Went to see Dr W at Mile End. Gave me Ledermycin & Phenoydyl. Roger went to work. P A & E & I went to Drayton to air house. Took lunch & had it there. Typed GTE’s letters there. Typed & duplicated in aft. FR rang – I rang back. 1T. 2S. Roger went to disco Chantry Youth Club at night. Had N/Letter from FR.
Notes
Dr Welch
Dr W refers to our GP Dr Welch. Mum went to see him at his main surgery on Mile End Road. She went about a cough she had, see Chapter 116. He gave her the tetracycline antibiotic demeclocycline (Ledermycin). I am not sure what she was referring to when she mentions Phenoydyl. Perhaps she meant the cough medicine Phensedyl, a combination of codeine and chlorpheniramine.
Work
Roger refers to me and I went to work. At this point, I had a Saturday job at the Scientific Anglian bookshop, see Chapter 119.
Airing Grandma’s House
P A and E refers to my siblings Tricia (Patricia), Alan and Liz (Elizabeth). They went with mum to grandma’s in Drayton to air her house, see Chapter 117. Grandma had been in Mansfield for a week visiting Auntie Amy (Amy Wilson), see Chapter 122. Mum noted that she took lunch with them and they ate it there.
Work for Rev Eddy
GTE refers to Rev G T Eddy who was the Chairman of the Methodist District. Based on her CV, see Chapter 105, mum did some part-time secretarial work for him between 1973 and 1977, see Chapter 121. On this occasion, mum typed his letters at grandma’s.
Typing and Duplicating
According to mum’s CV, see Chapter 105, she ran a typing and duplicating business from home until 1975, see Chapter 121. However, she clearly continued doing typing and duplicating after that, possibly mainly for church. On this occasion, she noted that she typed and duplicated in the afternoon (aft).
Rev Dowson
FR refers to Rev F R Dowson. Frederick Rodham Dowson entered the Methodist ministry in 1936. He was born in Haxby, York on 5 August 1912 and he died in Selsey on 4 September 2011, aged 99. I believe he was superintendent Minister for the Park Lane circuit from 1968 to 1974. He and mum were close and they spoke and corresponded frequently, see Chapter 114. On this occasion, he phoned and mum rang back. She also noted receiving a newsletter (N/Letter) from him. I am not sure if this was just for information or for her to type and duplicate.
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).
Senokot
Mum noted taking two Senokot (S) presumably for constipation. Senokot is a senna-containing medicine for the treatment of constipation.
Chantry Youth Club
Roger refers to me. Initially, mum wrote that I went to a disco but then changed it to Chantry Youth Club. I recall attending a youth club around this time and sometimes there were discos there. It seems that mum referred to it as Chantry Youth Club and I referred to it as “Teens”, see Chapter 122. Based on the diaries, I attended it on a Saturday night at least between January and March 1976. I have vague recollections of it including walking home from it along Chapelfield Road. One thing I am sure of is that it was not at Chapelfield Road Methodist Church but I wondered if it might have been at Chantry Hall.
Researching Chantry Youth Club
So, I posted a question about it on Norwich Remembers Facebook Group. Quite a number of contributors recalled this youth club and confirmed that it was held weekly at Chantry Hall with monthly discos.
Memories
Richard Painter recalled that they had ultraviolet light, which made teeth look green and showed up dandruff on the boys’ shoulders! Alan Clarke remembered his first visit there on 1 May 1976 after the cup final. He wrote, “May 1st 1976 after cup final, very hot day, was my first time there as a 14 yr (month before 15th birthday) wearing brand new beige bags double belted with brown capped t shirt and thin beige with diamond pattern cardi, and it became a regular Saturday night ritual, meet in the Lamb Inn, then onto Teens (Chantry) until June 77 when people’s and the Samson became the new ritual.”
Affiliated to St Peter Mancroft
It appears to have been affiliated with St Peter Mancroft church and was known by various names including (St Peter) Mancroft Teens Club, Mancroft Youth Club and Chantry Club. I don’t think I knew about the church affiliation at the time and I don’t recall anything particularly “churchy” about it.
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