Grandad – Ethel went to DLM (no rain).
Mum – Went to coffee morning at the Buxtons. Took Mrs Ford, Miss Bone and Rev Wagstaffe. Bought 2 single continental quilts from Coop. £23.50 – reduced from £14.50 each. Wrote to Cecil at night.
Notes
Grandma Went to Women’s Meeting at Church
Ethel refers to my grandmother Ethel May Cecilia Parkin. DLM refers to Drayton Ladies’ Meeting which is what grandad called the weekly women’s meeting that grandma attended at Drayton Methodist Church, see Chapter 124.
Comment on Weather
Grandad commented on the weather saying there was no rain.
Coffee Morning at the Buxtons
Mum went to a coffee morning at the Buxtons who were people mum knew from St Peter’s Park Lane Methodist Church, see Chapter 124. She took three people with her, Mrs Ford, Miss Bone and Rev Wagstaffe.
The Buxtons
I believe they were called Eric and Marian, see Chapter 116. He is mentioned more often in the diaries than she is. He was active in church meetings and also in the choir, Boys’ Brigade and the drama group, see Chapter 124.
Mrs Ford
I think this was someone mum knew through church, see Chapter 124. I think her first name may have been Ruby and her husband may have been Geoff. In addition to this mention of her, the diaries refer to her twice as someone mum gave soft fruit to after she had picked it, see Chapter 122.
Miss Bone
I think this was also someone mum knew through church, see Chapter 124. However, as far as I can see, this is the only time she was mentioned in the diaries.
Rev Wagstaff
Rev Reginald Thomas Wagstaff was a retired Methodist Minister who mum knew through church. Sadly, he died suddenly in March 1976, see Chapter 116.
Continental Quilts
Mum noted that she bought two single duvets from the Coop, see Chapter 125. She noted that these cost £23.50 and that they had been reduced from £14.50 each, that is £29.00 for two, a saving of £6.50.
As children, we had always had sheets and blankets on our beds. In the seventies, duvets started to become popular although they were called initially, as here, “continental quilts”.
Letter to Cecil
Mum wrote to Cecil at night. While I am not exactly sure who Cecil was, he and mum seemed close in the late seventies writing to each other frequently. My impression is that they had met on a Methodist Guild Holiday prior to 1975. Their correspondence gradually reduced and the last letter mum noted receiving from him was in July 1977. In June 1978, mum heard from Joyce Boxall that Cecil was remarrying and this upset her, see Chapter 114.
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