely, she had
a lovely dinner, but I couldn’t eat,
however took dessert. They motored
me to the Hollywood Bowl, there
was no concert on, but it is a
beautiful sight to see. Then we had
a walk down 77 Sun set strip,
went into Schwabs for a drink. On
the way back, we called on Fanny
Ferrar [?], she was both surprised and
thrilled to see me, and would hardly
let me go home, a lovely reception
indeed. Came home, Al was in bed
but dear faithful Ethel was up
waiting for me, had melon and
tea and talked till very late.

16th August. Wednesday. Had a wonderful
sleep, and woke up very refreshed,
had a shower, then off to the famous
market, all that I heard about it is
inadequate to describe it, lunched
there, and stayed a good part of
the afternoon, then off to some of
the large stores, and now back
home for dinner, spoke to Leah and
Ray on the phone, didn’t say who I
was and had them guessing. Ethels
son Douglas came up to see me, he
brought me a bunch of the most
beautiful red roses I have ever seen,
such a nice gesture, and what
a nice young man. All took us
out after dinner to Robert’s (Lyons)
then we went to the sun set
strip, saw most queenies & hippies
then on to Hollywood, went to the
Chinese Theatre, saw all the films
starts prints of hands & feet, there
were hundreds of others besides us.
Went through the Hollywood Roosevelt
Hotel, was very impressed by its size,
decor and everything about it. After
that went to a friends home, and
came home late, tired but happy.
Had a great sing song in the car.

[Hard to imagine what the Sunset Strip drive would have been like to a Glasgow widow of advancing years…