Hair set in am. Then to Roneo & to Probate Office. Mum sent draft will so got to go back again. Transferred O Dept money to SID A/C at Trustees Savings Bank. Bought red blouse. Guild here at night – Trevor Hughes came to speak. Pam, Culleys, Cookes & Fergusons came. Quite nice. TH remembered seeing Roger in Att hos after his appendix. They talked quite a while. 1T.
Notes
Hair Set
Mum had her hair set in the morning (am).
Roneo
After having her hair set, mum went to the Roneo shop. She used to go there to buy paper, stencils etc., see Chapter 121.
I knew of Roneo as a manufacturer of office equipment, such as duplicators, but I was not aware that they were retailers of paper and stencils. I was also not aware that the name Roneo was an abbreviation of Rotary Neostyle. In 1967, according to Kelly’s directory, Roneo did have a Norwich office/shop at Norfolk House in St John Maddermarket and I presume this is where mum got stencils and paper. It seems that Norfolk House may be the building that also houses the Maddermarket Theatre.
Probate Office
Mum also went to the probate office, presumably in relation to grandad’s death. It seems there was a problem because grandma sent a draft will. Mum noted she would have to go again, see Chapter 116.
Transferring Money to the Trustees Savings Bank
Mum transferred money to a Trustees Savings Bank Account. I do not know what “O Dept” stands for. I wondered if Dept stood for department or deposit? SID appears to have stood for Special Investment Department and was a type of savings account offered by TSB at this time.
Red Blouse
Mum noted that she bought a red blouse, see Chapter 125.
St Peter’s Guild
Guild refers to St Peter’s Guild, a fellowship group associated with St Peter’s Park Lane Methodist Church which met in different people’s houses by rotation, see Chapter 124. On this occasion, mum hosted. Trevor Hughes spoke. People who attended included Pam Ludlow, Tom and Margaret Culley, Gerald and Thelma Cooke and John and Heather Ferguson. Mum noted that it was quite nice.
Trevor Hughes
Trevor Hughes remembered seeing me in Attleborough Hospital (Att hos) after I had my appendix out in 1973, see Chapter 100. Apparently, we talked for some time.
I think this was Rev Henry Trevor Hughes, see Chapter 116. The son of H. Maldwyn Hughes, he was born on 27 February 1910 in Wallasey and educated at the Perse School, Cambridge. He worked in banking before training for the ministry at Wesley House, Cambridge. Then, he gained his Cambridge MA in 1938 and Oxford MA in 1969. He was chaplain at Culford School 1935-1941 and RAF chaplain 1941-1945. Appointed Vice-Principal of Westminster College in 1946, he became Principal in 1953, oversaw the college’s move to Oxford in 1959 and forged links with the University. He was the first Methodist to become a Select Preacher at the University. After leaving the college in 1969, he served in the Attleborough Circuit in Norfolk until retirement in 1975 and retained an active involvement in educational affairs. His books include Prophetic Prayer (1947), The Piety of Jeremy Taylor (1960) and A Progress of Pilgrims: seven Methodists. 1914-1958 (1979). He died on 26 April 1988. He is listed as a Wesleyan Minister although he was only first ordained in 1935.
Antidepressants
During this period, mum had had severe struggles with her mental health, suffering with depression and anxiety, see Chapter 116. She was on antidepressants. On this occasion, she took one tablet of amitryptilline (Tryptizol, T).
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