Grandad – Sheila & family came for tea. E&D went twice to DMC.
Mum – Communion steward in am. Went to Drayton in aft & church in evening. Prepared account for Coeliac Scy Christmas cards in evening. S L & H tabs.
Notes
We Went to Grandma and Grandad’s for Tea
Sheila refers to my mother Sheila May Drew née Parkin. It was our usual practice to go to grandma and grandad’s for tea on Sunday afternoon, see Chapter 122. Mum also noted that we went to Drayton in the afternoon (aft).
Grandma and Auntie Dolly Went to Drayton Methodist Church Twice
E refers to my grandmother Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. D refers to Dorothy Rose who we knew as Auntie Dolly although she was my grandmother’s first cousin. Grandma’s father (Charles Cirket) and Auntie Dolly’s mother (Lois Rose née Cirket) were siblings. Auntie Dolly visited grandma and grandad often coming by bus from where she lived in Bedford to Norwich bus station, see Chapter 122. She had arrived a few days earlier. They went twice to Drayton Methodist Church (DMC). There were usually services in the morning and in the afternoon, see Chapter 124.
Mum Also Went to Church Twice
Mum also attended church twice. In the morning, she was communion steward, presumably at St Peter’s Park Lane Methodist Church, see Chapter 124. She noted going to church in the evening but did not specify where. This was also likely to have been St Peter’s.
Coeliac Society Christmas Cards
Mum sold Christmas cards for the Coeliac Society,although I am not completely sure if this was for the local or national society. Clearly, she received money for this and kept accounts. I am not sure why she was preparing an acocunt for this in June though! Perhaps it linked to an annual financial year. The national AGM was held every year in June so perhaps mum needed the accounts for that. In 1975, the AGM was on 14 June, see Chapter 116,
Mum’s Tablets
During this period, mum had severe struggles with her mental health, suffering with depression and anxiety, see Chapter 116. She was taking antidepressants and sleeping tablets (tabs) and I think this is what S, L and H refer to. S refers to the antidepressant doxepin (Sinequan), L to long-acting amitryptilline (Lentizol) and H to the sleeping tablet clomethiazole (Heminevrin).
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